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November 30, 2012 11:05:40 PM

So currently I'm 19 and have a 2006 Monte Carlo SS. It sounds pretty good already but I have always been the kind of guy who likes muscle cars and loves loud cars. I don't really want something that is overly loud but more then what I have now. Do I have to swap out the whole muffler or can I just change the exhaust tips to get some more sound? Any help would be much appreciated

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November 30, 2012 11:43:28 PM

Yes you can change the tone with just the exhaust tip but I don't think you'll get the sound you want. You like muscle cars so I'm guessing a deeper throaty sound is what you want and new mufflers will give you that. I've always been a fan of Thrush ones myself.
On a side note if you plan on adding power remember that the stock transmission cannot handle too much more horsepower.
December 1, 2012 12:16:19 AM

I appreciate it. And yea I figured as much. Right now I believe I am sitting at about 310hp.
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December 1, 2012 4:45:28 AM

Well messing with your exhaust system by messing with mufflers isn't going to get you any noticeable horsepower gains and zero peak gains.

You can simply do a muffler or resonator delete if you want and pipe it out. Thicker pipe tends to give a deeper growl in my experience.

Also, take a look at intake. Intake sound can be just as great as exhuast sound.
December 1, 2012 5:31:38 PM

I don't think OP would want to add any more power. They got 303hp at the flywheel which already gives them a lot of torque steer and that Hydra-Matic transmission is not that strong. They did beef up the transmissions on later models but I don't know if 2006 models have that. They replaced the sun gears, TC, and the final drive. If the 2006 is the heavier duty one so then a new exhaust and intake will make that engine sound much better and give it some more power. Now with new vehicles that new power might be temporary, as it was with my grand cherokee, because the ecm learns the new parameters and adjusts accordingly. Then the OP will need the get the ecm reprogrammed to make use of the new goodies. To help get rid of the torque steer put wider tires in the front than the back although that will cause more understeer when pushing the car hard around a corner. To get rid of the understeer you'd be looking at a new LSD which will also help with the torque steer. FWD vehicles can begin to be really frustrating to tune properly when getting track ready and with high hp. They're nose heavy and having the power and steering wheels being the same adds a whole lot more complications to the matter.
Now that my rant is done Blackhawks ideas are really good. A resonator delete would be a good idea to add a bit more growl to the car while being cheap. If you planned on increasing the exhaust pipe diameter do not go too large. A larger pipe is good in some circumstances but too large will lower your torque. I usually will go 1/4 to 1/2" larger unless adding some sort of forced induction for drastically more power. I do like the sound of a high flow intake on throttle body cars. I love the chirp of the throttle body when I pin the gas on my jeep. On a side note do NOT get a throttle body spacer. They do no difference at all on the 5.3 and I have yet to see any real gains on any engine I've seen with them.
December 2, 2012 9:46:03 PM

wip99gt said:
I don't think OP would want to add any more power. They got 303hp at the flywheel which already gives them a lot of torque steer and that Hydra-Matic transmission is not that strong. They did beef up the transmissions on later models but I don't know if 2006 models have that. They replaced the sun gears, TC, and the final drive. If the 2006 is the heavier duty one so then a new exhaust and intake will make that engine sound much better and give it some more power. Now with new vehicles that new power might be temporary, as it was with my grand cherokee, because the ecm learns the new parameters and adjusts accordingly. Then the OP will need the get the ecm reprogrammed to make use of the new goodies. To help get rid of the torque steer put wider tires in the front than the back although that will cause more understeer when pushing the car hard around a corner. To get rid of the understeer you'd be looking at a new LSD which will also help with the torque steer. FWD vehicles can begin to be really frustrating to tune properly when getting track ready and with high hp. They're nose heavy and having the power and steering wheels being the same adds a whole lot more complications to the matter.
Now that my rant is done Blackhawks ideas are really good. A resonator delete would be a good idea to add a bit more growl to the car while being cheap. If you planned on increasing the exhaust pipe diameter do not go too large. A larger pipe is good in some circumstances but too large will lower your torque. I usually will go 1/4 to 1/2" larger unless adding some sort of forced induction for drastically more power. I do like the sound of a high flow intake on throttle body cars. I love the chirp of the throttle body when I pin the gas on my jeep. On a side note do NOT get a throttle body spacer. They do no difference at all on the 5.3 and I have yet to see any real gains on any engine I've seen with them.


I really appreciate the post man. That was very informative and game me some good insite.
December 3, 2012 6:09:07 PM

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FWD vehicles can begin to be really frustrating


FWD's suck. They don't belong on a track or any performance environment. FWD is transportation from A to B. Nothing more.
December 4, 2012 8:30:06 PM

I guess it's good my car is not going to be on a track haha. But at least it is good in snow
December 6, 2012 12:12:38 AM

I don't think FWD cars suck. Look at how the 60s minis destroyed everyone in the rally races or how the 90s integras did as well. In the right race with a proper driver they can be very good. Now I do prefer RWD cars but most of my vehicles have been well over 300hp and at that point you cannot have a FWD track car, it just doesn't work that well. After saying that I have been in 400+ hp FWD cars that are very quick around tracks but those people have been through countless different suspensions, LSDs, and tire combinations with months and months of work. I could do a track ready miata in 3-4 months and have it tuned and track ready. Again I'm talking track. The op has a quick and comfortable cruiser. It's a good car just one that shouldn't really be modified for much more power and to keep it what it is. Which, of course, is a nice cruiser with a good bit of jam.
December 6, 2012 4:47:36 PM

wip99gt said:
I don't think FWD cars suck. Look at how the 60s minis destroyed everyone in the rally races or how the 90s integras did as well. In the right race with a proper driver they can be very good. Now I do prefer RWD cars but most of my vehicles have been well over 300hp and at that point you cannot have a FWD track car, it just doesn't work that well. After saying that I have been in 400+ hp FWD cars that are very quick around tracks but those people have been through countless different suspensions, LSDs, and tire combinations with months and months of work. I could do a track ready miata in 3-4 months and have it tuned and track ready. Again I'm talking track. The op has a quick and comfortable cruiser. It's a good car just one that shouldn't really be modified for much more power and to keep it what it is. Which, of course, is a nice cruiser with a good bit of jam.


You pretty much said it man. All I was wanting was some more sound. Mine already has a decent throaty growl to it, I just want a little bit more which is why I was wondering if jsut getting an exhaust tip would do that or if I would need to get a whole new muffler.
December 8, 2012 5:28:07 PM

Loud cars are terrible, they make me wake up :/ 
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