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Originally Posted by Xmicro_SS
At what cost??? I am not sure what you are asking. Are you thinking the SOLO could rob PERFORMANCE?? There is no way. The SOLO on the V6 (Like the V8) will be opening up the FLOW of the stock exhaust quite a bit.
I can tell you now, as a Avid Car lover and a SOLO customer, I have not gotten a dyno done because I was never a "Numbers" guy. I took my car to SOLO because of the reputation they have in the SKY/Solstice community, of which I am also a part of. Their reputation is that of high end system with top gains and that is 4 cylinder turbo's. Their reputation as a company and the only "Exhaust Only" shop in North America left, is also one of quality and helping the customer.
When I changed out the exhaust and put in the Mach X on my SS, I felt SUBSTANTIAL power gain. My guess, between 15-20HP. Now that is on a 426HP motor. The v6 with 300HP, I have to guess you can see from 5-10HP. But the bigger difference is the added torque I can feel, which is very noticeable even in 6th gear. And the faster throttle response, is very noticeable.
I gave SOLO a chance to work on my Camaro and I am VERY happy with the Sound, Performance, and at the price they bring their kit to market, it is a no brainer. Read the thread and see if you can trust your fellow Camaro 5 brothers.  I am spreading the word for them because they surpassed my expectations. And with their systems being Mandrel Bent and hand assembled here in North America by guys I met, I know I am getting a quality HAND BUILT system, instead of a mass produced machine built system.
Just my 2 cents. Wether V8 or V6, quality is quality and SOLO gets my vote.  |
The cost I was referring to was actual dollars and cents cost. Certainly not performance.
We all know that the LS3 and L99 have incredible potential that can be unlocked with some simple mods (exhaust, headers, CAI, etc..) but so far, the LLT V6 has yet to expose that same potential. Dyno numbers don't matter that much, my point was that we aren't seeing that same type of gain on the V6 that you V8 guys are getting. And for the cost of a full cat-back system, it had better have an awesome sound because it certainly isn't adding much to the performance of the V6.
As for SOLO opening up the FLOW of the v6 exhaust, their goal shouldn't be to open up flow to it's max levels but to make the exhaust system provide the right balance of flow and backpressure to allow the engine to work at it's optimal output. If they aren't tuning their exhaust system on a dyno to measure the engine's reaction to the best combination of H-pipe, X-pipe, pipe diameter, muffler/resonator choice/location, then they are guessing (maybe educated but still a guess) as to what the optimal configuration is for unleashing any potential the LLT V6 has. If all they care about is sound, then so be it. I don't need a $700+ setup just to change the sound coming out of my exhaust tips.