[WhiteLightening]

I saw this is out for the 2010-2015 SOLO HIGH FLOW CATS, and another company has a version as well for the Gen 5 v6. I know we can theoretically attach these to our cars and link up the exhuast hopefully...without much fabrication. My question is, Do you guys think it would be worth the money for the performance gains of any?

Also I've seen videos on how it sounds, every car sounds different, beyond that it's hard to determine if it would sound good on my car.

Also are any of you guys running them?

[Camarolover85]

Originally Posted by WhiteLightening

I saw this is out for the 2010-2015 SOLO HIGH FLOW CATS, and another company has a version as well for the Gen 5 v6. I know we can theoretically attach these to our cars and link up the exhuast hopefully...without much fabrication. My question is, Do you guys think it would be worth the money for the performance gains of any?

Also I've seen videos on how it sounds, every car sounds different, beyond that it's hard to determine if it would sound good on my car.

Also are any of you guys running them?

Just contact solo, they’re very knowledgeable.

[PolynesianPowerhouse]

Originally Posted by WhiteLightening

I saw this is out for the 2010-2015 SOLO HIGH FLOW CATS, and another company has a version as well for the Gen 5 v6. I know we can theoretically attach these to our cars and link up the exhaust hopefully...without much fabrication. My question is, Do you guys think it would be worth the money for the performance gains of any?

Also I've seen videos on how it sounds, every car sounds different, beyond that it's hard to determine if it would sound good on my car.

Also are any of you guys running them?

you're obviously gonna need to either cut out the cats currently there, and weld the hi flow ones in. OR buy their setup and end up cutting, bending, etc...which is gonna be more work.

the most important question is, where is it written or shown your current catalytic converters are so restrictive?

modern day converters aren't as restrictive as early obd 2, or pre obd2 converters. you maybe...maybe gain 1-2 psi reduction of backpressure. which at the price you're about to pay, is it REALLY worth it to you?

if you had a really high performance n/a build and were going for a certain time at the track and you were oh so close.... or had bad converters from damage, etc... it would make sense.

but going from a cat with x amount of cells to something less if not half...and a good chance of throwing CEL's with lack of tuning... seems like a lot of headache for a minimal gain in mostly sound.

if you're trying to be faster, or more consistent, there's many more places not even attached to the engine and exhaust you could be upgrading.

[WhiteLightening]

Originally Posted by PolynesianPowerhouse

you're obviously gonna need to either cut out the cats currently there, and weld the hi flow ones in. OR buy their setup and end up cutting, bending, etc...which is gonna be more work.

the most important question is, where is it written or shown your current catalytic converters are so restrictive?

modern day converters aren't as restrictive as early obd 2, or pre obd2 converters. you maybe...maybe gain 1-2 psi reduction of backpressure. which at the price you're about to pay, is it REALLY worth it to you?

if you had a really high performance n/a build and were going for a certain time at the track and you were oh so close.... or had bad converters from damage, etc... it would make sense.

but going from a cat with x amount of cells to something less if not half...and a good chance of throwing CEL's with lack of tuning... seems like a lot of headache for a minimal gain in mostly sound.

if you're trying to be faster, or more consistent, there's many more places not even attached to the engine and exhaust you could be upgrading.

So what would you suggest I add. I want to become faster yes.

[PolynesianPowerhouse]

Originally Posted by WhiteLightening

So what would you suggest I add. I want to become faster yes.

anything and everything that has been suggested to you over the past few months would be a HUGE START.

like said in the one post. https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=526191

from the majority of your posts you seem to want to try and nickel and dime yourself to death with CHEAP FIXES expecting speed. and the worst part is the cheap fixes aren't really cheap, and actually are gonna cost when more when you add it up for what you gain out of it. for example:



the solo converters https://solo-performance.com/camaro-...tic-converters
733$!!!

Not that its a bad price, its just a lot to spend for someone who hasn't completed the basic mods first.....and these aren't really made for your car... so you gotta custom fab and fit parts NOTmade for your car. given your questions asked, i'd assume you wont be doing the work, so you're looking at another 100-200$ minimal. that's 67$ short of 1000$... for fabricating a part not made for your car to fit?




with that alone you could have an intake and ported TB I'm sure. (you do realize when more air enters the engine, that's the key to more power...more air, more fuel, and spark. - combustion) and these parts ARE made for your car.


the only mods listed in your profile (according to your signature is an axle back setup with an x pipe.) are minimal. no intake. no tune. no ported TB, all which are currently available.






outside of the engine... where are ya suspension-wise? in particular this is important for straight line and turns.


cradle bushing lockout? trailing arms, diff lockout. all the slop in the suspension system that's there for comfort. have you addressed any of it?


if you're still on FE2 suspension, its soft. trust me, I've found its limits this year. its wastes power to a decent degree, and it absorbs what can be put to the road. a more solid suspension helps with putting power down. that's the why the FE3 stuff is used on the v8's, then you have the even stiffer FE4 stuff and then even further the FEA stuff. its not just turns and twists where they accel. its off the line.

the muscles in your leg are soft enough to absorb, but when they tense and stiffen up, that's transferring power to the ground to run. same concept. taking slop out your suspension will make the car handle better and actually be faster. if your putting 250hp to the wheels but only 235 is being used because its being absorbed by soft bushings... this is a no brainer, what needs to be upgraded.

in the end, if you want a crazy amount of power. supercharge it and be done.

but you keep asking about supporting parts and you don't seem to have even completed the basic core parts (intake, ported TB, intake manifold, tune) all of which are cheaper in price than some hi flow cats, and add more power. its like looking up buying a garage, but you haven't even bought the house to attach it to...


and if you can look stuff up like this all the time, why not put some of that effort into researching all the stuff people have already suggested to you that will make you fast. you keep goin in circles dude... speed costs. how fast do you REALLY wanna go? even on a budget, theres plenty of mods that stare you in the face daily on here you haven't added. I'd suggest stop looking for magical fixes and add the basics.

