Skyset

Sup guys, I did a search and couldn't find a thread for this, so..

just wondering how loud your v6 is.

Does you neighbourhood hear you when you start your car in the morning?

Does anyone ever mistake you for a v8?

My car is loud, but I'm wondering if it always sounded like that, or if I have a hole in the muffler or something (not fart cannon loud, but a nice sounding loud)...

Anyways,

Stay Black.

Maverick H1L

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Back when I was going to college, I set off a few car alarms in the parking garage with my Flowmaster (and with my engine running a bit on the bad side). Now, I probably could do the same, but I don't usually use parking garages. Nor do I have my Flowmaster anymore.

FireInMe17

All the time, people tell me I wake them up in the morning when I leave early starting my car and they always know that when I'm driving by because they know my exhaust note, and people think that I have a 305 all the time, I turn it on and they're like "What for a V8 you got in that?" and I'm like the one with 3 cylinders on each side....gets 'em everytime! lol

Killert

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I have a Cherrybomb glass pack on my header'd 3.4, It would set off car alarms every once in a while. It sounded r i c e at high rpms though. I just put a stock Walker brand cat back on it with a cam and alot of people think it sounds like a V8, has a deep throaty sound when you step in it.

Maverick H1L

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Yep. People did the same to me, even when I had my "3.1 (and 2.8, which is what I first had) Multi-Port FI" emblems on each side... Not too many pay attention to that sort of thing.

FireInMe17

Yeah, when I got the car all my friends thought it was awesome sounding for a V6 and most of them couldn't believe it when i told them it didn't have a V8 in it, well for the ones that couldn't believe it all I had to do was race them and they found out just how slow the car is lol

I raced a friends 2003 Mustang V6 and it blew me away, we were going up a hill so you guys know how that works out in our cars, but he said it sounded good as he was passing me, and most of my friends think my V6 sounds better than that Mustangs V6

manny's 89 RS

I have flowmasters on my RS and it has a deep loud sound. Ppl never believe its a 2.8 and even when i race them they don't believe me (0to60 in 7.5sec). I have to show them my engine.

69charger383

My old Camaro was pretty damn loud, theres a video of it on this forum somewhere, if not its on streetfire.net

58mark

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My v6 has a nice "throaty" sound, but it's a little quieter since I put the hood pad on

DeathStarr89

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http://www.youtube.com/user/whitelightning2


Very loud...

bl85c

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Me too. Headers into glasspacks.

coolrimsatleast

Too loud back when it ran.

2.5 dynomax sounded nice, then I added headers, now it's too loud for me.

Project 3.4 Camaro

Right now mine's dead silent...but I imagine its going to be pretty loud when I finish it, I have 0 hood insulation, it will have headers and a full new stainless steel mandrel bent exhaust with a cherry bomb vortex muffler, and I'm going to put a decent sized cam in, its also going to have 12.89:1 compression, and large heads and plenum :P
My lumina was pretty loud with a gen II 3.1 when the exhaust snapped right behind the cat...drove like that for a while...then got my buick I couldn't even tell when it was running...Also air intakes make a surprisingly large impact on sound....my buick got a lot louder with a cone filter on it's 3100.

musclecar201

Manifolds, stainless pipe, flowmaster highflow cat, and a flowmaster 80 series and its the loudest car in my driveway. Outbeating the 2002 Ram 4.7 with a glass pack and the 1994 pontiac transam. Sounds great at low RPM's but the higher you get the worse it gets. Still love it though. I always get the nice car is it a V8?

itsMikey

a 2.8 RS?

FireInMe17

My guess is that he tuned it and its a hybrid or something along lose lines, nitrous maybe?

wesley_pontiac

evrytime i start my car my neighbors hear me leaving and they can hear coming home. supposedly you can hear me 1/4 mile away in town and alil farther out in the country. lol.

Maverick H1L

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I can only imagine what mine's going to sound like with almost the same CR and all... Except I'll probably go for a Magnaflow (anything but another Blowmaster). Makes me wonder what she's going to sound like when I get the money and ambition to go true duals .

That Buick you described sounds kind of like the Grand Prix I used to have... Couldn't even tell the thing was running if you didn't either look under the hood or at the tach, and when I put the factory muffler back on it, I didn't even have it sealed up right at the inlet. That Thrush mufller made it sound like crap, though...

:edit: There's also a thread with exhaust clips around here somewhere...

