ARH Questions

[jbradsh1]

G8GTlawride; Thanks so much for the great report. I was just about convinced to keep the stock system but I got a couple of replys in addition to yours that said about the same thing. But yours was really convincing. Thanks very much. I'm going ahead with the ARH with the stock mufflers. By the way, will any performance shop, such as VMS, install the ARH system (they will be doing the other mods also)?

[GRRRR8]

They should not have an issue doing the install.

[jbradsh1]

Thanks.

[jbradsh1]

By the way, has anyone thought of doing the following: installing ONLY a set of high flow cats and some additional pipes to get back to the stock mufflers. That way you keep the stock headers (no added noise & possibly no emissions issues), eliminate the restrictive stock cats, eliminate the crimped pipes between the cats and the mufflers, and end up with improved performance with no liabilities whatsoever.

[GRRRR8]

Cost effectiveness would say probably getting ARH and stock muffs will give you the power and sound you are looking for for a little more $$. Cats by themselves that are direct fit hi-flow will probably be in the 7-$800 range for just the parts. Now you will need to have the x and the resonator and 2 small resonators removed or do a cat back, this too is 6-$700. As you can see the price will be close, but the ARH will probably be close to 3 times the gain for 1.5 times the cost.

[jbradsh1]

Thanks again GRRRR8. I sometimes forget just how much performance gain you get with a good set of headers. By the way, I noticed that the stock exhaust system seems to be a 4-2-1. On motorcycles this seemed the preferred set-up because it preserved some of the low - middle rpm torque. Not needed on a V-8 equipped car?

[GRRRR8]

Thanks again GRRRR8. I sometimes forget just how much performance gain you get with a good set of headers. By the way, I noticed that the stock exhaust system seems to be a 4-2-1. On motorcycles this seemed the preferred set-up because it preserved some of the low - middle rpm torque. Not needed on a V-8 equipped car?

The ARH collectors are by far one of the best for scavenging exhaust gases, the factory manifolds are not bad, just not long enough primaries to make power.

[Chewy]

Just to rock the boat a bit...

It sounds as if MagnaFlow is coming out with their HiFlow cats which will bolt onto the stock manifolds and to their exhaust or the stock exhaust. No doubt the power won't be anywhere near as good as ARH but that's the option I prefer.

[jbradsh1]

Thanks to GRRRR8 & 4gasem for the solid info.

[G8GTlawride]

G8GTlawride; Thanks so much for the great report. I was just about convinced to keep the stock system but I got a couple of replys in addition to yours that said about the same thing. But yours was really convincing. Thanks very much. I'm going ahead with the ARH with the stock mufflers. By the way, will any performance shop, such as VMS, install the ARH system (they will be doing the other mods also)?

Your welcome. I tried to reply last night but the cable went out. Missed the end of the game too!

You'll like the setup alot! Just make sure the X pipe clears the cross brace or you will have noise you never imagined. I had a slight contact and thought to myself "Oh what have I done". After the pipe was repositioned no more noise!