V6 Exhaust - Post here

resonator or hotdog?

should i go a whole new catback, or just replace the muffler?

 

haha yer sorry have been flat out!! heading down to torquay 2nite so have had to get boards wetties etc organised from our farm as we've just moved into town. so yer the only time i get to go on here is at work but i dont have any of the vids on this computer.

Will definatetly have it up by the weekend!! :dance:

 

Sounds good. I'll be waitin. I don't know why I'm so anxious as i'm not going to touch the exhaust till July when i get my P's .

 

just got a catback system, single muffler just behind the cat bent 2 1/2 to a twin dumper, sounds great, ill put a movie on quite soon,
just isnt loud enough with no throttle, might do collectors then headers in time

 

Went in to my local. Advised on wednesday he will swap it out with a 8"x4" dogleg glass pack, let me have a listen, and then throw on a hotdog it its too loud or drones.

Ill keep yas posted

 

got a fully stock ecotech (v6) apart from.. 2 1/2 inch mild steel, pacemakers extractors, twin highflow magnaflow cats (series 2 VY .. ),into 1 manta muffler, then into a second manta muffler. cost me 2 grand. should go well with a turbo and tune ill hopefully be getting. sounds wicked when ya rev it, sorta makes a bubbling sound after you stab it in neutral. haha its hard to describe but when you go past i think 3 or 4k rpm in 1st/2nd gear it makes a sort of flapping sound (sitting in drivers seat), must come from the cats, gives it a more lumpy sound from a distance. I noticed, wouldnt say neck breaking difference, but nevertheless, difference in performance, especially on the freeway when you slam it in 2nd (auto) to overtake the slow geeser infront.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6h4QRqE8Yk

my brother going for a spin, still needs the extractors i reckon

 

Hey, rang around a few local places SOR in WA, looking a a 2/12 cat back with twin tip - here are the prices i was quoted.

Shop 1 - $350
Shop 2 - $380
Shop 3 - $400
Shop 4 - $480 - this place quoted me 340 for exhaust and 140 for tip

I have looked at what other people have paid and im pretty sure what i got quoted is a total rip off, although id be happy to pay 350. but as for the last place ohh my god.

Has anyone got a berkley muffler, ive heard of lukey and redback just wondering what anyones recommendations are??? and if there is any decent exhaust places SOR they could recommend??

 

heres the vidio of the exhaust finally here tis YouTube - vy ute exhaust

 

To Redgoesfaster97vs - sounds a little hexy, i was recently looking at doing what white vyII has just finished but it seemed like a bit too much work for a vu as i didn't already have the twin cat setup.

i ended up buying off "scotts rods" shop on ebey. cost me 240 delivered to central queensland and as it said, bolt off bolt on, very easy to do yourself.. originally they didn't have the setup i was after (2.5 inch with straight through centre muffler and a rear resinator) they only had the system without the rear resinator - so a straight through pipe instead. but after enquiring they made a seperate listing which included everything i wanted. Its a redback system by the way. Happy with sound too - fairly quiet with a good refined note when you give it a bit. As far as tips go i think he sells them for like 20 bucks as well, not much of range but im sure they could help you out if you ask. hope this helps

 

removed the rear muffler, its good but i have an exhaust note always not just under load. its not that loud either, so will probably remove the middle muffler and have a rear muffler instead.

 

Hey, dont know how I missed this post, but how does it sound and go with the rear pipe straight through?? been thinking of doing it for a while now...

Either the rear resi or both the middle mufflers?????

 

Storm192 - thanks for that ill give that place a look =)

 

gday guys

got a stock 03 vy v6 and looking at the exhaust to get some more sound out of it, i know i cant do much to the power on an apprectice budget

ive been looking at the redback and lukey 2.5 exhaust systems on ebay, aparently a straight bolt on job, but there's no rear muffler. do i need one or is the straight pipe ok to just weld up a tip and drive away? confusing reading all the gear on here to b honest:bang:may aswell just ask the question lol

any help would b great :w00t:

 

hey mate, at the end of the day what you need is up to you.. i recommend reading through this forum and doing a bit of research on what differant muffler styles and resinators actually do and the video's are a great help as well. I was asking the same question only a couple of weeks ago and found the more i understood the more i was able to make a decision. Its all been said before but it will be a fair bit louder without the rear muffler or resinator and the sound you get without one depends a bit on whether you have auto or manual and you'll probably get some drone.

Each to their own though and thats only my opinion and if your not confident in your decision after some reading id go see your exhaust shop, hope that helps, cheers

 

Yer didnt see this post got a clip of it? much drone?

 

Is drone nessaseraly a bad thing? or is it another 'to each there own' senario?

 

From what I've gathered over the years, its pretty much an ''each to their own'' senario, (like you said) if you have too much it can get very annoying over a long period of time, sitting at the same revs non stop = freeway long drives, kinda gives you a headache if its cazy loud..

But everyone has their own definition on whats a satifactory compromise of sound (engine noise) to drone, some like it very droney, while others prefer not much to no drone at all,

Personally I prefer less drone more engine noise, but on a V6 its a tricky thing to get right...

 

Swapped the muffler out today.

Turns out my muffler was a Glass pack Dogleg.

The new 8x4" muffler is a tad deeper, but not as much as i was after. The note sounds alot better though.

I give up, not spending any more on the exhaust, it can sound like it does now permanently

 

YouTube - Smaller Lukey glasspack