I have an 85 camaro. 383 bored 30, roller rocker double humped, the previous owner was running straight headers, then attached 2 straight pipes, no cats or mufflers. It sound mean and is loud as all get out. But I live on a military base and work the night shift (get home around midnight) all my neighbors don't seem to like the sound all that much, an it wakes my newborn when I get home, what is a cheap not as loud and decent sounding alternative. Keep in mind CHEAP. Could I go to a junk yard an just pull a stock setup and modify it to work? Or would that screw up the performance of my engine?

 

Nope. I think your heads do that for ya.. J/K the heads you have work okish but there are waaaaaaay better heads than those.
There are many ways to go for your exhaust but not many are cheap.

 

Nothing cheap unless you can find someone to attach a couple of mufflers to your straight pipes. That's the cheap way. I imagine your ground clearance is pretty bad too.

You need some good shorties/y-pipe and a 3 inch catback. Hooker 2055's are the best shorties because they have the best y-pipe available. They come as a big set. That plus a Flowmaster American Thunder catback pn 17151 should get you rolling. You can go cheaper on the shorties and get something that's not as nice if you want.

 

What muffler/ cat setup should I use? I can weld and have a pipe bender accessible so I could fab an exhaust for little to nothin, just gotta buy the muffler and cat. Don't really need a cat bc I'm in fl and there's no emission laws. But I'm guessing it would sound stupid with jus muffler? I know I sound stupid. I've always ran straight pipes on my trucks but idk if I wanna keep it on the car?

 

Do you by chance have a link to the hooker pipes? I couldn't find it?

 

just put some cheap Flowmasters in, like their super 40, that will quiet it down enough but still sound good