what exhaust for 5litre?

[bazinga]

time for a louder exhaust on my 5litre vn but cant decide do i want 2.5inch or 3 inch....or straight threw or mandrel bent anyone know what gives the old 5litre a really loud v8 noise without spending over a grand i dont want stainless steel so that should keep the price down a bit....ideas people??

[soop]

If you're after cheap and loud. There's a mob on ebay doing 2.5" straight through mild steel exhausts to suit your car for about $190.

[jezzav8]

how ur going mate i have a 5l in my vs and it has pacemaker exstrators with a stainlees 3inch manta and ever one reckons it the best sounding car they ever herd, sounds better and loader then a gen3 and rell load

[bazinga]

If you're after cheap and loud. There's a mob on ebay doing 2.5" straight through mild steel exhausts to suit your car for about $190.

got the link for it?

[soop]

Here ya are:
COMMODORE VP VR V6 V8 IRS SEDAN 2.5" CAT BACK EXHAUST - eBay, Other, Car, Truck Parts, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 29-Oct-10 12:52:59 AEDST)

[ucwepn]

I got redback 2.5 on my wagon with straight pipe on back, still too quiet. Thinking maybe my cats blocked up or somthing lol, was about $250 fitted at local exhaust place.

[tooslow]

i reckon go 4 a single sraight thru 3" with a middle muffer and a rear muffler thats wat i got on my 5litre an it sound loud

[LordMayhem]

pacemaker cone over extractors 3 inch hi-flow cat with a 3 inch mandrel bent exaust and no resonator we ran that on my brothers old vs ss and it sounded great and very throaty

[soop]

Not exactly cheap though.
$600+ just for the extractors. $300 a pop for the cats.

[LordMayhem]

nah not the cheapest. we only ran a single cat but the extra balls it released and the sound bout as close to an old school v8 as you get

[soop]

Shouldn't be too hard to make a 5ltr sound old school.
They didn't change THAT much since 1969 .

[GTP 85]

Anyone done the setup- Hotdog muffler in the middle and big-ish ressie on the back? heard this makes the v8 sound grunty on throttle yet quiet when putting around, with no drone? Anyone have videos of a setup like this??

My v8 sounds ok now, but im keen to try a change.

[soop]

Doing this at the moment on my mates VR.
Taken a 3"section from a VX SS, modified the front end of the VR to suit it. The VX rear section fits the VR like a glove.

All its got is a resonator on the back. It'll drone but its not loud perse.

[bazinga]

thanks for the ideas and advice still cant really decide dont know how much better noise the 3inch will make from the 2.5 is it even worth it or will a 2.5inch be enough? also i dont really wanna upgrade to a 3inch cat for the bigger exhaust if theres not much diff between the 2.

[MasterOfReality]

http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/a...t=MOV00213.mp4

I kept the HM headers and had a twin cat, twin 2.5" exhaust made up which joined and went into a 3 inch muffler at the rear, no resonator.

I lost bottom end on this so if I would do it again, I'd just go a single 2.5".

[T3T4VT]

2 1/2" exhaust, chop off the resonator and put a pipe through your cat. Acts like its hollowed but cops and Vic Roads cant tell the difference