First the Exhaust Now Painted Rallys

[Jamie Mac]

Originally Posted by tones2SS

Sorry, I'm not digging it as well. Just my opinion.
I'm more of a fan of the Stainless Works exhaust.
Enjoy your car.

bad news. My exhaust is a stainless works marketed under the THR name. If you can tell the difference then kudos to you. Doc I'll try to get the catback weight for you tomorrow. Got to get the car cleaned up. Can't have Mrs. Tag riding in a dirty car tonight

[Jamie Mac]

Doc, the catback portion of the stock exhaust weighs 70lbs according to my bathroom scale. What you see in my pics is all welded together. Here's a pic of it sitting on a 2x4 saw horse so you can see the balance point. There is a lot of weight in those mufflers so it would be interesting to know what my aftermarket system weighs. Perhaps Tom Henry or Stainless works can weigh their catback system and give us a weight of it for comparison.

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by Jamie Mac

bad news. My exhaust is a stainless works marketed under the THR name. If you can tell the difference then kudos to you. Doc I'll try to get the catback weight for you tomorrow. Got to get the car cleaned up. Can't have Mrs. Tag riding in a dirty car tonight

Is it really? Maybe it's just the recording? My bad. I'm a big fan of Stainless Works. They do a lot with the pro-touring scene.
Enjoy the car!!

[Doc]

Originally Posted by Jamie Mac

Doc, the catback portion of the stock exhaust weighs 70lbs according to my bathroom scale. What you see in my pics is all welded together. Here's a pic of it sitting on a 2x4 saw horse so you can see the balance point. There is a lot of weight in those mufflers so it would be interesting to know what my aftermarket system weighs. Perhaps Tom Henry or Stainless works can weigh their catback system and give us a weight of it for comparison.

Wow that's a lot of weight and those stock mufflers are huge! They must weigh about 25 lbs each! I'm gonna guess with the Loudmouth 2 or something equivalent you're gonna save at least half that weight for those alone. Are the stock exhaust manifolds cast iron? The headers should be a lot lighter.

This is good info, thanks for taking the time to do this!!!

The reason why I keep asking for weights everywhere is I'm looking at every reasonable way to reduce car weight to increase performance. If I can reduce the weight by 181 lbs that's the equivalent of adding 20 hp.

[CanadianCamaro]

I'm surprised they don't weight more.

Anyway - to each his own. I don't like the sound of these at all. And the TH boys will hate me for this, but.... what's with the fit & finish there on the cans? The pipes look great. Nice smooth bends, no bender marks. But the cans look like something you can get at Speedy. If I'm paying that much for a system I think it should look a bit better than that. I don't expect full polished but come on. The huge Borla can under my truck has a much better appearance.

Anyway - as I said, to each his own.
Congrats!

[speedster]

Originally Posted by Jamie Mac

Doc, the catback portion of the stock exhaust weighs 70lbs according to my bathroom scale. What you see in my pics is all welded together. Here's a pic of it sitting on a 2x4 saw horse so you can see the balance point. There is a lot of weight in those mufflers so it would be interesting to know what my aftermarket system weighs. Perhaps Tom Henry or Stainless works can weigh their catback system and give us a weight of it for comparison.

Hey Mr. Wonderful - ha !

Thanks for posting all of your great pics and info in this thread, they are really helpful and just plain cool. (I am installing the SW system on my car today - so really, Thank You!)

I personally like your stock system on the saw horses in your back yard. I think you just need to move them permanently into your front yard and call it "Iron Horse" or "Stainless Horse" and tell everyone you spent hours on that fine piece of artwork.

Don't worry about the naysayers. EVERYONE has an opinion. If you had wanted the stock sound you would have kept the stock exhaust. I think your car sounds excellent. A performance car should have a performance exhaust. Nice.

Now you and TAG can go have some fun.

[Jamie Mac]

Originally Posted by tones2SS

Is it really? Maybe it's just the recording? My bad. I'm a big fan of Stainless Works. They do a lot with the pro-touring scene.
Enjoy the car!!

