Stupid people much??

[96greenmachine]

ive been to 2 muffler shops and they both say putting 3" piping exhaust on a v6 firebird or camaro is not gonna do any good/cant do it and said if it was a v8 it be different... thoughts?:bs:

[97rs4life]

Re: Stupid people much??

yes they are right, 3" is overkill for a v6 unless you are pushing serious power with a turbo or supercharger

[96greenmachine]

Re: Stupid people much??

well other ppl on this board said 3" is the way to go so what should i do? i have a flowmaster 40 with a hi-flow cat should i stay with the stock 2.25" 0r can i go 2.50" w/out hurting anything and gettin more power, P.S i have a CAI on my car as well.

[97rs4life]

Re: Stupid people much??

3" is to much, you loose your bottom end grunt with all that backpressure gone. I would go with the 2.5" piping unless you are planning on turbo or sc in the near future

[youngsc]

Re: Stupid people much??

It won't hurt you any but as 97rs said unless your pushing a turbo or supercahrger it's overkill. Your not going to get a benefit out of 3" so unless your planning on a power adder like super or turbo just stick with the 2 1/2"

[Smoke Panther]

Re: Stupid people much??

yes they are right, 3" is overkill for a v6 unless you are pushing serious power with a turbo or supercharger

all the cammed V6's I know have 3" piping and run at least low-14's on street tires

[97rs4life]

Re: Stupid people much??

all the cammed V6's I know have 3" piping and run at least low-14's on street tires

your point being....

It is not helping them any more than 2.5"

[youngsc]

Re: Stupid people much??

Here's a question why post a thread asking for information and when given that information, obviously not what you were looking for, you argue for it. Here's a thought why ask just do. If your heart is set on 3" there is a **** load of suppliers out there. Get one for a Z28 and it will bolt on, 99% sure. That would save everyone a lot of time.

[dmw319]

Re: Stupid people much??

3" on our cars is just fine. i ran it before my supercharger, and was pulling 183 hp running 15.0's

[Smoke Panther]

Re: Stupid people much??

your point being....

...that 3" piping isn't as detrimental as you say it is on a NA car. If there's a huge price difference b/t the 2.5" and 3", and you don't want to go further than bolt-on's...sure, get the 2.5"

[BLLDOGG]

Re: Stupid people much??

3" for sound.... 2.5" for power. locking this down cause it never ends good. want more info, read the sticky