OK...I'm starting a better V6 exhaust examples thread!!

[KMPrenger]

(Last update to this post: 9/2/2010.)

All new additions will be near bottom of their appropriate section.
Seems like V6 exhaust is one of the big topics. Now I think most of us are realistic and know we will never have that killer V8 sound, but if done right, the v6 can be made to sound sporty, strong, or just plain mean depending on how its done.

I'm continuously putting together a compilation of V6 exhausts I've come across mostly on these forums. Most will be manufacturer setups. I don't plan on posting every single custom made exhaust I find, but I have posted a few that sounded a bit unique, and had good information on the setup. Hope this helps some of you out there!

Axle-back and Cat-back kits (custom or kits) are the first section. Section two will feature cars with shorty headers installed, and section 3 will feature cars with Long Tube headers installed. The stock sound (for comparison purposes) can be found at the very bottom.

***SECTION 1 - AXLE-BACKS / CAT-BACKS ******************************
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First up..the GMPP exhaust with sound and pics. Much Thanks to TeccBoxx and 67 GTO!
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32792
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=157

Borla Pro-X's. Now from what I understand, the GMPP exhausts are made by Borla, but the exhaust installed on this car is not the same model as the GM exhaust. According to Derin11, these are the Pro-X street mufflers. There are 4 or 5 vids spread throughout this thead.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...ight=Borla+Pro
Find the official Borla Camaro exhaust below in this thread.


Magnaflows. First post in the thread lists two part numbers. First thread listed has a link to a page with TWO sound files...take off and pass by for the cat-back exhaust.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28427
Here is a camaro5 member with a few youtube videos of his magnaflow cat-back:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...49#post1413349
..and next is a link to a member who has installed the axel-back:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62274

Here is a custom Magnaflow Exhaust by member buddylok. Pictures and videos can be found on his thread at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39098

Another custom Magnaflow by member kellyjrt. Kelly uses custom tubing and a dual in, dual out magnaflow exhaust to achieve this sound. View his thread at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50243
View his youtube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAL4U7NbQiQ
View in-cabin video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gfKjpsw1B0

Yet again another custom Magnaflow setup. Following link is a video I found while surfing youtube.com. I contacted the video author and he responded that the magnaflow mufflers he used are part# 11235 and nothing else as far as he knows. Click for more details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFHHgbTWMlc

Below is my Magnaflow custom setup. Using Same mufflers as above video, but also with a Magnaflow resonated X-pipe. See details in the thread below:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78932

Custom Magnaflow setup by member SUV2008 using parts M14416 Magnapack SS 2.5", 14" Tank, 35164 4" SS-Tips. Check throughout thread for videos
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...ight=magnaflow

MRT Exhaust Version1...aka scrming exhaust V1 This began as a custom job done by member scrming and MRT, but now MRT is selling these kits. This thread shows some videos of him testing his car from take off, pass by, neighborhood crusing speeds, and even some track testing (camara mounted on side of car).
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31844

MRT Exhaust Version 2. Aka scrming exhaust V2 View this thread to view MRT's 2nd offering for the camaro. Its said to have less drone, with a bit of a smoother, lower tone than MRT's other kit.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50018

SLP has posted vids of their exhausts. 3 of them for the V6. (thanks to camaro guy for the notice)
'Powerflow' Axle-back: http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=31200
'Loud Mouth' Axle-back: http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=31201
'Loud Mouth II' Axle-back: http://www.slponline.com/view_product.asp?P=31202
A 'Loud Mouth II' thread: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38535

Corsa: Thanks to member bond2, we now have a great Corsa exhaust thread. There are vids on pages 1 and 2 of this thread.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...455#post720455

Borla Exhaust: These are the actual Camaro designed Borla X-pipe exhausts. Thanks to member FirstCamaroKid for posting pictures videos to this thread! (vids beginning on page 2)
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34713

Stainless Works: As of 1/26/10 Stainless Works has began producing a revised V6 catback exhaust. Check it out at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61531

MBRP Inc: Video clips of MBRP's exhaust for road runs and dyno runs have been posted to youtube.
Clip 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VILwcGs2lw
Clip 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fUfEldJryA
Thread with video discussing a camaro5 member's installation of this exhaust can be found here
Also, a thread over at 5thgen.org discussing this exhaust can be found here

Doug Thorley Exhaust cat-back exhaust installed on member John VS's Camaro. Be sure to read his posts in this thread for a bit more info. More cars with this cat-back and the DT shorty headers can be found in the Shorty Headers section below.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...327#post915327

Here is a custom job done by member suavecito1177. This thread shows some videos of the car reving, and some in-cabin driving. Keep in mind (as of this writing) the two posted videos on show two different set ups he tried on his car before settling on one. View the post for details at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36580

