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Old 04-21-2011, 10:07 PM
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I'm looking to replace the stock exhaust with something that has a good tone at WOT and a nice, not too loud, idle. I'm not looking to spend a fortune. I was looking at borla mufflers and like their sound. Any suggestions? I'm not too crazy about the LM1...my friend has it.
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If your car is stock the lm1 is great,I loved it way back when my car was stock,honest imo that's the best budget exhaust ,you can pick one up for 150 ,200 bucks,and you can always swap out the resonator for a borla or magnaflow,what's your set up now? If its in your sig my phone doesn't bring it up
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It's stock lol. Way too quiet!
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You want this:

http://texas-speed.com/shop/item.asp...d=195&catid=46
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Look on craigs list, I see lm1s in my area all the time for 200 and under,that's your best bet.I really loved the sound ,just after all the mods it went to crap,if your looking to stay stock for awhile that's what I would go with,
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Magnaflow!
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I have LM1, with a cutout in place of the resonator, on stock mani/cats and its quiet most of the time, WOT is loud but nothing crazy, I don't even think with LT's it will be unbearably loud. Idle is quiet, 60-70 on the highway does drone b/c I drive with the cutout always open. Also I got it for 170 off tech, just watch for a good deal.
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anyone got any sound clips? i dont wanna download all those from ls1sounds..
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Jeg's catback......
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Originally Posted by dabest09
It's stock lol. Way too quiet!
My setup is pretty quiet just cruising around. Has a nice tone at wot.
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Just bolt up a sweet thunder muffler or a powerstick to your y pipe and dump it right before the axel. Will sound good and you won't have to worry about crooked tips.

Everyone has suggested a lm1 when he said he didn't care for it because his buddy had one and the tsp rumbler is the same thing except with a dynomax bullet instead is a resonator. Does anyone actually read what the op's here are asking for?
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Hooker catback!!
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Yeah I read what he wrote,but he asked what was the best budget setup,imo that's it,if he waits for a good deal I'm sure he can pick one up for 150,I was gonna sell mine for 125,could always run a single pipe back to a bullet dumped,kind of like this guy did
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I love how everyone has a different answer lol. I may just go talk to the muffler shop and see what they can do.
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Originally Posted by dabest09
I love how everyone has a different answer lol. I may just go talk to the muffler shop and see what they can do.
Thats because everyones opinions on what sounds best is different. What you really should do is search ls1sounds and youtube for what sounds best to you. Then factor in the price to determine what sounds good to you, and is within your budget.
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I don't blame you for not wanting the Loudmouth; my wife had it on her Z28 and I didn't care for the part-throttle rasp and highway drone, even with stock manifolds and cats.
So does the TSP Rumbler catback sound anything like the Loudmouth? Anybody here actually have one? Can't beat $250 brand new.
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Originally Posted by 94Z28-MSTGKLR
Just bolt up a sweet thunder muffler or a powerstick to your y pipe and dump it right before the axel. Will sound good and you won't have to worry about crooked tips.

Everyone has suggested a lm1 when he said he didn't care for it because his buddy had one and the tsp rumbler is the same thing except with a dynomax bullet instead is a resonator. Does anyone actually read what the op's here are asking for?
With a lm1 you can change the mufflers pretty easily and save alot of money that way. Most people that dont like the system are runnning an ory.
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Originally Posted by TXZ28LS1
Hooker catback!!
this.
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My flowmaster sounds toooooo good. so much deep muscle behind it, and throaty as **** when you get on it. I've heard alot of catbacks and still love mine more and more..
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You want to figure out what sounds best for you?

go to ls1sounds.com

perfect place for you to find what you like. hope it helps!


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