V6 Exhaust Question

[BlacKJesu5]

Hey guys i was just wondering which brand of exhaust would sound the best on a v6 car....I have a flowmaster 40 (straightpiped) but its a little too raspy for me.....



thanks

 

[Apex]

Depends on the car and what sound you're looking for.

 

[mwmorph]

All that "Best" thing is very subjective, especially when you're asking on a opinion on an subjective quality that differs from person to person.

Do you want it loud? Quiet? Lazy? Fast and F1 like? Deep? High pitched?

 

[BlacKJesu5]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=H3ZAYNLmtN4


i want it deeper...right now its flowmaster 40.....-res +straightpipe

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: BlacKJesu5
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H3ZAYNLmtN4


i want it deeper...right now its flowmaster 40.....-res +straightpipe

Open manifolds?

Seriously, leave it alone....it's a Taurus. You likely won't get any "deeper" sound, it is a small displacement V6.

 

[jagec]

Whichever exhaust comes with a V8 attached to it.

Seriously dude...that's about as good as a Taurus will ever sound. You want a meaner exhaust note, get a cheap V8 Stang.

 

[BlacKJesu5]

maybe i should've mentioned this.....the taurus is the car i have and if you arent going to mention anything helpful just pass through......on top of that i cant fit in a mustang

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: BlacKJesu5
maybe i should've mentioned this.....the taurus is the car i have and if you arent going to mention anything helpful just pass through......on top of that i cant fit in a mustang

Truth be told though, flowmaster makes some of the deeper sounding mufflers and straight pipes means you are already doing most of what you can to enhance it. I'd say take ti to a shop and see if you can get someone to advise you because Flowmaster would be my recommendation fro a deep tone.

Maybe straight pipes and silencers, but then that would be pretty loud too.

 

[Fenixgoon]

that taurus sounds like any other riced out civic. why, oh why, would you do that to your vehicle?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: BlacKJesu5
maybe i should've mentioned this.....the taurus is the car i have and if you arent going to mention anything helpful just pass through......on top of that i cant fit in a mustang

I'm not trying to be snide. I'm just telling you that you're trying to make it into something that it's not. That exhaust sounds pretty decent, but you can never get a true V8 rumble out of an economy V6.

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
that taurus sounds like any other riced out civic. why, oh why, would you do that to your vehicle?

No it doesn't. Riced out civics have a high, raspy, continuous BWAAAAAAH sound to them. This sounds much better.

 

[iamwiz82]

Engine swap would be my first guess. You cannot make a Taurus sound mean otherwise. You just have to accept that.

 

[AMCRambler]

Does your exhaust have a resonator? Putting one in might help with the rasp. From what I've read about the 2.5 Duratec in my Contour, you take that out of your exhaust system and you get rasp.

 

[Epic22]

Borla's sound veryy nice

 

[exdeath]

Two things make a classic big displacement V8 sound the way it does, and no exhaust system can ever reproduce those things on any other engine:

1) The un-even firing order associated with a 90 degree cross plane crank. Every 3rd and 4th firing occurs on the same bank, alternating between banks. The resulting complex interaction of pressure waves due to this odd firing arrangement is what gives the beloved lope and burble of the V8.

2) The loudness and deepness is associated with the port velocities and volume which with exhaust has to do with exhaust valve area and displacement. A large displacement piston squeezing expanded exhaust gas out of a single valve is going to have a significantly higher velocity and expansion rate which creates the deep booming sonic signature that will be impossible to replicate on a small displacement engine (lack of volume) or a DOHC 4V engine (lack of velocity).

That said, look at the SVT Contour or the many exhaust systems made for the V6 Mustangs and Camaros that are specifically aimed at making them deep sounding to mimic a V8.

Also a thing to keep in mind that the cars you may be aiming to sound like also employ more aggressive cams than what a Taurus would come with, and often to get the sound you want, the exhaust cam profile AND exhaust system work hand in hand; the exhaust system itself even if identical may not be sufficient.