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Originally Posted by SinginHawk

The look of Quad Tips is also important to me, and if I didn't get NPP I'd be looking at a cost of $200-250 to get them done right on another exhaust system.

I have a pair of quad tips for sale. if you want them you can pm me. They are brand new still shrink wrapped.

What you linked doesn't seem like it will make NPP work on it's own, which is primarily what I'm looking for since I'm not the most mechanically savvy Camaro owner.

Actually if you are desperate enough, It will do exactly what you want but it is not going to be the same as the factory NPP. You stated that you wanted to wire it in without using engine vacuum, well that system might be able to be used as a motor to open and close the exhaust system but you have to do it by using the provided remote.

Thanks for another option, but I'd rather not compromise the engine. Honestly I had no idea how NPP worked, and I thought that I could simply wire it electrically to open and close on command.

In that case you must not do anything because just changing your exhaust system with the exception of adding tips can be linked to having compromised the performance of the engine. Once you change the system in any form from the muffler unwards, the system is no longer the same. The dealer can claim anything and should it go to court both of you will be hard pressed proving one way or the other. He already has the experts in his payroll, you will have to hire ASE certified mechanics and pay them per hour as your expert witness. (You don't seam like the type of person who will want to go through all that, except of course you are a lawyer)

I now understand that it is vacuum controlled, and the engine must be compromised in order for it to function. That is not a length that I am willing to go to, so bolted-on NPP is the road that I'll be taking.

Thanks for the great input!

Don't do anything then because even a non factory recommended air filter can be proven to have compromised an engine by the increased airflow that was not originally accounted for by the factory engineers. Just saying. If you are not mechanically inclined and you are paranoid then do nothing to the Camaro, it is a beautiful car. I personally was in pursuit of the quad tips and that is how I got into all this other stuff. Note that everything I have written here are just random thoughts that also went through my head as a pondered the same questions. My Camaro still has the dealer tags on it, that is how new it is but come next week, it will be going full NPP - my way. Warranty is like insurance, it is one of those things you have but hope you never need.