Two of the videos on the sight were done with my camera. The first one was an automatic. Probably a different sound cause it's a different engine and was taken indoors. Tags car is a full headers to tip system so again different sound plus different camera and conditions. Like I said mine is louder than stock and yet the neighbors won't be complaining about it either. No drone on the highway so overall I'm really happy with it. Of. Course since I got that I couldn't complain when the wife ordered that custom shower door the other day. What's wrong with a curtain? Must be estrogen

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by Jamie Mac

Two of the videos on the sight were done with my camera. The first one was an automatic. Probably a different sound cause it's a different engine and was taken indoors. Tags car is a full headers to tip system so again different sound plus different camera and conditions. Like I said mine is louder than stock and yet the neighbors won't be complaining about it either. No drone on the highway so overall I'm really happy with it. Of. Course since I got that I couldn't complain when the wife ordered that custom shower door the other day. What's wrong with a curtain? Must be estrogen

LOL!!!
Yeah, the women have their toys and we have ours!!!

[Jamie Mac]

All three kids gone and the wife and I hit the road for a getaway week. Reached 1500 miles on a 2 lane country highway. Went to pass a car and dropped it down to third. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Holy moly. Someone tell fbodfather my wife is demanding an oh shit handle for the passenger side. Took the exit for hocking hills state park area. Twisting curving hilly roads with 55mph limit. Sooooooo much fun. Gps took us on a single lane cowpath. Dodging downed trees. Washouts and spitting gravel. Rosie is filthy. Wife says if i post pics you will all come after me wash is going to have to wait. Going to look for some good Camaro photo ops. Already got a third gen and some old 50's or so rusted trucks scoped out for companion shots. Btw during the massage today I got a helga and MaryMac got a heidi. I think she scheduled it that way.

[Doc]

Originally Posted by Jamie Mac

All three kids gone and the wife and I hit the road for a getaway week. Reached 1500 miles on a 2 lane country highway. Went to pass a car and dropped it down to third. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Holy moly. Someone tell fbodfather my wife is demanding an oh shit handle for the passenger side. Took the exit for hocking hills state park area. Twisting curving hilly roads with 55mph limit. Sooooooo much fun. Gps took us on a single lane cowpath. Dodging downed trees. Washouts and spitting gravel. Rosie is filthy. Wife says if i post pics you will all come after me wash is going to have to wait. Going to look for some good Camaro photo ops. Already got a third gen and some old 50's or so rusted trucks scoped out for companion shots. Btw during the massage today I got a helga and MaryMac got a heidi. I think she scheduled it that way.

Ummm.... I was gonna ask for pics but it's already sounding NSFW lol. I'm guessing a helga and heidi isn't some kinda mixed drink. At least she didn't schedule you for a thor and heidi hehehe

[jmcbeth]

From the pics, it looks like they were able to remove the stock exhaust without cutting it up. Is this true? I am planning the same conversion, but want to save the stock system for the future (40 years from now when these cars are classics).

[shevyman]

do a vid of it under a load. want to hear how it sound while going down the street.

[Jamie Mac]

Yes bolt off bolt on. Will try to do a video under power if I can get the wife to agree to let me leave her on side of road. Tons of deer here. Car in front of me made one do some gymnastics and take a nap last night. We almost hit two calves. Couldn't find a house to tell the farmer he had a broken fence line. Hearded them back with the horn and a few revs. Will start a more appropriate photo thread when I get back

[Jamie Mac]

270 miles tonight. Pulled in to my brothers at midnight. Heading further south in the morning to my buddies place to start the rally stripe process. He recently painted a Z06 for a guy so he bought extra gm black to do my stripes with. He's a mustang guy but I've seen enough of his work to trust him. Besides he can't freaking believe GM built a car that looks this good. I'll take pics of the process and maybe if you Ohio guys like his work I can set you up. Post pics when I get home