V6 peeps...Lets talk Exhausts - Page 4

Gimpster · 05-10-2007, 10:08 PM

Why not just use a stock muffler then??? They can be modded quite extensivl, as the dude I rent a shop with has shown me

singleslammer · 05-10-2007, 11:03 PM

ok, Im listening. I just figured this one is made for a 350 at 5500 rpm so 3.4L at 8000rpm should be fine.

Gimpster · 05-11-2007, 12:27 AM

I'm have a set of those eBay headers, and I'm going to be using B-pipe back of an old Apexi GT Spec. I'm curious how obnoxiously loud it's going to be.... might have to find a used silencer for it.

Oteck · 05-11-2007, 08:42 AM

i used the stock muffler/cat ones and it was way to rasphy, im not the only one who suffered from this, it realy needs a resonator no matter what exhaust you pic

Weasy2k · 05-11-2007, 11:19 AM

I am still looking at a 350z exhaust

DaveMush · 05-13-2007, 09:49 PM

they're HEAVY from what i'm told

Toysrme · 05-13-2007, 10:57 PM

i don't like how non newest gen domestic v8's sound.
the odd-firing pattern gives them the rediculously low quality idle (with any cam), it causes them to mis-fire at anything short of wide open throttle.

and domestic's are no better than ricer's. they run pure exhaust, one muffler, nothing to kill over-tones & raspyness in the exhaust.

If a ford could spin more than 5000rpm without flying apart, and they had less reciprocating mass. they'd sound like two honda's parked next to each other. Really...

singleslammer · 05-13-2007, 11:18 PM

Im not sure that agree with that, but anyway. I think that if we could fit a resonator in there somewhere it might sound pretty good. I think that running the camaro muffler is one of the cheapest ways to get a better flowing exhaust. I am not a fan of raspiness.

JMcDonald · 05-13-2007, 11:59 PM

Im about half way done with my prototype muffler setup. Looks roughly stock (single muffler) but flows much better, as it is internally a strait 3" > dual 3" exhaust (same layout of the TKO / Berk exhausts, just all housed in a large custom muffler). I designed it around my needs for best possibly flow (mine will be the same, just at least 4" inlet pipe, with possibly complete 4" internals), but with the least amount of noise. I hope to have them for sale sometime in June.

Weasy2k · 05-14-2007, 01:33 AM

^ good work man

singleslammer · 05-14-2007, 12:17 PM

with the way things are going, everyone is going to be able to buy everything for a v6 swap and it will take 12 hours to do the swap. I may have to take a loan out to finish my project but I like the idea of not having to trust parts that I made, ha ha.

Weasy2k · 05-14-2007, 12:43 PM

lol its only a matter of time!

JMcDonald · 05-16-2007, 10:14 AM

Yup!

Im currently finishing my shop before I can start on car parts again. Gonna start putting up the walls today!

singleslammer · 05-16-2007, 11:15 AM

Sweet, you should throw up some pictures.

Weasy2k · 05-16-2007, 12:28 PM

pfft who needs walls....i still dont have drywall on...

DarkMousy · 05-28-2007, 01:52 AM

Alright guys, just been browsing around... as far as v6 powered cars go, I think this is really what we're up against...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dTYqWl7jI

TRD_MR2_DRGN · 05-28-2007, 02:47 AM

Hmmm. LoveFab. I have a friend that works with LoveFab I think. If your interested in that, I could check to see if they could fab something to fit the 2. I just gotta get my car up and running again so I can get it over to his place. Let me know if any interest.

blackbob · 05-28-2007, 02:53 AM

Is it possible to re-use the camry/es300 y-pipe,put in a slight bend,then slap a rice pipe on the end as a temp fix ? I was thinking that or cut the y-pipe leaving the flanges and about three inches of pipe and making my own y-pipe.

Ncturnal · 05-28-2007, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V6'er

I have Brad's headers, no cats, a Turbo muffler.

The sound is a bit raspy, but MANY people have said that it sounds great. At low RPM's and light load, it sounds more like a muscle car, but once it gets past about 3000 RPM, things change a lot. It is fairly loud, but I've never been pulled over for it, perhaps because it's not screaming loud unless the throttle is wide open.

People think that the stock muffler is so restrictive. They need to listen to my car so that they can realize just how little that thing is actually doing.

I've had one "older" guy (an airline captain that owns a Lotus) tell me that it sounds like a Ferrari. Well, my license plate does read "JAP 4RE".

Yup, I have the same headers on one of mine and it definitely sounds raspy to me as well. Other people say they like the sound but I absolutely despise it. It was raspy with both the stock exhaust and the Greddy SP. Like Mitch said, it sounds great to 3k RPMs, but after that it sounds like a Honda with a bumble bee fart can IMO. I have another V6 with the stock headers and a cat in the b-pipe and it sounded great with both the Greddy SP and the stocker. I plan to have a new exhaust made and may possibly ditch the headers if I can't get rid of the raspy sound.

DarkMousy · 05-28-2007, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRD_MR2_DRGN

Hmmm. LoveFab. I have a friend that works with LoveFab I think. If your interested in that, I could check to see if they could fab something to fit the 2. I just gotta get my car up and running again so I can get it over to his place. Let me know if any interest.

That'd be VERY nice. The short stroke vz series should be able to provide some similarly nice exhaust notes, particularly if they're revving up to and beyond 8-9k. I'd be interested in how they designed the exhaust, which magnaflow canister they used, etc. The headers, as stated, are from DC, so that's kind of a no-brainer...

