New exhaust.. need help!

[coreyk]

Ok so I wanted to get my 2011 1LT to sound a little beefier. I didn't want to go nuts with it and my neighbors have a habit of calling the cops if my car is too loud. So i decided I would toss on a couple QTP electronic cutouts.


I dropped in the cutouts right after the cats so I can dump it early. Well it is definitely loud that's for sure. BUT it is a little higher pitched then I wanted. Definitely not rice burner status but 100% muscle car status either. As soon as I get a chance I will post of video of it so you can hear the sound (it's dark out now, neighbors might cry lol)


So my question is what might help get this thing a little deeper sound? I want to try to keep the stock mufflers in, I don't want to change too much, I want to keep the cutouts in. I don't want to waste the cutouts. Would just changing the cats to some high flow cats do the trick? Or maybe some performance headers? Maybe a combo of both? (hopefully one or the other so I don't have to drop tons and tons of extra money into this)

If anyone has any experience with this any advice would be appreciated.

THANKS!

[The Stig]

Do you care about your powertrain warranty? If not then I'd suggest some long tube headers and high flow cats.

[fz6r]

Axelback exhaust isn't too expensive, SLP Loudmouth sounds pretty good, looks pretty good and is worth the money IMO.

[SlingShot]

Sorry to say it, but you have the V6 and nothing will give it a deep sound. It will always have a high pitch and rasp to it.

[fz6r]

Originally Posted by SlingShot

Sorry to say it, but you have the V6 and nothing will give it a deep sound. It will always have a high pitch and rasp to it.

^ completely true. With a good exhaust, our 6's can sound awesome (love mine,) but by no means does it sound like a muscle car. More like a throatier 370Z.

[Nutbutt]

Solo Mach Cat Back with high flow cats ! Simple, it will never sound like a V8 because its not, but this will give you a great sounding V6 with a deep rumble and gurgle on a cut back.

[DraggnFrameGMC]

Yup, its true, never gonna get a v8 rumble. I did a V6 the other day and we did headers with cat delete, resonator delete and SLP loud mouth and it still just sounded like a raspy 350z. And the headers and cat delete dont void warranty as long as all the factory sensors are reinstalled.

[coreyk]

Thanks for the replies guys. Sorry I lost touch with this thread for a while.


Ok well I know it isn't going to sound like a V8 but I wanted something a little deeper. This is apparently a V6 with cutouts, doesn't say what else, but it sounds great in this video. Then again MAYBE it is just a bad camera creating a better sound. http://youtu.be/RVDrqwRoO5c



Mine sounds more like this http://youtu.be/fe5dDd7_kyc