intake, exhaust question

[bwkmaro]

are the benifits of getting a whisper lid worth it for the price and also if i put 3" exhaust from cat back will i have noise and back pressure probs?

[kristen]

Re: intake, exhaust question

well if you wanted to save the money....you could shave the stock lid and just get bipass the baffle.

to be honest i 2.5 is the highest i would go. than you've got back pressure

[J.T.]

Re: intake, exhaust question

There is alot of debate regarding exhaust size, but I would echo Kristen's advice that if you aren't planning any forced induction then stick with 2.5. Magnaflow did a study on exhaust diameter and engine size, even made a nice graph. If you search around you'll probably find it.

[flamingchicken]

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i have 2.5 and ive had 3, to be honest, 2.5 feels better from the bottom end than 3", and it feels the same at 5750. 3 inch is overkill imo.

[bwkmaro]

Re: intake, exhaust question

ok but i plan on on turboing it (at some point) but not for a while so should i put on 2.5 for now then go to 3" cause im going to do it my self so for the exhaust it self its not gunna be more than $250

and for the intake what u mean by shaving the stock lid? cause i have a k&n stock filter

[calvo]

Re: intake, exhaust question

under the stock upper lid you just grind/cut off the ribs and sand it smooth. thats what i did it works pretty much the same and saves money. thankfully in my case i had a nitrous back fires and blew up only the air box. got lucky (knock on wood) :) but stock lid cheaper to get ahold of.
search around i remember seeing a write up for it.

[ssms5411]

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I run a 3" exhaust with Rksport headers, into a 3" in/out Dynomax Turbo muffler which is chambered and has a single 3" turn down pipe, it still has back pressure, when I had my 3" cutout and opened it up that there was a little loss on the low end but improved the top end. Like the sticky above, whether its 2.5" or 3" your power curve moves up. I have 3.73's in the rear so I would like the top end myself. I will be adding a turbo here soon and I'm glad I went with a 3" from the beginning, otherwise I would be paying for new pipe. Its better to do it right the first time.

[vr4gasm]

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i run a k and k fipk stock 01 exhaust exhaust manifolds and 3" in/out carsound car 3"pipe to a dynomax super turbo i have great backpressure the 12 miles i had my flowmaster on the same set up was horrible though i had no low end at all and it sounded like balls.. thats why i went home parked it and order the dynomax.

[Blizzard242]

Re: intake, exhaust question

Its better to do it right the first time.

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[Smoke Panther]

Re: intake, exhaust question

to be honest i 2.5 is the highest i would go. than you've got back pressure

...that you don't need

There is alot of debate regarding exhaust size

Not really. All the record holding V6 cars, bolt-on, NA, FI, w/e, all have 3" exhausts

ok but i plan on on turboing it (at some point) but not for a while so should i put on 2.5 for now then go to 3" cause im going to do it my self so for the exhaust it self its not gunna be more than $250

why would you want to buy the same parts twice?

[bwkmaro]

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alright u guys sold me lol i think what ima do its run the 3 " piping then just get a 25$ cherry bomb thats 2.5 in and out then when i turbo ill upgrade the muffler thx every one

[flamingchicken]

Re: intake, exhaust question

read up.

http://forum.camarov6.com/showthread.php?t=77275