Ok fellas,

I know many of people have asked the same question as I am about to .. which exhaust and header set up is the best. First off I am looking to spend between 500 to 1000 on a set of headers and cat-back exhaust. Now I have just completely rebuilt an 305 engine for my camaro and it sounds good with the mods we did on it. A hell of a lot better than my other one with a 2.8l in it. Now as you can see on the bottom hopefully I have a performer intake, a performer rpm cam, and an edelbrock 600cfm electric choke carb. My goal is to get 300hp out of the 305. I have read that borlas cat back will give you 20-25 hp and I have no idea about the headers on how much they can give you .. i would assume maybe 5-10 max..Now is my goal of 300 hp in reason with the header and catback system in place? Also if i went with a pair of "shorties" they should just bolt to the stock y-pipe shouldnt they? The borla seems a lot more expensive .. why is this? is it really that much better than say a good flowmaster set?

 

I'll save Mark the trouble... Hooker 2055 headers. Comes with a Y pipe. Hooker also makes a nice cat back for around $200. I'd also assume you'd pick up more than 10 hp with headers. I'm sure it's not as nice a a Borla set up but it's much cheaper and probably very close.

David

 

i second what david said, its a great settup, if you hurry up you can get the hooker shorty super comp headers from schucks.com for only 119.99, and the cat back is 259.99, good luck

 

Yep Yep.

Sound clip in the sig, not sure if the new clip is in there, but there should be 2 files.

 

i am looking at headers but everything kinda has their own good and bad quailities..

 

You're not getting the "Super Comp" shorties for $119.99. The "Comp" shorties are less expensive, but even then they're $163.29 (Summit and Jegs have them for $141.99 or so). The "Comp" shorties don't have the y-pipe, either (and none is available).

I'll agree each header has it's good and bad qualities. Pacesetters are cheap, but they're cheap. SLP's are great, but high priced. Etc., etc., etc.