[WhiteLightening]

Originally Posted by PolynesianPowerhouse

anything and everything that has been suggested to you over the past few months would be a HUGE START.

like said in the one post. https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=526191

from the majority of your posts you seem to want to try and nickel and dime yourself to death with CHEAP FIXES expecting speed. and the worst part is the cheap fixes aren't really cheap, and actually are gonna cost when more when you add it up for what you gain out of it. for example:



the solo converters https://solo-performance.com/camaro-...tic-converters
733$!!!

Not that its a bad price, its just a lot to spend for someone who hasn't completed the basic mods first.....and these aren't really made for your car... so you gotta custom fab and fit parts NOTmade for your car. given your questions asked, i'd assume you wont be doing the work, so you're looking at another 100-200$ minimal. that's 67$ short of 1000$... for fabricating a part not made for your car to fit?




with that alone you could have an intake and ported TB I'm sure. (you do realize when more air enters the engine, that's the key to more power...more air, more fuel, and spark. - combustion) and these parts ARE made for your car.


the only mods listed in your profile (according to your signature is an axle back setup with an x pipe.) are minimal. no intake. no tune. no ported TB, all which are currently available.






outside of the engine... where are ya suspension-wise? in particular this is important for straight line and turns.


cradle bushing lockout? trailing arms, diff lockout. all the slop in the suspension system that's there for comfort. have you addressed any of it?


if you're still on FE2 suspension, its soft. trust me, I've found its limits this year. its wastes power to a decent degree, and it absorbs what can be put to the road. a more solid suspension helps with putting power down. that's the why the FE3 stuff is used on the v8's, then you have the even stiffer FE4 stuff and then even further the FEA stuff. its not just turns and twists where they accel. its off the line.

the muscles in your leg are soft enough to absorb, but when they tense and stiffen up, that's transferring power to the ground to run. same concept. taking slop out your suspension will make the car handle better and actually be faster. if your putting 250hp to the wheels but only 235 is being used because its being absorbed by soft bushings... this is a no brainer, what needs to be upgraded.

in the end, if you want a crazy amount of power. supercharge it and be done.

but you keep asking about supporting parts and you don't seem to have even completed the basic core parts (intake, ported TB, intake manifold, tune) all of which are cheaper in price than some hi flow cats, and add more power. its like looking up buying a garage, but you haven't even bought the house to attach it to...


and if you can look stuff up like this all the time, why not put some of that effort into researching all the stuff people have already suggested to you that will make you fast. you keep goin in circles dude... speed costs. how fast do you REALLY wanna go? even on a budget, theres plenty of mods that stare you in the face daily on here you haven't added. I'd suggest stop looking for magical fixes and add the basics.

I really didn't even notice I was going around in circles, until you pointed it out.

You asked what's my plan for my car, I want a track capable car. That being said, I want one that is comfortable enough for a long road trip to the beach or road trips in general. That's why I haven't upgraded my suspension yet, I'm not sure how stiff I want it to be. Because of that, I'm not sure where to start or which parts to get. I do know I love the sound of my engine as is screams to the red line , just like an Indy 500 race car. I want to eventually get a Trifecta time and CAI , ported TB , and manifold.. I'm just waiting for Will to start producing them.

[PolynesianPowerhouse]

Originally Posted by WhiteLightening

I really didn't even notice I was going around in circles, until you pointed it out.

You asked what's my plan for my car, I want a track capable car. That being said, I want one that is comfortable enough for a long road trip to the beach or road trips in general. That's why I haven't upgraded my suspension yet, I'm not sure how stiff I want it to be. Because of that, I'm not sure where to start or which parts to get. I do know I love the sound of my engine as is screams to the red line , just like an Indy 500 race car. I want to eventually get a Trifecta time and CAI , ported TB , and manifold.. I'm just waiting for Will to start producing them.

its totally doable. but you gotta start taking steps to doing it. my Unk always told me, "don't talk about it, BE about it"...

just start with the basics... look, trust me...I'm not rich by any means. I have rich people in my family, but that's THEIR money...I make my own money. Fortunately, I make decent money and a lot of that is spent on travel and new gear and stuff for wrestling. the rest goes to my car. I allocate one pay towards wrestling and general needs (clothes, house stuff, etc..)

and one to cars, repairs, etc... anything I earn in wrestling, I split it between cars and back into wrestling stuff.

but my advice.... start getting stuff. you're not getting any younger, and neither will the car... and you cant put anything ON the car if you haven't gotten it yet.

next payday(as an example)...get the intake. its available, affordable for most, and its one piece to the entire puzzle.

basic stuff for the suspension....cradle bushing lockout, trailing arms and control arms... all 3 arms are about 300$ the cradle lockout (which I just installed today) get it on sale... well worth it to put power to the ground.

I've ran on the FE2 suspension for two years and 56,000 miles... I've been to quite a few tracks, AutoX, and road courses over that time. I just upgraded the rear suspension to the V6 1LE suspension today. its taken me a few months to get all the parts (when funds allowed, when I figured out the parts, and when they finally shipped)... but piece by piece I slowly get all the things I need, and add them when I get em. sometimes they sit for months right next to the ps4 as I play GT Sport... it sucks to sit and look at em as I play, but as long as you get the pieces to the puzzle...you can install them.

but you have to buy/get them first. while your waiting for Will and the manifolds... start buying the things that are gonna get you to your goals. you need the other parts as well, so get and add what you can. you know what they are. why hesitate? you don't wanna be like, I'm still waiting to buy and intake and then you have 100K on the car or the 7th gens will be coming out.