Exhaust gurus needed

[hcaudikeed]

I have a 99 2.8 a6. I got the car chipped by giac and was happy with the results. More torque down low. About 2 days after I removed the center resonator and though it sounds better, I lost all that low end torque I gained with the chip. So I'm thinking about doing the exhaust right this time.
My cats are kaput and jersey no longer does mechanical inspections. So here is what I was thinking.
Remove the cats, putting pipes in their place, followed by a y pipe with a single pipe through the middle of the car, followed by another y pipe and out to two flowmaster 44 series. I'm looking for more of a deep sound. I'd like it to be loud, have some backfire/popping, don't care much about drone, and want a proper amount of back pressure to get the low end torque back.
Does my setup sound good or do you have any other ideas?

[4ringAR]

it will probably be cheaper to have them do dual straight pipes to the mufflers, instead of the y-straight-y setup you mentioned.

[hcaudikeed]

I understand that. But I already lost back pressure and torque just by removing the resonator. Wouldn't I lose more by removing the cats as well? I want the y pipe to single to gain back pressure.

[csh724]

not to jack the thread but with the chip you did feel a noticeable difference in low end torque?

[hcaudikeed]

Yes. And lost it by removing the back pressure the resonator caused. N/a engines, especially a smaller v6 like the 2.8 needs back pressure.

[jeffp477]

if your gonna run a y to a single then back to y might be cheaper cos they are not gonna use extra pipes.. but they might charge you the y pipes... do a 2.5" to the Y then 3" single to compensate being a single exhaust then same exiting out the Y if u really like that setup.. then dont use a muffler for it to be loud, just use a pair of 6" to 12" resonator then put some tips on it.. guarantied loud.. or get some cherry bomb resonators..

[MLFHNTR]

Cherry bomb FTMFW!