Exhaust tricks...

[lowriderbowtie]

...anyone know any tricks to make my V6 sound DEEEEP and BUBBBLY??? lol
its pretty damn good now with my Magnaflow, but im wondering if there are any special things i can do to make it better.

BTW: stock manifolds, stock y-pipe, 2" pipe, 14X9 Magnaflow (center/offset) dumped


im thinking of running the pipes out the back (split them into 2) and then into some 3" boom tubes.....

[Sparky2263]

The boom tubes are a definite help for a throatier sound. Just can't quite get past the 2 missing cyls. when it comes to sound.

But I really like it when people get that weird look on their face and say "What engine ya' got in there?" not quite realizing the sound.

[joker2040]

Mine sounds really deep.... for a v6.

[joker2040]

As for "tricks" mine is just turned down. I still have my stock cat.

[<-~Jo~->]

add 2 cylinders ;) i dont think youll will have a *****in sound without them

[nomaboy]

i have headers, 2 1/4" y to a single 3", no cat and a 3"flowmaster 40 series turned down and it sounds really deep. everybody at the drag strip thought i had a v-8.

[VORTEC6]

I have 2" y-pipe, high flow cat, 2 1/2" or 3" pipe, Flowmaster knockoff w/dual 2 1/2" outlet dumped right after. Damn things sounds like an eight but moves like a six. Same here, everybody thought I had an eight, even when I'm cruisin' around. People always want to race me. I never back down, nomatter who/what it is.

[lowriderbowtie]

add 2 cylinders ;) i dont think youll will have a *****in sound without them

i know...but you can get a v6 to sound pretty good. ive heard a few that sounded really good and made me wonder:confused: lol

i dont have the money to drop in that 383 stroker from my dreams..one day tho!

[xtreme lowpro]

friends not runnin nothin but cats with duals out the back and its pretty deep. ill try to get a sound clip

[20Xtreme02]

You want it to sound bubbly?? Cheerleaders sound bubbly... flight attendants sound bubbly, but a truck?

[Wolverine]

As for "tricks" mine is just turned down. I still have my stock cat.

that makes a noticible difference?

[20Xtreme02]

I wouldn't put this in the "tricks" category, but I just put a Magnaflow muffler on my 4.3 and it produces a low, throaty sound. It gave it lots of low-end power without an objectionably ricey or noisy sound. I tried to get a sound bite with my PDA but it didn't do it justice.

[lost0138]

Sorry to bring up a old post. but i have what ti believe is a flowmaster 40 series it sounded pretty decent but after my injectors kinda melted on me the cat was kinda clogged and i just hallowed it out... truck sounds alot deeper and has a more aggressive tone .. if u happen to run across an extra cat try it but make sure u got an extra when it comes time to smog it

[BigB93]

haha well mine roars, thats what 185,000 miles will do to ur exhaust haha, ill get a clip of the truck before i install new exhaust tomorrow.

[jjwalker]

I have a flowmaster 40 series with 2 3/4 pipes. I have replced the stock cat with a 2 stage instead of the stock 3. it sounds like a camaro....

I do plan on chopping the cat off for a better sound, not performance.

[adamssonoma]

owned

[T Man]

owned

huh

[jjwalker]

what the hell is a boom tube, and will one work on my single exhaust? How exactly do they work?

[j894]

I know this thread is kinda old.
But someone on another board made a recording of a 266AHR with flowmasters and it sounded really good (was on a tbi 4.3). Sounded like a sb v8.

Didn't have a ****ty v6 "after-rumble" like you usually hear.

[99zq85spd]

Ive got edelbrock TES headers with y-pipe 3" pipe from there no cat into a flow 40 single in dual 2.5" out and dumped behind rear axle. Sounds mean as hell. On idle almost everyone thought it was a v-8. But as soon as i start rollin then you know its a 6!!