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Old 04-29-2009, 09:12 AM
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Im also looking to upgrade my exhaust. as a reformed ricer i refuse to put one of those fart cans on my bonnie, it just to big of a car and it would look ridiculous. What are some good options for exhaust systems on Bonnevilles?

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Stock exhaust is actually very good and not overly restrictive. The two restriction points are the front exhaust manifold and downpipe.

Easiest way to correct them would be to get a ZZP Power Log and Hogan downpipe. Or go for headers which corrects both issues.
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oh ok. But would the headers change the sound of the car at all? I'd like a little bit more purrr than shes giving me right now.lol
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To deepen the tone you will need to deal with what Bill said, the front manifold is really restrictive. I've ported a few and trust me, they are not good stock.
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Changing the front and the down pipe will change the tone. Installing a free flow cat will deepen it more. And I believe you have 2 mufflers on your car, so installing either a flowmaster or magnaflow series 40 muffler will give it a nice tone. Installing rockers or a cam will finish off the sound. Purplehaizer has a nice tone with his. Here'* mine but I'm running a single series 80 so the tone would be slightly different.

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Here'* mine... Magna Flow Mufflers and Hi-Flow Cat on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Series 40, Goerlich Hi-Flow, SLP Headers.
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Ok sounds good. thanks guys.
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