I've heard of people saying the exhaust sounds different...Louder or throaty or what?

I've got no cat and a turbo muffler... How will it sound? Nice?

 

mine didnt get much louder but it definatly got much more throaty, my old set up before headers was like yours with no cat...but i had a flomaster, i like the sound better now than before and its definatly a good peformance upgrade

 

ohh yea i dont know if you know this but i suggest getting tpi headers the y pipe is bigger than the tbi ones i guess were just the bastards children

 

I suggest the tpi ones as well. they come with 1 3/4" primaries as opposed to 1 5/8". I highly recommend getting them ceramic coated as well. It is expensive, but worth it-this is coming from experiance. Keeps the engine bay temps down and makes for a much longer life span of the header. And you don't have to deal with looking at rust

 

i bought the edelbrock tpi headers with a 3 inch y pipe and i did a 3 inch exhaust with no cat at the same time it sounds nice i got my headers nickel plated they oxidized really bad but it isnt rusting they are just all rainbowed up

 

Yeah, that's another downside of the "TBI" headers, they usually only come with a 2 1/2" y pipe. Answering your origional question though-mine didn't seem any louder, but did seem much more throaty as well just as arrowcamaro experianced.

 

HITHERE thought the edelbrocks were 1 5/8 inch primaries regardless of the y pipe size? HITHERE know they used to be stepped primaries between 1 1/2 and 1 5/8, but HITHERE thought they were all 1 5/8 inch now instead of 1 3/4???

 

wrong board.
headers will sound better IMO. dont be dumb and buy them for TBI though.

 

Exhaust manifolds will sound louder with a cat-back and a cam. Only because the gas moving out is a cluster ****. With my SLP tri-y headers the car is very quiet vs some other cars I've seen. Some people say they sound louder with headers it's usually deeper and usually thin gauge metal. Iron manifolds are heavy, hot, and crap. I like my SLP's because they're thicker than your average headers. Makes for more of a sleeper when you want to suprise or shame some squid on a bike or ***** in his flashy go cart.

 

i love the sound of my exhaust. not too loud while idling, but beautiful when wot. might help that i also have a sbc 400, but who knows... i'm working on making my car a sleeper, so far, so good. but yes, headers will sound different (usually better)

 

Headers will give it a more defined/tuned sound. A cam swap will wake up the exhaust sound. The 3" TPI exhaust will give a deeper throaty sound than the piddly 2.5" TBI exhaust.

 

will the tpi headers fit without any problems?

 

yeap, just have to have the tpi cat and catback to match.

 

yea the only difference i seen in the two ( tpi and tbi) are that the tpi headers dont have that ugly heat stove for the stock air cleaner

 

Should be on the exhaust board but... JET HOT COATED HOOKER 2055s!!! I love 'em and my Hooker 16822 catback. See sig.