how to make a v6 exhaust sound good?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:29 pm
I may have ruined my car... It's a 3.8 v6 4th gen. It did have the stock 2.5" exhaust on it, but one tail pipe fell off last year and it had big holes in the back box so I put another back box on. It still has the stock centre section, but the new back box is 3". I wanted it a little bit louder and with a bit of a burble. But now it sounds like a new f1 car - kind of rubbish! And I may have ruined the back pressure because it feels slower and uses more petrol. So an all round fail!
I wasn't expecting v8 noise, but I rented a new v6 mustang a few months ago in Miami and that sounded quite nice. But mine sounds a bit like a Vauxhall nova driving round halfrauds car park on a Friday night!
So, other than putting a stock back box back on, what can I do? Can you get bits to put in the centre pipe to make it a bit quieter or to change the tone, and give me some back pressure back?
I wasn't expecting v8 noise, but I rented a new v6 mustang a few months ago in Miami and that sounded quite nice. But mine sounds a bit like a Vauxhall nova driving round halfrauds car park on a Friday night!
So, other than putting a stock back box back on, what can I do? Can you get bits to put in the centre pipe to make it a bit quieter or to change the tone, and give me some back pressure back?