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Old 07-16-2008, 08:32 PM
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I have a TT 01 ws6 and it has straight pipes, im looking to put a straight through muffler on it. What sounds the best and where can I get it.
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a bullet style muffler. pending size differences, they all prolly sound very similar.
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Are you wanting loud or tame?

Tame : Spiral Flow
Loud : XR1 or Magnaflow
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Im going with a xr-1 on my bolt on soon to be stalled formula.
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I would go for a dynomax bullet. Plus they're cheap as hell.
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IM looking for good sound. The turbos will do the talking. Right now straight pipes sound like ****. IM use to the good sounding mustang cobra. I belive the exhaust is 3 inch back. What about magnaflow?
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yeah id say dynomax bullets too...i have 2 i will sell cheap if your interested,they are 3 inch
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dynomax bullets.........
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ive got the XR1's on my gto , and they sound pretty good , not sure how they sound yet with turbos , mine wont be on tell mid to late fall
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Magnaflow mufflers uses straight through design. Go for the round body for an aggressive sound and the oval for a more mellow tone.
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SLP Shotgun Resonators, not a muffler but as straight through as you can get.
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if youw ant a deep tone, with no rasp and 100 straight trough design while still ofering noise reduction, get the magnaflows (any of them) or the XR1.

If you just want it loud as **** get bullets or whatnot.

Sounds like you want the magnaflows though
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IMO, chambered mufflers sound the best. I like my Sweet Thunders. Quiet and deep at idle, but loud as **** at WOT. I think it has to do with how fast the exhaust gases are moving. The slower they move, the more that're being absorbed into the chambers? I've never researched it, but that's what I think.. lol

You can kind of see how it looks inside in this pic. If you hold it up, you can see straight through, with about 1.5" (on my 3" mufflers) of no obstructions.
http://www.sweet-thunder.com/images/picABsmall.gif


But I'm not sure how the flow numbers compare with a chambered vs. a resonator.. But it seems like you're looking more for tone and not so much flow numbers, so I'm not sure how much they would affect your decision.

Good luck though, I bet anything'll sound bad *** paired with a wastegate and a bov... lol
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Originally Posted by Texas 02 Z28
IMO, chambered mufflers sound the best. I like my Sweet Thunders. Quiet and deep at idle, but loud as **** at WOT. I think it has to do with how fast the exhaust gases are moving. The slower they move, the more that're being absorbed into the chambers? I've never researched it, but that's what I think.. lol

You can kind of see how it looks inside in this pic. If you hold it up, you can see straight through, with about 1.5" (on my 3" mufflers) of no obstructions.
http://www.sweet-thunder.com/images/picABsmall.gif


But I'm not sure how the flow numbers compare with a chambered vs. a resonator.. But it seems like you're looking more for tone and not so much flow numbers, so I'm not sure how much they would affect your decision.

Good luck though, I bet anything'll sound bad *** paired with a wastegate and a bov... lol
I wouldnt exactly call them quiet at idle man. Ive had those before, and those hitngs were loud, and then even louder. really depends on the noise level you want
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Borla XR-1 #40085 is by far the best. I have had the loudmouth resonator, Dynomax bullet and the XR-1. The XR-1 sounds incredible. Loud but refined almost like an SVT Cobra to be exact. When I get my Incon kit on I am goint back to the LM with the 40085 XR-1 muffler welded in. I might give the LM2 a try first.
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well im about to do my magnamouth???




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