Jayg1982

Bought my car with a magnaflow muffler on it Any suggestion on how i can make it louder for now? Don't really have the money to buy new setup.

turbowhistle86

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electric cutout in the I pipe....$150-175 depending on how fancy/nice you want it. Put it in yourself, or a reasonable shop could put it in for probably $20-30

Datzneat

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What ^he said. You could always gut the cats too. Not that I condone polluting.

LS184

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if u dnt have the money for an ory or headers thn u should go for the cut-out

dutinsss

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you could get a manual cutout for a lot cheaper if your not going to be messing with it a lot.

aggiebutter

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is it just the muffler or a cat-back system? I put an Off-road Y pipe that I bought on here for $100 on my Magnaflow cat-back and it sounds freakin awesome

chevyguy7802

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+1 on the cut-out

Jayg1982

i have two cats each cat has 2 1/2 piping going into a collector going into a 3in pipe all the way back to the muffler where would be you sugestion to put a cut out in?

dutinsss

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put the cut-out in the 3 inch I-pipe.

94TRANS

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cut it off... but dont do that.

Red99TA

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cut out will be very loud but if you get an electric one you can adjust the volume by having it throttled open. Other ways to make it louder are ORY, LT's, or bigger cam. Cheapest thing to do is cutout or ORY.

Jayg1982

Want your thoughts would it be good idea to gut the muffler?

dutinsss

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never heard of anybody gutting the muffler. you'd be better off taking it out and getting a new pipe welded in it's place, same with the cats. then sell the muffler and cats and get a good bit out of them.

dutinsss

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you should listen to cars with slp loudmouth 1 cat-backs, it should sound similar to what taking your muffler out will. really loud, but raspy, some like it, some not so much.

Jayg1982

been very helpful, just couple more question what muffler do you recommend i get to replace the one I've got now or should i go with a true dual setup, and what is the best true dual setup?

dutinsss

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idk if i'd have a big effect by just replacing your muffler. if you took out your cats and muffler and sold them and bought a new cat-back, you'd be rockin. as far as choosing a cat-back, you'd just have to listen to sound clips(ls1sounds.com) and go from there. i think GMMG sounds the best but its pricey. for true duals you could either get them dumped, out the back over or under the axle, h pipe or x pipe, and theres a bunch of different mufflers to choose from. i run long tube headers and 2.5'' H-pipe out the back under the axle with single chamber flowmasters. it sounds good to me and most other people like it too. before that, i had them dumped under the car and it vibrated things inside and droned a lot. the hardest thing about true duals is finding a shop that can do a good job and not half-a$$ you. good luck man.

Jayg1982

thanks for all the advise.

dutinsss

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no problem, man. good luck with your car.

The Alchemist

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Cheapest way is to just drill some half in holes in the exhaust. Might not be perfect, but it'll be louder for sure.

Jayg1982

The cutout has been installed and my car is sounding great, thanks for all the advise.