Lukey 2.5 catback, vt commodore not loud!!

[Jordan!]

Hey all!
I have a 2.5 (with res) on my 99 vt. It's got a nice note and all. But when I really put my foot down, it seems like the exhaust sound goes away, and the engine roar takes over. Anyone else experience this? All I want is a loud car!! Lol

 

[someguy360]

Firstly you will never get anything near the sound you want from a lukey....they are terrible systems.

You can remove the resonator from the exhaust which will louden it up a bit, but it will drone alot.....and everyone will think your a dickh*ad as your ruining their day having to listen to drone. :banstick:

You need to go to a proper exhaust workshop and get something done or contact Notanabba fan on the forums here and he can make and ship a great system to you.

A V6 will never sound great....good maybe, but never great.

Get a proper exhaust to start with (I don't consider ebay/repco specials like lukey and redbacks to be a real exhaust)

Please don't cut the resi off your existing system, we don't need more droney 6's on the roads......it will be loud but it will sound worse than me on the toilet at 3AM after a curry dinner.

 

[Jordan!]

I know it will never sound great! LOl. But like I said, just want it to be loud lol.
So, you reckon just take off the resi and replace a straight pipe?

 

[someguy360]

I know it will never sound great! LOl. But like I said, just want it to be loud lol.
So, you reckon just take off the resi and replace a straight pipe?

Yeap, will sound 50x worse though...... Much better idea to get something made up suited to what you want

 

[Jordan!]

What if I just get some extractors and a highflow??

 

[someguy360]

What if I just get some extractors and a highflow??

Won't make much of a noticeable difference to the noise.

Will make a bit of a torque difference but the noise will remain more or less the same, I noticed a small change of the note at idle after I did a 100 cell and headers but barely noticable

 

[Drawnnite]

extractors will make a difference on idle. as said above.
went from a stock 2 1/4 to a 2 1/4 (all new parts, but with stock cat) with the headers, and its got a bit of a thump on idle. only when listening carefully because its quiet for a six, otherwise you hear no exhaust whatsoever

high flow = raspier. but depends on what one you get.

if in doubt give it a go. or go speak to an exhaust shop to see what they think. they've probably seen a few hundred ecotecs with an exhaust put on in the past few years. and could direct you in a good direction.
or go speak to a few for different opinions.

 

[ari666]

they are terrible systems.

i disagree.

they are completly ADR compliant and completely RWC. they do EXACTLY what they are supposed to do, which is make a mang engine sound go away so everyone else can go on living their lives.

 

[Troy711]

If you don't care about sound quality just dump the exhaust at the cats, it'll sound like someguy's 3am curry fart on steroids but it'll be loud.

 

[Kiddo]

Lukey= Pov pack.

Save your $$'s up for a good quality one