I just bought the same axle back kit for mine(because of your video)from maryland speed and they had a special for $150 more got a cold air intake also.Sounds great.I'm gonna put mine on this weekend.Probably get X pipe later.Thanks for posting!
I got the Axle back from Maryland speed for $360 and the x-pipe through eBay on a best offer for $71.50. Then picked up dynomax 4 clamps through Summit for another ~$45. Took me about 1.5 hours to put it in with watching my boys too...
Thanks. It was fairly easy to do to and considerable less to mod the factory exhaust then a full cat back system at this time. Sounds even better when you are churning through the gears, especially when down shifting!
Not sure which cold air intake they are offering...but in my opinion Vararam is making the best system out there. They are slowly ramping up production....with somewhere around back orders in the pipeline 300 but it will be worth the wait. They have a 100% money back offer on the amount of HP & TQ you will see with their unit....others don't even touch those claims! Enjoy your new setup, it sounds SWEET!
I have the muffler delete right now much like your first video, why do I get decelerate popping and you don't? My popping is like gun shots...I Love the sound! Did you tune it some how?
No I didn't have any issues at all. Key is to center the pipe in the opening and clamp the connection tightly. The unit uses the factory support brakets too, so it is really not bad to install. Two tips...use silicone spray on the rubber mounts when removing and installing the supports...makes it much easier. Also, cut the pipe off a little longer than specified so that you can trim back as needed. If you cut too much off at first, you will have issues matting the two pieces together. :-)
@gibsonbaby131 - it was actually really easy. I used a lift to do it, but you could do it easy enough on stands too. The instructions are straight forward. I ended up cutting the driver side pipe off approx 3/4" shorter than the instructions said so that I could get the pipe to align properly.
It pops about as much as the normal exhaust does...GM is shutting down injectors when you are decellerating to save fuel...and when you do that the extra oxygen in the exhaust ignites the unspent gases to make that popping.... One thing that does help with it is to go with long tub headers and high flow CATS...just did that on mine and that does help a bunch since the exhaust pipes are not near as hot as the cast iron manifolds/factory cats..
The reason is that my exhaust manifolds and cats were not up to full temp. The exhaust is actually igniting unspent fuel in the exhaust tubes via the fact that when the fuel management system shuts off fuel in the deceleration mode, it allows oxygen to move into the exhaust (since there was not combustion cycle) which mixes with the unspent fuel, then ignites due to the retained heat of the manifolds/cats.
Old comments... but this was amazing, if you still have the vehicle, is there any chance you could record it in a higher quality with a high quality sound recorder??? You have single handedly convinced me to go with Magnaflow over, B&B, and the ATAK
@gibsonbaby131 - it was pretty easy. the instructions were straight forward and the clamps provided were nice. The system uses the factory hangers and aligned very easy.
@theSScamarokid I have since swapped to LT's and high flow cats and the popping only happens in certain situations as opposed to every time I let off the throttle.
@pfcfaflik As "mufreq" says, additional hp & tq, due to more equal exhaust pulses between left and right side exhaust tubes. Firing order, bank-to-bank, of (American) cross-plane-crank v8's: L-R-L-L-R-R-L-R. X-pipe tends to equalize the L-L-R-R sequence, improving flow and scavenging, thus improving hp & tq. Side-effect is less loping sound of engine, more like flat-plane-crank v8 (Ferrari type v8) or 180-degree header arrangement (original Ford GT-40 type exhaust).
@Scorpion7substance - it does a much better job of equalizing the exhaust pressures between the banks. It is worth about 10 HP and tones down the exhaust about 1/2 as much.
Yeah, they could have done a lot better..but I think they did this by design for a couple reasons....they didn't want the Camaro and Vette to have the same HP ratings....probably thought the market segment was a bit older due to pricing on the V8's, therefore a general desire to have a quieter car, and lastly....after market sales for modifications.... What's interesting the LS3 cars have a straight through pipe (with some holes in the pipe) going through the muffler, still to quiet for most!
Did you ever get an answer? This is the sound I would LOVE to get on my V6. I have yet to find an exhaust that doesn't make it sound like AIDS. This has to be an SS.
the 4th gen camaros destroyed the 98-10 mustangs from the factory but the mustang sold more. same thing now...camaro is slower stock but wins in sales. so, what are you recalling????
I had this done to my car and I soon realized straight pipes has a back fire when you let off the gas. Sounds horrible. So I told them to put the mufflers back on...
+Rocky Lopez Yeah, my car used to do the back firing too. Found out that it was a lot to do with the way that GM tuned the car for fuel mileage. We tuned the car and smoothed out the fuel, timing, and a few other parameters and I cannot believe how much better the car behaved, much less jerking between shifts, and no backfiring into the exhaust.
but it was the return of the camaro. they should have gone all out but i guess they knew what they were doing. another problem with them is that theyre WAY to heavy too. they weigh almost 4000lbs!!! straight pipes with holes? what!!! haha. thats different. they should sound like a monster! but they dont =(
