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Old Jul 4, 2002 | 08:08 AM
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are 3 inch exhaust a good size for a 305ho

hi my exhaust pipe size on my camaro is a inch and a 1/2
so I get a 3 inch
will it be louder
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Old Jul 4, 2002 | 10:53 AM
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Re: are 3 inch exhaust a good size for a 305ho

Originally posted by 82camarov6
hi my exhaust pipe size on my camaro is a inch and a 1/2
so I get a 3 inch
will it be louder
thanks
Are you sure it's only 1.5"? That's really tiny. But yeah, 3" will definately increase performance and sound.
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Old Jul 4, 2002 | 11:49 AM
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3" is good and will help sound
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Old Jul 5, 2002 | 03:58 AM
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A 3" exhaust will work, just make sure you include headers with your setup
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Old Jul 5, 2002 | 11:24 AM
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if u go with a 3in exuast go with the hooker headers cat back. u will love it, i know i do and alot of other happy customers.

mark where were u on that ? im suprised u didnt tell him aboutthe hooker cat back before me lol :lala:
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Old Jul 5, 2002 | 08:57 PM
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I like ATR's pit bull exhaust thats what I have on my 305tpiho. It rumbles deep and low at idle then screams at full throttle. One down side is its $495.00, all stainless though.
http://www.atrperformance.com/
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Old Jul 5, 2002 | 10:56 PM
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I like my own random tech cat back sounds nice, well just about anything out there will sound nice to a stock system.
i noticed you have a th 400 behind that 305, i guess you will never have to worry about breaking that, i also heard that it takes 20 more hp to turn than the th350 and its heavier
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 12:32 AM
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Actually with you only running a 305 a 3 inch exhaust can become overkill. I would go with 2.5" personally but its your car so do what you want.
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 12:46 PM
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Originally posted by mach158
Actually with you only running a 305 a 3 inch exhaust can become overkill. I would go with 2.5" personally but its your car so do what you want.

Not overkill at all. The loss in torque is negligible (if any loss at all) and is replaced by how well the engine breathes out at higher rpms.

And its one less thing to mess with if you decide to install a bigger engine.
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 01:21 PM
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any one here with duel 3"? how much truble you think it would be to run those?
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