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Exhaust on a V6...Is it worth it?

ereid74

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ereid74 New Member

ereid74

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Biggest thing with buying my truck was the lack of the V8. I love the rumble and was dissapointed my dealer didn't have that as an option with my colors.

 

How crappy does the V6 sound with an exhaust on it??

SuperSierra Enthusiast

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Biggest thing with buying my truck was the lack of the V8. I love the rumble and was dissapointed my dealer didn't have that as an option with my colors.

 

How crappy does the V6 sound with an exhaust on it??

 

 

I think it sounds cool

 

 

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Donstar Senior Enthusiast

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Great question! I do miss the sound at idle of my previous 5.3. I was also wondering if it would be a simple matter of an exhaust upgrade to improve the sound of the V6?

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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I think it sounds cool

 

 

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That is not a sound clip of a V6, its a clip of the 5.3 V8 big difference in sound between the 2. IMO the V6 with an exhaust sounds like crap as you can really tell its a V6 with an exhaust.

arcasey Enthusiast

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They do not make an exhaust system for a V6 that is going to sound "good".......In my opinion.

 

"3 easy steps to make your V6 sound like a V8:

Step 1: Buy a V8.

Step 2: Remove V6.

Step 3: Install V8."

 

Had to add in the little funny there but in all seriousness there are some after market products that will help make the V6 engines sound like V8's but they will not sound like a V8 throughout all RPM's. The biggest reason the sound is different is the harmonics within the engines and then the next biggest factor is the amount of air flow through the motors.

 

This is about the best sound that I have heard for the 4.3L. Skip ahead to 1:50

 

 

It's Tim Senior Enthusiast

It's Tim

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How crappy does the V6 sound with an exhaust on it??

Are there really varying degrees? lol

The excessive noise simply attracts unwanted attention because then people will laugh when they realize they can outrun your truck on foot.

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

KARNUT

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Obviously coming from someone with limited knowledge of modern V-6 engines. Some factory performance V-6 engines sound pretty good. If you really want ( foot race) a V6 how about starting with a 4cylinder and go from there? Putting down someone's ride isn't very nice.

 

 

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aseibel Senior Enthusiast

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Alright, on a truck this may not work the same, but if it makes you feel any better, I also wanted to hear the rumble on my car. I have a 2004 Grand Am SE1, which has the 3.4 V-6. Since I was lacking the GT dual exhaust, I had a muffler shop fabricate one for me. Used a flowmaster dual outlet muffler (for like a camaro/trans-am), it fits sideways under the trunk and has one outlet on each side.

 

I also have a CAI. That doesn't affect the sound coming out the rear, but adds a growl under the hood when you step on it.

 

I'm pretty happy with how my car sounds. But it still doesn't sound like a truck.

It's Tim Senior Enthusiast

It's Tim

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Obviously coming from someone with limited knowledge of modern V-6 engines.

I owned an '87 Buick GN, the tires made more noise than the exhaust, go figure?

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

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I owned an '87 Buick GN, the tires made more noise than the exhaust, go figure?

I did too, and a Z28 at the same time, guess which one was faster?[emoji106]

 

 

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Lgetz Senior Enthusiast

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Not a fan of exhaust on a V6 truck. Too many folks around here slap on Flowmaster or similar and it sounds awful at full throttle. Attracts too much attention and not in a good way.

Now on a Porsche 911 that's another matter entirely.

Lgetz Senior Enthusiast

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Not a Flowmaster but a Fabspeed I think it was. Sounded fantastic guy said it ran him about 5K though!

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Erik T. New Member

Erik T.

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On 7/24/2017 at 11:41 AM, SuperSierra said:

That’s  a V6?? Sounds amazing!

 

I think it sounds cool

 

 

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