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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 10:15 AM
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Exhaust/engine sound question

What has to be done to our cars to make them
where they are real loud and do that like the
cars at the dragtstrip where they run sorta like
they are almost not running smooth but its awesome!
do you guys know what I mean?

so like when you pull up to a light its like everyone
looks over and just says...

WOWWWWWWWWWWWW
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 11:14 AM
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just loud???

Big cam. High compression. Open Headers. Lot's of work on the owners part. That's what it takes to make your car sound like that. If you just want to make your car sound cool, get a Hooker catback.
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 01:18 PM
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Get a free flow exhaust headers and a cat-back. I'd recommend the Hooker cat-back , sound clip is in the sign, but if you want loudness of over tone then a single chamber flow would be good.
What you're talking about the sound of not smooth, is called a lopey cam, which you'll need to get a different cam for.
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 01:23 PM
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My exhaust sounds awesome and Im happy with it when WOT
it is very loud.. but just sitting there idle its not very loud.
I would like for it to rumble a bit louder at idle, and real lopey
like its gonna die, but not because its running like crap.. I guess
it must be the CAM as you guys were saying
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 02:21 PM
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The duration of the cam causes the "dying" sound. You don't want to much of a duration cause it will interfere with your brakes and accessories.
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Old Apr 18, 2002 | 03:49 PM
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Flowmaster 1 chamber.
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