Exhaust for poppy/loudness?

[Rastoflastze]

So unfortunately my baby was smashed up on Tuesday by a 17 year old not using a turn signal :'(. The good news though is that State Farm is covering a 5.0 rental from hertz for a week! Woo!. Anyway so driving along yesterday I came across a Camaro rs with a GORGEOUS exhaust tone. Car gurgled and popped and sounded fantastic. Of course it didn't matter how good it sounded when my 5.0 pulled right past him but when I get my s197 back id like to get an exhaust mod for a more poppy/loud/gurgley tone. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Was thinking pypes muffler deletes b/c the Camaro had no mufflers and no extended tips. Thanks!

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[Noterminator]

SLP is the most common among Camaro owners. As well as GMMG and, Borla.

 

[ford20]

Shit, I thought I responded to this. Honestly Long tubes and an Off Road H pipe will do the tick no problem but since you are just going with an axleback it really depends on how loud you will want to get. With a muffler delete like Pypes makes you will get that popping/burble that you heard but the car will be SUPER loud. I have the FR500S/GT500KR mufflers on my car and I get the burbling from the exhaust and the popping when I shift gears and it isn't stupid loud, only when you step on it.

 

[Noterminator]

SLP is way better than the Pypes delete. Pypes are junk. He's better off spending an extra $30 on the SLP kit. It's also lifetime warrantied.

 

[ford20]

Why are they junk? I know a couple of people who have had them on their cars for about 3 years and haven't had any rusting or corrosion issues.

 

[Noterminator]

Build quality and fitment suck bud. I have had their H pipe, X pipe and cat back. And I've got friends who've had bad fitment issues. My 99 GT had the violator catback. It wasn't that old and already had surface rust spots starting. And their warranty isn't great either. So why not pay a little more for a better fitting exhaust, that is lifetime warrantied, 309 SS and has nicer looking dual wall tips.

 

[Rastoflastze]

I've heard about hanger issues with the pypes muffler deletes and it SUCKS because they're so cheap D:. I've even had fitment issues with my bassani set though I've had to have them realigned about 3 times because of rubbing against the bumper or not being in the right location. I might see if I can find someone selling a used set of loudmouths at least they'll have the desired tone and be SLIGHTLY quieter (hopefully) than muffler deletes for the NyPD (and the mother/neighbors.)

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[Noterminator]

SLP's are muffler deletes lol. I had them on my 2011 5.0 with no issues, and they are slightly quieter on the 4.6 3v, so I don't think you'll have any issues. Just don't remove the cats.

 

[ford20]

If your mufflers aren't centered in your exhaust cutouts just lossen all the clamps from the h pipe back and realign the mufflers that way. Idk I still think th the pypes bombs are a good exhaust. I havent really heard a whole lot of cases of bad fitment though and as I said in my my experience they havent had rust issues or spoting. They may have on your 99 but maybe they are using a new coating on the tips for the bombs.

That being said you can just take your mufflers off and see how you like the tone and the volume. Personally I recommend the FR500S mufflers. They are quiet when cruising around town and arent going to really draw attention from the NYPD but when you get on it they roar and have a nice tone to them instead of just sound. Sorry for the grammatical errors I'm on my phone right now and have fat fingers lol

 

[Frankie Lap]

I had some kind of Pypes on my car when I bought it. They sounded ok, not great. They were painted so the mechanic didn't know which type they were, but after 5,000 miles they were rusting and the hangar on one of them were broken. I have Borla now and am much happier.
Sean car sounds vicious, but it's hard not to when you have a LS. Yes....I'm jealous........you selling those seats? Lol.

 

[FrostByte]

SLP II's should do it for ya.

 

[ford20]

Well I guess I was wrong lol.

I think my car sounds so vicious because the side pipes just pipe sound right into the cabin and with the plates removed really give that snap and pop. You should get them for your car Frank, with the Borlas they would sound awesome! As for my seats since your a good friend and all 1600 and I will get you a set just like them

 

[Frankie Lap]

Maybe my car had the cheap Pypes, I never did research on them.
...so I guess you giving me the steering wheel is out of the question?

 

[VHRedGT]

You should check out Borla Sport or Atak

 

[Noterminator]

Ed's suggestion of LM 2's could work too. Just depends on how loud you want it. If you ever plan on doing an o/r mid then you may wanna avoid deletes altogether.

 

[Noterminator]

You should check out Borla Sport or Atak

On the 4.6 3V I personally found Borla to be too quiet. I had the Stingers and they didn't sound so hot due to the way the system is setup, and they really weren't poppy either, not even upon deceleration. If he goes that route he'd probably want an o/r mid pipe. Really though he needs to go hear setups in person as we all have our own opinions on what's too loud, and what's not loud enough.

 

[ford20]

The ATAK's are one of the loudest mufflers you can get before you go with muffler deletes and are much louder than the stingers. The video I posted before are of the FR500S mufflers and only mufflers. No offroad midpipe or headers, the car belongs to a guy named Craig who has no moved back to Australia. Just incase you never clicked on the video below here it is. I also confirmed with him a couple of times before deciding on the FR500S which are basically the Borla ATAK's. I know they are a wee bit expensive but they are 100% worth it IMO

[ame=http://youtu.be/tP1GEm3RBL4]LOUD Ford Mustang GT Leaving the Pits @ BIC 27-May-11 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Noterminator]

Ataks are overrated though and waaaaaay overpriced man. I don't think he wants to spend $900 on axle backs lol.

 

[ford20]

They are definitely more sound than they are tone for sure!

 

[Rastoflastze]

The mufflers in the video sound AMAZING. I think I'm going to go with SLP loudmouths or muffler deletes since going catless is a bit of a pain when inspection time rolls around and i can't find LM2s. Thank you for all of your awesome responses!