SOLO Performance. Check out this SOLO thread for their manual and automatic V6 exhausts videos.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...12#post1112912
View even more clips (includes V6 and V8) at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...05#post1173305
For those worried about, or current experiencing too much drone, SOLO has created a "tunable" exhaust system. Results were very positive. See the first thread at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=1#post2076278
Soon after, SOLO made available a set of high flow CATs for the V6 and developed this around their J pipe system for a high performance, and claimed drone free exhaust. View the High Flow cat thread at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94569
...and the group buy thread (with lots of videos) at:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98755

Zoomer's cat-back exhaust. Embedded youtube videos in thread below:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=1#post1169663

Flowmaster V6 Axel Back - (several examples below)
Flowmaster has put together nice video of their V6 axel back kit (American Thunder Kit). (videos beginning on page 2)
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53582
Another youtube vid of the AMT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOO_DCjaciY
One last good example of the ATM: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103870

Member KGA10734's custom Flowmaster axel-back setup using 40 Series Delta flows:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54280
Member mrray13's custom Flowmaster axel-back setup using Super 44's:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52822
Member mikevrod's custom Flowmaster axel-back setup using Flowmaster Delta Force One Chamber Race Mufflers:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39037

Camaro SS LS3 muffler swap. Car also has Airaid CAI, rest all stock. Link below takes you to page 13 of a thread focused on swapping the V8 exhausts with the V6. Look for post # 306.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=53261&page=13

JBA axle-back Here we have a few clips of the JBA axle-back exhaust kit. First is a short rev. Second is a few drive away clips, and third is more drive bys...
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...3&postcount=33
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...2&postcount=39
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...4&postcount=45

Cherry Bomb exhaust Cherry Bomb extreme cat-back exhaust...look for a few links in post # 21(cold start and rev) and #64 (take off and drive by) - - (Turns out that this is actually the V8 cat-back - not their V6 version - on this V6, but it bolts right up!)
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81962

Kook's Cat-Back. Full 2.5" cat-back exhaust system.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90479

Pypes Cat-back. No video of just the cat-back by itself, but with JBA headers, or BBK headers, see links in the two headers sections below.

DynoMax Axle-back youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nzfhriunC8
Here is a thread with much better examples...dyno sheet page one. Videos starting page 2.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100048

***SECTION 2 - CARS WITH SHORTY HEADERS INSTALLED********************************
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JBA shorty headers: Since they can change the exhaust note I decided to list these as well. There is more than one thread concerning these V6 headers:
member mrray13's thread
member scrming's thread (be sure to check more than just page 1 of this thread for video examples...keep in mind scrming also has the MRT version 2 exhaust installed)

JBA shorty headers with Pypes Cat back. (link in first post, link further down is with BBK LTs installed)
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=1#post2108009

Doug Thorley shorty headers: Member John VS installed the Doug thorley headers on his car...view the thread below for details (post # 23 for video):
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79379
Here is another great example:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=1#post1864333
'Synergy SATX's Camaro:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92599

***SECTION 3 - CARS WITH LONG TUBE HEADERS INSTALLED*******************************
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ARH (American Racing) Long Tubes
-ARH long tubes and L99 mufflers from SS Camaro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMRgfxhOK8

-ARH long tubes and MRT 2.0 exhaust (same car as above, but replaced L99 mufflers with the MRT 2.0s. Also all stock 2.25" pipe replaced with 2.5" No stock components remaining:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80496

-ARH long tubes, with Magnaflow resonated-X pipe and MRT 2.0 exhaust:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81361

-ARH long tubes and Flowmaster Super 44 mufflers:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81436

-ARH long tubes, MBRP exhaust, and AirRaid V2 intake:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97891

- BBK long tubes / highflow Cats / MRT 1.0. (Thanks member MichaelH)
Rev http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60COkqwlMOY

-BBK long tubes / Magnaflow axle-back exhaust.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88031

-BBK long tubes / Meisterschat HP Z4 Mufflers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfc7i9a7GpU

-BBK long tubes / Corsa Cat back / Injen CAI.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98156

-BBK long tubes / Pypes Cat back (look for link in the # 12 post)
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=1#post2108009

***STOCK****************************************** *******
STOCK exhaust:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULIuVM3R1n8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlB9QAHbuqA

-KMPrenger

[Milk 1027]

nice!
will be using this as an update in the wiki page.

[RS_Man]

As soon as ours comes back from Corsa I will provide a video of before & after sounds. Hoping to get it back sometime this next week *crosses fingers*

[drivingincamaro]

i like the borla x exhaust the best

[PieNsky]

Stainless Works has my auto V6, dropped it off last Monday. They will be offering headers and exhaust for our Camaros.

[Germann]

Glad to see this thread!

