UPDATE
We want to say a big thanks to Grimkeeper and Aki for coming down yesterday and bearing with us during the design and testing phase for the V6 Camaro. It was a lot of fun and we appreciate your patience and support!
The V6 has been quite a challenge for us. The trouble areas for the V6 exhaust note is revving and 2000 RPM at cruise speeds. The V6 drone at 1800 to 2200 RPM is a tough note to get around and even the quiet stock GM exhaust sounds terrible at rev. We have spent two long days with the V6 Camaro’s and countless hours designing etc. when the cars weren’t there. We have made some very good progress.
We have a
V6 Manual Cat Back Exhaust kit that is a completely no drone system. It sounds fantastic under load as you accelerate through the gears! The beautiful exhaust note is what an American Muscle car should sound like. Deep, mean, aggressive but not overbearing at any RPM range. The revs while in park sound wonderful if you take it up without hammering on it. If you rev it hard and fast you get a deep crackle or snap at the height of the rev. The tinny noise that the GM system makes is a memory once the Solo system is installed. We were able to incorporate our 4.5” T304 beveled exhaust tips into this kit. Looks, sound and function are woven together wonderfully in this kit. We are very happy with the V6 Manual Cat Back exhaust kit. Pricing will be finalized within a few days. We were able to mandrel bend enough pipe today for 20 kits. We are currently working on the jigs and we expect to get the Grimkeeper back for a final test fit in about 7-10 days. We will be ready to ship in about 14 days or so.
We unfortunately will not be making an Axle Back exhaust kit for the V6 Auto or Standard. We spent so much time and tried so many systems (7 configurations all with different Solo product) and there is just not enough system to work with to get rid on the dreaded V6 drone. We tried so hard for this affordable axle back option but the GM harmonic coming out of the engine just won’t let us accomplish an Axle Back kit that we are truly proud of.
V6 AUTOMATIC...This has been an exercise in frustration so far. We are right on the cusp of developing a no drone kit that sound fantastic but we still have some work to do. The team at Solo I believe rightly so will not release a kit that drones and the V6 Auto kit that Aki has is absolutely wonderful except for an unpleasant exhaust note at cruise speed. As he will attest we lessened the “drone” with each attempt and the current kit is borderline acceptable but we know we can get it to be completely no drone with a little more effort. Aki has agreed to come back to our store sometime between 10-17 days to allow us time to finalize the kit. We are committed to providing you guys with a system that we are 100% happy with and you all can enjoy at any RPM range.
Steve and the Men at Solo Performance