Resonated x-pipe with muffler delete doesn't sound good

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by Maverick1776

I did the resonated x-pipe with the muffler delete as well, and it sucked !!
It Was like driving one of those obnoxious sounding Honda civics with the big mufflers.

Anyways I went back to stock mufflers. Still debating on what to do with exhaust. Somebody around here had a nice setup with MRT 1.0 or 2.0 with resonator deletes, and magnaflow resonated x-pipe. I swear it sounded like a V8.

There are zero v6 camaros that sound like a v8. Some sound better then others but thats about it.

[Maverick1776]

Originally Posted by rontammy0

There are zero v6 camaros that sound like a v8. Some sound better then others but thats about it.

OK, it sounded better than a V6, but not as good as a V8. Somewhere in between, in a positive way

[bdd8401]

Maybe it was a v6 with a ghost cam and a exhaust set up that sounded as good as a v8, and beat a ss in a race because the ss had a poor driver that didn't know how to launch his ss.

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by bdd8401

Maybe it was a v6 with a ghost cam and a exhaust set up that sounded as good as a v8, and beat a ss in a race because the ss had a poor driver that didn't know how to launch his ss.

Oh no........

[sspade]

Now Im definitely slamming the brakes on the resonated X pipe / muffler delete.

I own the x pipe (sitting in my trunk) and have not touched the stock exhaust yet.

It absolutely baffles me how tons of people have done the resonated x pipe and muffler delete and think its the best set up going and sounds great but others think its garbage and removed it right away?

What am I missing?

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by sspade

Now Im definitely slamming the brakes on the resonated X pipe / muffler delete.

I own the x pipe (sitting in my trunk) and have not touched the stock exhaust yet.

It absolutely baffles me how tons of people have done the resonated x pipe and muffler delete and think its the best set up going and sounds great but others think its garbage and removed it right away?

What am I missing?

I have the v8...and the tru x pipe made my car loud raspy and high pitched....alot of people liked the sound...some didnt. Then on went the resonated x pipe..it quiets down the sound and takes out the rasp. The tone is alot deeper. Im thinking even thoyours is a its a v6 you will find the same results and opinions. Its such an opinion based topic its hard to figure it out.

[ramil13]

Originally Posted by bdd8401

Maybe it was a v6 with a ghost cam and a exhaust set up that sounded as good as a v8, and beat a ss in a race because the ss had a poor driver that didn't know how to launch his ss.

Maybe you have brain damage

[Kenny Camaro]

The resonated xpipe is a muffler that takes the place of the other mufflers, that's why some people go muffler delete when using the res xpipe, as not to run three mufflers. The res xpipe is supposed to eliminate most of the rasp associated with the v-6 exhaust. The DynoMax VT series has the spring loaded valve that opens under moderate to WOT acceleration and lets the exhaust pass straight through the muffler and has no drone at constant speed at all. I'm running all stock exhaust except for the dynomax vt setup. Can't imagine any other muffler set up than the DynoMax. Plan on putting hi flow downs in the future. Regardless of what you have heard or read, you are not going to come close to beating a SS Camaro with a V-6 unless you have a forced induction or nitrious setup. It's not gonna happen. A fully bolted on v-6 on E-85 with a killer tune might stay up with one. There's a vid of Bryon7 beating a SS convertible ON A ROLL start with that setup. But that is still not a linem' up and go a quarter mile race. So don't kid yourself into thinking that a couple boltons and a stale canned tune will put you on par with a SS. It's not. Just be happy with what YOU have, a cool ass 325+ hp car. If you want to compete with v-8's, you need to spend several thousands of dollars, not several hundred or a grand and a half, better yet, you should have bought a SS to begin with.

[Kenny Camaro]

Originally Posted by sspade

Now Im definitely slamming the brakes on the resonated X pipe / muffler delete.

I own the x pipe (sitting in my trunk) and have not touched the stock exhaust yet.

It absolutely baffles me how tons of people have done the resonated x pipe and muffler delete and think its the best set up going and sounds great but others think its garbage and removed it right away?

What am I missing?

It's an opinion based thing. Some people love what they spent there money on and are happy with it. Some people spend there money and are not happy with it and try something else. Some people don't want to look stupid for spending there money on something they don't really like and just say that it's good anyway. Listen to the vids on YouTube and listen to people on the forum and try to make an informed decision on what YOU want. There are lots of options out there. Just don't try to say I want it to sound like a V-8, because it isn't, it's a v-6.

[ramil13]

Originally Posted by sspade

Now Im definitely slamming the brakes on the resonated X pipe / muffler delete.

I own the x pipe (sitting in my trunk) and have not touched the stock exhaust yet.

It absolutely baffles me how tons of people have done the resonated x pipe and muffler delete and think its the best set up going and sounds great but others think its garbage and removed it right away?

What am I missing?

It will make the car produce more pops, crackles and sounds like that. Also will make it less raspy. In a tunnel, cave or place with echos the car will sound sick and deep-toned but outside of that it will sound like a v6

it will definitely not sound like a v8. Maybe on idle it will but it will never sound like a v8 while driving just because of the engine block and several factors such as stock headers. Not mainly because of engine cylinders.

If you recall through history muscle cars were not called muscle cars by the number of engine cylinders. They were called muscle cars by their engine block size.

[VanillaE]

So I was thinking about getting the magnaflow cat back system but I want a loud exhaust even if it wakes up the neighbors . I've been doing research about mufflers offered as well as tube size. I'm thinking the super 10 muffler and then upgrading to 3" pipes . Any questions ?

[bdd8401]

Originally Posted by ramil13

Maybe you have brain damage

And maybe u need a brain that works.

[ramil13]

Originally Posted by bdd8401

And maybe u need a brain that works.

Who cares what you think, your opinion doesn't hold any weight towards me

[JantzenOKC]

Originally Posted by ramil13

It will make the car produce more pops, crackles and sounds like that. Also will make it less raspy. In a tunnel, cave or place with echos the car will sound sick and deep-toned but outside of that it will sound like a v6

it will definitely not sound like a v8. Maybe on idle it will but it will never sound like a v8 while driving just because of the engine block and several factors such as stock headers. Not mainly because of engine cylinders.

If you recall through history muscle cars were not called muscle cars by the number of engine cylinders. They were called muscle cars by their engine block size.

The resonated xpipe does not make the car crackle and pop. At least mine didn't when I had it with the muffler delete. I actually loved the way it sounded but it had too much drone for my ears.