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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 08:49 AM
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omg, you got the magnaflow y exhaust??? biggest waste of money ever dude. i'm sorry, but you should've posted up that u were getting it because any V6 owner would tell you that it is a horrible idea. you gain no power at all with it, and i doubt that even with headers and a new manifold, you will not see any gains.

what you should've done is gotten a V6 dual exhaust adapter and regular GT cat-backs. with that set up the V6 sound very close to a stock GT exhaust, without being raspy.


as far as headers goes, you have stock shortie headers and a fullsized midpipe. the stock headers are not restrictive, so if you are hellbent on doing headers, get longtubes. you will need a new shorty exhaust to fit the long tubes. do yourself a favor and get a catted one. the V6's sound like **** witout catts. to find LT headers for a sixer you may have to go directly to the distributor like magnaflow or pypes.


good luck.
 
Old Mar 20, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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Should not cost much to do and will be much cheaper then selling it and getting a GT catback.
 
Old Mar 20, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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I'm getting my exhaust done tommorow at a reputable place that quoted me at between 140 and 250 depending on what I want. It won't be name brand but they stand behind their work.
 
Old Mar 20, 2009 | 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Lazerred6
I'm getting my exhaust done tommorow at a reputable place that quoted me at between 140 and 250 depending on what I want. It won't be name brand but they stand behind their work.
Best possible exhaust for a sixxer would have to be a true dual setup. Two separate 2-2.5" pipes coming from the cats back to the mufflers. I don't think the H pipe really sounds or performs any differently and the air flow isn't hindered any more than the stock Y. When I had my sixxer I had that setup with Flowmaster 40's & 2.5" tips and they sounded pretty damn good IMHO.
 
Old Mar 20, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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i have just a flow 40 in place of stock exhaust and it sounds amazing, just isnt loud loud, but louder than stock, and its perfect for me, i may cut 2 cats off n see waht i get later.
 
Old Mar 21, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by WNRacing
Best possible exhaust for a sixxer would have to be a true dual setup. Two separate 2-2.5" pipes coming from the cats back to the mufflers.
exactly what I have now
 
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