I have a 5 month old and when hes napping the stock exhaust scares him. Honestly? I'd leave it stock until your baby is old enough.

 

The SS sedan has a lot more limited aftermarket than a Camaro, so there aren't many options. The Solo is the main option for deleting the mufflers, but it's ~$500. Spending $100 on a resonator delete is cheaper and still gives a good sound from what I've heard.

As for the kid, I think it depends on the kid. I'd probably keep it stock for a bit longer though. When they're old enough to tell you "faster daddy, faster!", you know you can go with a louder exhaust. An acceptable alternative is when the kid starts laughing every time you floor it, you know you can go louder. Of course, the wife could be an issue...

 

The wife is ok with a louder exhaust. Her daily driver now is a 2009 Charger Daytona.

The kid had no problem with my 2004 Ram diesel and none with the new Ram diesel and sleeps usually once he gets in the car.

What I was curious about was why the muffler delete on a Camaro and the resonator delete on the SS.

 

.......Is there reason why the resonator delete is more popular here than the muffler deletes on the Camaro........

.........What I was curious about was why the muffler delete on a Camaro and the resonator delete on the SS.

Probably because most SS owners are 35+ years old and don't want that 'all-out' exhaust volume that come with having no mufflers.

In any case, I would recommend that at the very most (and for now) you only go with the resonator delete. Not loud enough for you or too loud for you baby? Then and only then go with a muffler delete.

That's what'd do, but then......I'm an old guy.

KW

 

Most of us on here (I assume) use as a family car as well as a toy and just don't want to be to loud. My guess is you have '14 or '15, so my suggestion is delete resonator and 2nd cats if possible. Sound is louder and more of a deeper growl without being over the top. I have a 3 week old and it doesn't bother her.

 

Yeah I don't want it sports car loud, but want more than stock.

Quad tips and resonator delete sounds about right.

 

I'm old as dirt but when I was a kid I always wanted a big block, but those cars were out of my reach. I love that old low rumble lub-dub of a 442, 454 or 440- magnum. The LS3 sounds a lot different and raspy (to my ears) so finding the right tone that I like is hard. When I first started driving the SS I stayed in Tour and then moved into Sport, but now I prefer Track full-time.

Back on point; I flipped a coin on the ARH complete system and I suspect it's going to be a tad louder than I'd prefer. I plan on adding a set of Solo resonators to calm it down; if needed. Yeah, the age thing' plays into it.

 

......The LS3 sounds a lot different and raspy (to my ears)......

That's the mufflers. The OEM mufflers on the LS3 cars all have a raspy, snarly sound to them. It took me several tries to get my exhaust just right.....and aftermarket (Borla) mufflers played a big role in that.

KW

 

Nothing the Camaro guys do surprises me.

 

Actually all LS motors have that raspy pitch at full throttle. You can always tell a LS car vs a sbc or bbc just like you can tell the difference between a mod motor and sbf. It's very distinct, I call it the LS rasp. Our stock mufflers are raspy but I do think the 14/15 mufflers sound a tad better than the 16/17 mufflers.

The best I could do was to go with the magnaflow cat back with headers and x pipe with the mid muffler removed. Now my car sounds like a v8 m5 lol.

 

Actually all LS motors have that raspy pitch at full throttle. You can always tell a LS car vs a sbc or bbc just like you can tell the difference between a mod motor and sbf. It's very distinct, I call it the LS rasp.......

Will.....when I had the Solo pipes with my current engine/header mods, I had no rasp.....at full or part throttle. Car was load as a mo-fo, for sure.....but not a raspy sound. Same is the case with the Borla mufflers now installed.....not nearly as loud and also not raspy.

The H/C LS3 in my '95 Impala shoots exhaust through Hedman mid-length headers and the Dynomax 2 1/2" system with their Ultra-Flow mufflers. At WOT, the exhaust sounds like one of those lumberjack saws ripping it's way through a 30" tree trunk. Very vicious sound but not exactly raspy; still, nothing like I've heard that I can remember.

Anyway.....these are my observation on my cars......YMMV.

KW

 

I haven't been under my car but reading through threads it seems the 17 has no resonator?

Reason I ask is because i'd like it to be a tad bit louder, but I'd also like to keep the bimodal exhaust... any input?

 

I haven't been under my car but reading through threads it seems the 17 has no resonator?

Correct

 

I removed my Resonator and the mufflers last week and LOVE LOVE LOVE the sounds. It's not stupid loud and doesn't have a annoying drone. I can send you a sound clip if youd like.