Hi guys,
So, I'm gonna do me some enginework this winter, and as part of the preparation I have been doing some close inspection of the engine from below, with the car on a hoist. Among other things I noted that I have several holes in the exhaust system, which I'm assuming is the reason why the car is very noisy.
It seems to be the stock exhaust and I might just get a SS stock-ish exhaust, but I'd rather take the opportunity to do a little tweaking. Problem is: I'd actually much prefer if the car was both fairly quiet AND fairly powerful. Assuming that's a natural tradeoff, an exhaust that helps with performance makes the engine more noisy, I'd still like to hear some opinions on what stage I exhaust upgrade would be better.
I know of DMCH stage I gen 2 and DPI gen 3 as options. Did I miss some other option? What are your opinions?
Part of me wants to go for more power, but part of me wants the car to be less noisy.
Which is the quieter one?
Which one gives the highest increase in power?
Opinions, questions, comments, please.
(Optimally the exhaust would increase performance, but be visually and auditory indistinguishable from stock.)