[Mojave]

Great thread ! Thank you

[scrming]

Ok... I have cleaned up my original experiment thread as was suggested... thanks! So the better link to my setup is the original one:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31844

I will still take any questions... LOL

[KMPrenger]

Can't wait to see some Corsa and Stainless Works posts...thanks guys!

[Silver Surfer]

i like the Magnaflow system

[Karnage541]

I think the best sounding one on this thread so far is deff scrming's. Great job scrming!!!

[Jericho]

Does anyone have any information on the stainless headers yet?

[cnofear]

Originally Posted by Karnage541

I think the best sounding one on this thread so far is deff scrming's. Great job scrming!!!

I have to disagree but I think the one camaro with the gmpp exhaust for the v6 sounds a little better . But thats what I like and would put that in mine when I get it ( soon I hope ).

[Karnage541]

Originally Posted by cnofear

I have to disagree but I think the one camaro with the gmpp exhaust for the v6 sounds a little better . But thats what I like and would put that in mine when I get it ( soon I hope ).

Im not putting any of them on mine. Im waiting on the stainless as of right now. I liked there V6 challenger alot so thats what im waiting for.

[cjh1505]

scrmings or the gmpp. think i am going with scrms since ill be broke after i get my baby lol

[ZeeTwentyFour]

here is my 3.1 V6 cavalier with flowmaster Delta 40. Its an older GM V6 but its still a 60 degree V6 none the less. I will try to get a better video one day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s05fX...e=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhnEA...e=channel_page

[bond2]

I dropped off my car again tonight at Corsa for final fitting and sound testing. They had basically the final exhaust on Ladyinblue's Auto car. Jim fired up her car for me and it has a really nice, powerful sound to it, definitely lower and deeper than stock(not V8 low, but nice). We then fired up my car for a direct comparison. We revved them both a little and the Corsa sounds much cleaner and more muscular than stock, but it's not nearly as whiny as some of the other aftermarket exhausts I've been hearing. While cruising at 50 mph the car sounds actually quieter than stock inside, which in my opinion is great. But when you give it a little gas you get that nice performance sound. I didn't bring my camcorder b/c I figured I'd just be dropping the car off and heading out since it was so late. They are having a car show on Sunday and I will for sure get some video and sound then unless they beat me to it this week. My apologies for no video, but soon very soon. I'd wait this one out b/c the Corsa exhaust is gonna please alot of folks and it looks and sounds fantastic.

[KMPrenger]

Thanks bond2..awsome! Cant wait for that! Honestly, I'm torn between the GMPP, the Magnaflows, and the Borla Pro Xs that Derin has on his car. GMPPs sound good, but not entirely different from stock..just a tad lower. (I guess if they got even better over time they might just be perfect for me?) Borla Pro Xs sound mean, but I'd like to hear them at just cruising/neighborhood speeds as well. Same goes for the Magnaflows, although they sound a bit more whiny..but not too bad! I did email the camaro5 member JDP Motorsports about the other Magnaflow muffler he has listed (part #16584), but no sound file for. He said they would probably sound a bit lower (which might be perfect) but wouldn't get quite the performance as the other of course. He also said he is waiting on a sound file for them.

Now if those Corsas sound as you described, they just might be my new favorites!

[camaro guy]

im gonna wait till more axle back kits are out. currently borla $709 , magnaflow $673, and GMPP have kits out but waiting on corsa, stainless works, flowmaster, and possibly bassani, if not others. i want to hear them on other cars so i can make the best choice before i spend my $$$.

[Karnage541]

Originally Posted by camaro guy

im gonna wait till more axle back kits are out. currently borla $709 , magnaflow $673, and GMPP have kits out but waiting on corsa, stainless works, flowmaster, and possibly bassani, if not others. i want to hear them on other cars so i can make the best choice before i spend my $$$.

[camaro guy]

slp has their v6 versions (3) almost ready to buy and have videos of them on their website.

[bond2]

Corsa Exhaust Thread with pics and sound:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...455#post720455

[CamaroBarbie]

I have magnaflows on mine and I love the sound I have. Although I do like the corsa a little bit better.

[h22prelude]

since i will be getting a 2lt/rs hopefully soon, i have been looking at different performance upgrades. and was thinking, since the 3.6 DI is the same engine as in the current CTS, wouldnt this custom magnaflow exhaust sound exactly the same on the v6 camaro?

this sounds amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWlNAc4oEY

[bond2]

Originally Posted by h22prelude

since i will be getting a 2lt/rs hopefully soon, i have been looking at different performance upgrades. and was thinking, since the 3.6 DI is the same engine as in the current CTS, wouldnt this custom magnaflow exhaust sound exactly the same on the v6 camaro?

this sounds amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWlNAc4oEY

That was a 2007 CTS with the non DI 3.6 engine. DI may change the sound a bit.