I need help deciding on a cat-back. I want to pull the trigger on one here soon.

I need personal opinions on what you guys would choose!




89, 305ci

 

Its a matter of opinion. what you personally like for sound. I have a hooker aerochamber catback with hooker shortys. Sounds incredible on my 383. The fit was perfect. Hanger locations were perfect as well. I also have a magnaflow cat.

 

they are both good choices........ive run them both.......like both systems. the magnaflow is stainless and will last longer........

 

i have a pretty good idea of what they both sound like, but i like a deeper sound not too loud at idle. no rasp


and i also have 2055's and a magnaflow cat

 

magnaflow def has the deeper tone hands down............if the made a 4" system id be all over it........

 

It's pretty much down to the looks. I like the looks of the big magnaflow tips but the hooker duals are nice too. So hard to pick!

 

hooker.

 

I have no experience with Magnaflow. That said, I like the Hooker because at idle and cruise you can listen to music or carry on a conversation, but at WOT the snarl is nasty.

JamesC

 

thanks for all the opinions. anyone know a place to get either cheap. or what you paid.
i know bandit has the magnaflow cheap.

P.S. if you dont want to post what you paid you can PM me to keep it on the down low

 

319.00 was the cheapest i found the hooker for. google it!!!

 

i've googled the crap out of it just wanted to see if anyone knows of any steals

 

I'm with Badass355. I have a hooker, never had the magnaflow, but next time I probably will fork over the extra cash just because the magnaflow is stainless. My hooker has some rust on it, and I dont even drive the car in the winter!
Really though I dont think you can go wrong either way.

 

Yeah the stainless is something that is really pulling me to buy the magnaflow

 

I searched all over and the prices were all within 20 bucks. The hooker system has such thick walled pipe that i cant imagine it rusting away in my lifetime. Maybe if you drove it in salty conditions. Cant see that happening.

 

The Magnaflow exhaust is one of the lowest sounding rumbles of an exhaust that I've heard around. Was under my car and my y-pipe looks like crap after a year and the cat back is nice and shiny perfect.

 

You could do flow master WITHOUT the cross flow muffler sounds sweet and you can hear your self think LOL

BTW badass355 you can buy a 4" kit very spendy tho and unnecessary on HP levels under 500 from what I hear

 

I have the Hooker Aerochamber with no complaints. The quad-tips look right at home on a Firebird...

 

MAGNAFLOW! thats what im going with atleast. you can get them for about 320 bucks which is a steal, its stainless, have a nice big block growl, quite at idle and screamin at wot, the tips look BAD AZZ!, not everyone and there mothers have it, and theres free shipping! I dont think iv ever heard anyone complain about the magnaflow system not once and iv heard some complaints about the hooker system. its totally up to you BUT the magnaflow system has proven to be one of the best flowing exhuast for our cars.

 

just pulled the trigger on the magnaflow! cant wait to put er on

 

excellent choice!!!

 

when you get it on VID PLZ!

 

man ever since i put a aero chamber on my tahoe i wont go back. If they made an aero chamber in a 4 i would have gotten that instead of the spintech i just bought. Hookers sound amazing. I just painted mine with engine enamal. And my friend bought a hooker that was stainlessfor his truck. Do they not makeone for us?

 

i dont think they make a full stainless for the third gen

 

I only run Hooker stuff, as for the pipe just clean it and paint it all with high temp paint and it'll last for a very long time.


This is just my personal opinion but Magnaflows always sound like an oversized glasspack to me.

 

I vote Hooker. Flows good, sounds good, its good.

I found a Hooker slip fit muffler that coudl replace my SLP 2otL muffler and STILL give me 2 on the left. But would sound wicked. Same for the Borla XR-1.

 

is the installation of a catback as easy as I imagine it is? after putting in headers this should be a cakewalk

 

I went with the Magnaflow. Cost was one factor, ease of installation the other. Definitely looks impessive and sounds good too!

 

Probably a couple hours tops! Hardest part was getting the old stuff out. Be sure to tighten the clamps well and get the hoop over the rear end centered so it doesn't rub on the rear end or panhard bar. I put in new hangers to eliminate the slop from the old ones.

 

I have the hooker cat-back also. Everything lined up perfect, had to modify at the cat becasu I have a 3" high flow. I am very happy with it and can't wait to wake it up more with a new y pipe and headers.

 

Got it in the mail a few days ago. Putting it on later this week hopefully!

 

I have a 3" catback with hooker aero chamber and gutted cat. It sounds good. Not obnoxiously loud but sounds real good at WOT. I hear the Aerochamber mufflers get louder over time.

 

Get the GMMG setup. You will not be disappointed.

It's pretty spendy, but you should be able to install it yourself pretty easily, and it's the best sound you'll ever get on your Camaro. It sounds frickin' sweet.

I love the sound clips here:
http://www.gmmginc.net/Exhaust/index.php

If you don't want to pay for the gmmg, then get the Magnaflow Stainless, even though it won't sound as good, in my opinion.

 

That looks like a great cat back also

 

heres some pics

 

Looks nice!

 

Care to share where you saw the Magnaflow for $320?

Ta

 

I like some of their systems, but didn't like the ones for SBC's. Just seemed all noise and no tone, though nowhere near as bad as a Loudmouth, which I think is the most obnoxious exhaust system out there, if it can even be called an exhaust.

I'm not a fan of big quad 4" tips either, or even dual 3" tips. I prefer the simple 2.5" dual pips on the left side of my car. Its quiet at idle, has a mild tone, but overall isn't loud. Sleeper is the term. Prefer the aerochamber cat-back's sound though over my 2otL.

Although, all of the above is personal preference. And I prefer NOT getting pulled over for loud exhausts. I have a cut-out that I can open at the track if I want it.

 

bandit exhaust has it for 320 and a cat for 95

 

Here is the Hooker kit..





The tips are growing on me... but it'll be another month before i put the system on.

 

IMO, the tips look great on a Firebird...shouldn't look bad on a Camaro either.

 

You made a wise decision.

 

That Hooker system looks like a quality piece. Nice!