View Poll Results: Does an obnoxioius exhaust belong on the G8?
Yes - lets hear those pipes!
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No - keep the tone mellow.
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Does an Obnoxious Exhaust Belong on the G8?
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I say keep it mellow, but not as ******* asleep as stock 4th gen exhaust (watching the mailbox for my hooker catback
). Hate to say it, but the latest mustang gt has a pretty subtle, yet throaty note. Definitely not a muscle car sound, but great for an upscale Beamer-killer with *****!
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I agree. Here's a sound clip for the new Magnaflow cat-back for the G8 GT:
http://www.magnaflow.com/04sound/spo...08G8/08G8.html
Here's a link for the actual cat-back system:
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...rtnumber=16795
http://www.magnaflow.com/04sound/spo...08G8/08G8.html
Here's a link for the actual cat-back system:
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...rtnumber=16795
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Mike @ New Era just put American Racing headers on his G8 GT, and it sounds really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcXKTK500r8
I'd really like to hear a G8 with both American Racing Headers & an exhaust system though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcXKTK500r8
I'd really like to hear a G8 with both American Racing Headers & an exhaust system though.
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The ORIGINAL muscle cars were big family cars.
Chevelle, Impala, GTO, Fairlane. Hell, the TRI-FIVES are big cars.
Our BELOVED (completely sarcastic) Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, and Firebirds are in fact, NOT muscle cars.
IMO, the G8 (and new GTO) are more of musclecars than Camaros and Firebirds.
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Why not?
The ORIGINAL muscle cars were big family cars.
Chevelle, Impala, GTO, Fairlane. Hell, the TRI-FIVES are big cars.
Our BELOVED (completely sarcastic) Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, and Firebirds are in fact, NOT muscle cars.
IMO, the G8 (and new GTO) are more of musclecars than Camaros and Firebirds.
The ORIGINAL muscle cars were big family cars.
Chevelle, Impala, GTO, Fairlane. Hell, the TRI-FIVES are big cars.
Our BELOVED (completely sarcastic) Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, and Firebirds are in fact, NOT muscle cars.
IMO, the G8 (and new GTO) are more of musclecars than Camaros and Firebirds.
The Chevelle, the GTO, the Roadrunner, the Fairlane Thunderbolt, etc. were mid sized.
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The G8 is too smooth, too refined, and handles way too well to ever be compared to those leaf-spring, drum brake, bias ply tire "muscle cars" of the past.
That's the difference.
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Mike @ New Era just put American Racing headers on his G8 GT, and it sounds really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcXKTK500r8
I'd really like to hear a G8 with both American Racing Headers & an exhaust system though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcXKTK500r8
I'd really like to hear a G8 with both American Racing Headers & an exhaust system though.
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I believe it already comes with decent exhaust manifolds . I'd keep the CATS & do a #40 Flowmaster CAT-Back set up first . Then if it isn't loud enough go with headers & CATS .Personally , I like that muffled 550 HP BMW V8 sound , or the muffled 505 HP stock Z06 exhaust sound . These type of cars deserve better than the old Cherry Bomb Glass-pacs that we all know & love , don't ya think ?
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If you had to post to get others people's opinion then you obviously are indecisive. Get a cutout for when you want to open it up. These cars look way too nice and classy to be sounding like a
mobile all the time.
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I drove my stroked 383, long tube header, wild cam, straight exhaust TA to Smith and Wollensky. Pulled up right behind a Gallardo AND a SLR McClaren. I ended up parking it because the valet guy was too SCARED to drive it. I think i pissed off the owner of the lambo because i set off his alarm. He says... "Loud enough?" with a smart *** smirk, only for me to respond "Nope, wanna race?
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Rich pompous *** clown.
The funny part is, this actually happened.
Long story short, the point is find the most bad *** exhaust you can find and let the beast BREATH. Lord knows I would. A motor worthy of such exhaust should retain such exhaust.
You gotta keep a little bit of attitude around the fancy places like that.
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I think an obnoxiously loud TWIN SCREW belongs on it! ![Tongue](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_tongue.gif)
Get some long tubes, high flow cats and a catback so there's no rasp but good volume and good tone.
If it was me? Black G8 with the 6060, longtubes, 3" pipes, !cats, and bullets or Borla muffs. No car is really ever loud enough for me, though.
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Get some long tubes, high flow cats and a catback so there's no rasp but good volume and good tone.
If it was me? Black G8 with the 6060, longtubes, 3" pipes, !cats, and bullets or Borla muffs. No car is really ever loud enough for me, though.