05-11-2007, 11:19 AM	#65 (permalink)
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05-13-2007, 11:59 PM	#69 (permalink)
JMcDonald Cage Fighter Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 456 Thanks: 13 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Im about half way done with my prototype muffler setup. Looks roughly stock (single muffler) but flows much better, as it is internally a strait 3" > dual 3" exhaust (same layout of the TKO / Berk exhausts, just all housed in a large custom muffler). I designed it around my needs for best possibly flow (mine will be the same, just at least 4" inlet pipe, with possibly complete 4" internals), but with the least amount of noise. I hope to have them for sale sometime in June. Last edited by JMcDonald; 05-14-2007 at 11:37 AM.

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05-10-2007, 10:08 PM	#61 (permalink)
Gimpster Cage Fighter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 674 Thanks: 5 Thanked 46 Times in 44 Posts Blog Entries: 2 iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Why not just use a stock muffler then??? They can be modded quite extensivl, as the dude I rent a shop with has shown me

05-10-2007, 11:03 PM	#62 (permalink)
singleslammer Soon to be feeling the v6 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 270 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	ok, Im listening. I just figured this one is made for a 350 at 5500 rpm so 3.4L at 8000rpm should be fine.

05-11-2007, 12:27 AM	#63 (permalink)
Gimpster Cage Fighter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 674 Thanks: 5 Thanked 46 Times in 44 Posts Blog Entries: 2 iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I'm have a set of those eBay headers, and I'm going to be using B-pipe back of an old Apexi GT Spec. I'm curious how obnoxiously loud it's going to be.... might have to find a used silencer for it.

05-11-2007, 08:42 AM	#64 (permalink)
Oteck RAAAGE! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,145 Thanks: 8 Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts Blog Entries: 2 iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	i used the stock muffler/cat ones and it was way to rasphy, im not the only one who suffered from this, it realy needs a resonator no matter what exhaust you pic

05-13-2007, 09:49 PM	#66 (permalink)
DaveMush Mr2 V6 #8 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Syracuse, Ny Posts: 381 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	they're HEAVY from what i'm told

05-13-2007, 10:57 PM	#67 (permalink)
Toysrme Cage Fighter Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 681 Thanks: 4 Thanked 22 Times in 17 Posts iTrader Rating: (-1/0% )	i don't like how non newest gen domestic v8's sound. the odd-firing pattern gives them the rediculously low quality idle (with any cam), it causes them to mis-fire at anything short of wide open throttle. and domestic's are no better than ricer's. they run pure exhaust, one muffler, nothing to kill over-tones & raspyness in the exhaust. If a ford could spin more than 5000rpm without flying apart, and they had less reciprocating mass. they'd sound like two honda's parked next to each other. Really...

05-13-2007, 11:18 PM	#68 (permalink)
singleslammer Soon to be feeling the v6 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 270 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Im not sure that agree with that, but anyway. I think that if we could fit a resonator in there somewhere it might sound pretty good. I think that running the camaro muffler is one of the cheapest ways to get a better flowing exhaust. I am not a fan of raspiness.

05-14-2007, 01:33 AM	#70 (permalink)
Weasy2k 3.4L 10K RPM In the works Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 8,895 Thanks: 34 Thanked 80 Times in 66 Posts iTrader Rating: (9/100% )	^ good work man

05-14-2007, 12:17 PM	#71 (permalink)
singleslammer Soon to be feeling the v6 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 270 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	with the way things are going, everyone is going to be able to buy everything for a v6 swap and it will take 12 hours to do the swap. I may have to take a loan out to finish my project but I like the idea of not having to trust parts that I made, ha ha.

05-14-2007, 12:43 PM	#72 (permalink)
Weasy2k 3.4L 10K RPM In the works Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 8,895 Thanks: 34 Thanked 80 Times in 66 Posts iTrader Rating: (9/100% )	lol its only a matter of time!

05-16-2007, 10:14 AM	#73 (permalink)
JMcDonald Cage Fighter Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 456 Thanks: 13 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Yup! Im currently finishing my shop before I can start on car parts again. Gonna start putting up the walls today!

05-16-2007, 11:15 AM	#74 (permalink)
singleslammer Soon to be feeling the v6 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 270 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Sweet, you should throw up some pictures.

05-16-2007, 12:28 PM	#75 (permalink)
Weasy2k 3.4L 10K RPM In the works Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 8,895 Thanks: 34 Thanked 80 Times in 66 Posts iTrader Rating: (9/100% )	pfft who needs walls....i still dont have drywall on...

05-28-2007, 01:52 AM	#76 (permalink)
DarkMousy Fantasy2 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 79 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Alright guys, just been browsing around... as far as v6 powered cars go, I think this is really what we're up against... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dTYqWl7jI

05-28-2007, 02:47 AM	#77 (permalink)
TRD_MR2_DRGN Cage Fighter Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 459 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Hmmm. LoveFab. I have a friend that works with LoveFab I think. If your interested in that, I could check to see if they could fab something to fit the 2. I just gotta get my car up and running again so I can get it over to his place. Let me know if any interest.

05-28-2007, 02:53 AM	#78 (permalink)
blackbob wiring....odds and ends Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stationed in Guam Posts: 755 Thanks: 61 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	Is it possible to re-use the camry/es300 y-pipe,put in a slight bend,then slap a rice pipe on the end as a temp fix ? I was thinking that or cut the y-pipe leaving the flanges and about three inches of pipe and making my own y-pipe.