Hooker Catback?
not personally, but a friend had one on his car. it sounded real mean. i liked it a lot, but if you're looking for some power out of the catback then you may want to look elsewhere. if you're looking purely for a good sounding exhaust, go with the hooker.
I love mine. Prety quiet at idle and crusing and screams at wide open throttle. Cant make power through a hooker CB??? ^^^^ Its one of the best flowing catbacks for the f body. See sig 543rwhp through a hooker cb.
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From: va beach
I have the aero chamber 3" cat back it is loud as h*ll. If i had to do over again i would go with something quieter. but I have a 402. It is real raspy at lower rpm which I personally don't like but it screams up top and flows real well.
I personally think it is the best exhaust system out there. I have it on my SS and my wife's SS. To back up conan, I gained 4rwhp and 7rwtq by opening my cutout. I have since removed the cutout as it gained very little, only more obnoxious.
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Good choice
Despite what one member said according to a UNCC study they were one of the top two or three best flowing catbacks out there. If you are stock it will be pretty tame but with a cam you better cover the baby's ears at WOT
My biggest complaint is the tips suck (cheapy)......
Good choice Despite what one member said according to a UNCC study they were one of the top two or three best flowing catbacks out there. If you are stock it will be pretty tame but with a cam you better cover the baby's ears at WOT
My biggest complaint is the tips suck (cheapy)......
Despite what one member said according to a UNCC study they were one of the top two or three best flowing catbacks out there. If you are stock it will be pretty tame but with a cam you better cover the baby's ears at WOTMy biggest complaint is the tips suck (cheapy)......
Longtubes and ORY are getting ordered on the 15th of March i cant wait
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From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego
I had one on my A4 car for a while. It was quieter than the GMMG that is currently on there. But a lot of rasp still got through with the ORY. I put on cats and went back to the GMMG.
It is currently on my M6 car and is very quiet with stock manifolds and cats.
It is currently on my M6 car and is very quiet with stock manifolds and cats.
I had a hooker catback, that was replaced immediately by 3" True duals with magnaflow. I hated the Hooker, it didn't really have as deep of a tone as the magnaflow. It sounded good wide open but cruising and part throttle driving did not sound good at all. I love my magnaflows, nice deep mellow tone at part throttle. Screams at WOT!
I just have the muffler. I have a stock manifolds, bassini ory and the muffler. Sounds really good. It seems like it took awhile for it to break in. It was quiet at first. I plan to upgrade to the whole catback when my stock system rusts.
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I have one and i must say it's really really quiet. Flows REALLY well! I made a pull through the catback then a pull through my cutout and only saw a 2hp difference. So IMHO I think it's a great catback if you want something on the quiet side.
with longtubes and ORY
I made my Hooker CB mainly because I wanted to keep the stock tips.
I bought the Aerochamber muffler and a OEM replacement walker/dynomax 3" pipe.
Now I have pacesetter headers, to an edelbrock ory, to the stuff above.
It was a bit raspy stock but I ran 12.6 with it in an A4 car. Now I have a converter and the rasp is gone, in fact the whole thing sounds totally different.
I bought the Aerochamber muffler and a OEM replacement walker/dynomax 3" pipe.
Now I have pacesetter headers, to an edelbrock ory, to the stuff above.
It was a bit raspy stock but I ran 12.6 with it in an A4 car. Now I have a converter and the rasp is gone, in fact the whole thing sounds totally different.
Last edited by 9000th01ss; Mar 18, 2009 at 12:17 AM.