Hello!
I have a original 69 Z28. The exhaust that is on the car is very old and is not the original. It has some old Cherry Bomb mufflers on it. (not glass packs)There is really nothing wrong with the exhaust. No leaks etc...But I am really wanting something that is louder. The car does have some really old 70's headers on it.(I need to post a pic. of these to find out what they are...)
But here is my dilemmma. I would like to have a nice 2.5 inch system with a real aggressive sound. BUT, I have such an original type car that I am not sure if that would be a good idea. Any thoughts?
Does an exhaust really goof up values and such as long as the rest of the car is mostly original?
I know this is a personal prefference and its my car and I can do what I want. But then again I do not want to put something on the car that would devalue what I have. When I say original, I mean all the way down to the original starter and fuel pump. This thing just turned 78k miles and is in great shape. I know what some folks are thinking. Go with a new original style exhaust and be done with it. Well maybe that would be the smart thing to do.
I know people recommend the Gardner set up. But that is a 2.25 in system and may not be that aggressive sounding. I actually called them and he described this as being a little on the stock sounding side.
To have my cake and eat it to. I would love to have a stock appearing exhaust that just sounds nasty. But all I have found to come close to that is Flowmaster systems etc...
I have heard the chambered systems before but the old system I have sounds meaner than those in my opinion.
Sorry to ramble on here. Before its all said and done I may just need to stick with what I have....
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction or help me with a decission.
Thanks for the help!!!!!
