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Old 10-03-2009, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by wg871
Wow it has pretty much no rasp at all. Nice car btw
Thank you.. Here some vids of me at the track.. Still no rasp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_jezOZ2Fao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Qx8hgu8i0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayzirfP3498
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noob question, what does drone sound like?
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Originally Posted by BRD-PREY
Yea, exactly he said the interior was smaller than his 2.5"? I think as far as too restrictive remember I'm running them behind no cats, LT Headers and a 417 cu.in. motor. I'm sure the GMMG is not too restrictive for a 346..
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fyi the GMMG mufflers are straight through. they dont neck down like sweet thunders do, which is what most people think GMMG uses. the muffler looks like a cherrybomb inside, but without the fiberglass packing.
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Originally Posted by hitmanws6
fyi the GMMG mufflers are straight through. they dont neck down like sweet thunders do, which is what most people think GMMG uses. the muffler looks like a cherrybomb inside, but without the fiberglass packing.
They do neck down. It goes from 3" (i pipe) down to 2.5" or 2.75" I beleive.
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Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
They do neck down. It goes from 3" (i pipe) down to 2.5" or 2.75" I beleive.
very true, they go to 2.5 right after the over the axle split, i was referring to how sweet thunder mufflers that are 2.5 inches for example neck down to 2.25 inches. for some reason half of tech thinks GMMG uses sweet thunder or stainless works mufflers.
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
noob question, what does drone sound like?
I wish I recorded it. You know how if some one opens a window in a 4 door you get that like pressure feeling. The drone doesn't have the pressure but it has a steady whoo sound another wordds it like a continous deep tone at certain rpms and load. Mine was terrible at 1600 to 1900 at highway cruise speeds if I open the throttle from like 15% to maintain speed to like 40% at 65 mph to pass a car without downshifting you would get this big whoo (drone)very deep and loud.

Someone help me out here!

I no longer get it.
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Cut of my GMMG with DynoMax Bullet in the intermidiate pipe. QTP LT offroad QTP Y-pipe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vHN0SE7Prw

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Old 10-05-2009, 05:17 PM
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Hey Torchd 02 TA what size and where did your get your power stick bullet muffler and about how much do they cost? I have a little of rasp with my kooks and catted Y but it's kinda a good rasp to me but not and no where near that loudmouth rasp and drone. I love my GMMG sometimes I just want to crawl under the care and hold on to it an never let it go but that's going to change I'm going to install a CME setup.
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[QUOTE=thewholefnshow1;12322016]Hey Torchd 02 TA what size and where did your get your power stick bullet muffler and about how much do they cost? QUOTE]

Eric at classic chambered

type that and "powerstick" in google.

Do you have LT headers?

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Here's mine... GMMG, LT's with ORY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TirTAJBOW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pocrNvLbyys
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[QUOTE=BRD-PREY;12351557]
Originally Posted by thewholefnshow1
Hey Torchd 02 TA what size and where did your get your power stick bullet muffler and about how much do they cost? QUOTE]

Eric at classic chambered

type that and "powerstick" in google.

Do you have LT headers?

Ed

Hey Eric it's me Johnny I called and ordered the 20" powerstick from yall and yes I have the GMMG exhaust with Kooks LT & Catted Y.
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Originally Posted by BRD-PREY


Hey Eric it's me Johnny I called and ordered the 20" powerstick from yall and yes I have the GMMG exhaust with Kooks LT & Catted Y.
I'm not Eric I was answering your question.

I'm Ed
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I read several claims of GMMG owners that there was no drone. I just got it installed today and I disagree. I'm trying some second skin damplifier sound deadening and probably later a powerstick in the i-pipe. I want to put the longest possible, anyone know if the one with the 26" body length fits?
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I used the medium length one. It did take care of the drone.
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Thanks a lot farmington.
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Spoke with the guys at classic chambered (powerstick makers) and they actually suggested one of their resonators at a custom length as opposed to a powerstick in the mid pipe. I'm still researching but I'm looking into a high flow flowmaster merge in addition to the resonator to help even more, but am confused if this would do anything with a stock y-pipe.
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Originally Posted by Marc3.4V6
Spoke with the guys at classic chambered (powerstick makers) and they actually suggested one of their resonators at a custom length as opposed to a powerstick in the mid pipe. I'm still researching but I'm looking into a high flow flowmaster merge in addition to the resonator to help even more, but am confused if this would do anything with a stock y-pipe.
A flowmaster merge will definitely help with rasp but I'm not sure about drone.
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A FM merge is something you use with LT's, not a stock Y-pipe, which has a decent merge anyway. I never had a drone issue with my GMMG on stock manifolds - sounded great!
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Strange, I get drone, but mostly when accelerating, and sometimes at certain rpms up hills. Well I hope the resonator doesn't cut the sound down too much, still not sure what length I'm going to use, maybe 18" body length.
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I think I'm going to use one of Classic Chambered's Cobrapack mufflers as a resonator. Not sure if I'm going to use it with or without packing yet, waiting to hear back on what they think is best. What's crazy to me is that in my old LT1 I was running a TSP Rumbler that consisted of a powerstick (I swapped it in) in the i-pipe and nothing else, yet it has zero drone. I still like the sound of the gmmg, mostly on the outside. I kind of wish I had done this before I had it installed:

http://www.ls1.com/forums/f52/2011-w...g-pics-155963/



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