AM91Camaro_RS

Mine was pretty loud. On many occassions, I had people come up to me at the drag strip thinking I had a V8 in it. I couldn't believe that they couldn't tell from the high rpm scream that it was a v6. But, several times, peoples' mouth dropped when I told them it was a built 3.1.

86ttopbird

found this on the youtube...http://www.youtube.com/user/mypassis.../5/DUCB3k1rt30

id say thats loud!! lol

bl85c

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??? My car has a 6.5 sec 0-60 and it's hardly touched other than tuning, gears & headers. 7.5 sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Skyset

Haha lol, the video description is the best..."wtf"

K-slice

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One thing to remember: loud does not always equal good. lol
I'm pretty happy with the sound of mine, stock exhaust minus the cat and plus a cherrybomb. Not loud but, nice low sound at idle and normal v6 sound when it gets goin.

DeathStarr89

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my RS had a 2.8 from the factory..




I should dig out the video of me on the dyno with open headers. Almost everyone left the building.

FireInMe17

Mine can hit like 8 or 9 but getting down to 7 is pushing it, I need to tune and knock out my cat and get some better gears in her, I love my V6

DeathStarr89

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damn.. mine was 5.7 sec 0-60


would have been closer to 5 sec if i hadn't killed the 2nd gear synchro.

89v6firebird

I dont have a muffler or cat on mine, so its loud enough, set off a few car alarms.

92-RS-V6

I think the V6's sound decent even stock, they burble nicely on idle but they can sound a bit, dare I say it, r.i.c.e, under throttle :P

I wouldn't mind something a bit more interesting than my stock exhaust system

K-slice

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I agree, the V6 exhaust doesn't sound bad stock. Not to quietor high pitched like some other v6's.
What I really want to do is get a set of 1.6 rocker arms, I hear those improve the exhaust note throuought the rpm band.

Project 3.4 Camaro

They would, it does the same thing as dropping in a bigger cam, they give you more lift.

DeathStarr89

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headers make a big difference in the sound, the 1.6 rockers not so much.


the 60v6 really likes an X pipe as well

Project 3.4 Camaro

Wouldn't that be overkill on a non extremely built one?

backgammon7

my camaro v6 is stock, doesn't sound too bad, but it can hear the intake over the exhaust. my bronco ii on the other hand will wake up the entire county when it's over 2000 rpm

Firebat

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Too loud at idle. Only because sometimes when its cold, it likes to idle at 3000 rpm.

Project 3.4 Camaro

That's how my Buick is.

FireInMe17

If its doing that you need to adjust your TPS, mine got messed up and made it do that as well for a while and it completely had me dumb founded, haha!

K-slice

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Seems like it to me... headers not so much, but true duals with an X pipe?

Project 3.4 Camaro

Yeah, even with an extremely built one I think it would be overkill to be honest. If flow was really an issue I'd just go with a bigger diameter and keep weight to a minimum.

DeathStarr89

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maybe, but with a built engine it helps.

92camarorv6

Does anyone ever mistake you for a v8? here it all the time
can your car over power the front tires my v6 can haha suckers

FireInMe17

How did you manage that? lol

Killert

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Its even better with a posi, No one thinks its a V6.

DeathStarr89

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I could spin my slicks for the first 1/8 mile of the track if i wanted to.. which is exactly why i'm putting the engine in a Fbody.. so that doesn't happen.


i get the V8 comment at the track when i'm idling in the staging lanes, most of the time it's "wtf is under that hood??"

Project 3.4 Camaro

I'm curious now, what is under your hood 82TA?

DeathStarr89

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A V6.. lol

Project 3.4 Camaro

That's um, very non specific :P

d00012

3500, right?

My Camaro has holes in the I-pipe near the muffler, louder than my dad's 99 Grand Prix (has headers and 3" down pipe w/ stock mufflers).

I'll be building a 3.4 with headers and full exhaust...i'll make a comparison clip in the future for everyone.

Project 3.4 Camaro

Should put a 3500 top end on it :P Those 3.4 RWD intake manifolds can't breathe for crap.

DeathStarr89

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yes, full 3500.

d00012

Oh, that head swap isn't out of the question yet, having a 3.4 with the crank trigger and the whole DIS setup still installed will help for that kind of swap. Will be a nice powerful feeling/sounding V6 to match my dad's n/a 3800 II.

Time and money, though...sigh