f3racer

anyone just lop off the mufflers and run stock cat?

TheMonteMan

yeah. i bought the magnaflow cat back and took the mufflers off. a few people have straight piped it with the factory cat back sounds similar.

f3racer

ok. thanks

why_so_serious

im gonna cut off the resonators and mufflers and install powersticks and straight pipe from there on back

f3racer

resonators? looking under the car i see what looks like a cat just after where the exhaust bolts up, then it does a "y", then the 2 mufflers and tips.

Kazmaniac

Sarge that's the resonator, which is the third muffler. It's under the passenger compartment. Between it an the engine is the cats.

The flow from front to rear is engine, cat, resonator, y-pipe, mufflers then tips.

Do a real thorough search, there was a white MCSS (forget her name) that posted a nice vid of her removing the stock mufflers and only using the resonator.

SLP does a similar exhaust called a loudmouth.

f3racer

thanks man. ill look. i assume its on youtube?

this is exactly what i am looking for with sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vpdlZrme3s

LS1 Racing

iTrader: (15)

I ran this way for over a year. It sounded decent for the cost, but the in-car drone was brutal.

f3racer

i wonder if it would bother me. im pretty used to the sound of a bike exhaust drone in my helmet. i figure it would probably only be temporary. when i get back from korea im putting on headers, deleting the cat, deleting the resonator, and throwing some good mufflers on it. with a tune.

Kazmaniac

Standby - I'll try to find it

Edit: The gal's name was LittleMT, went back to 2006 but ran out of time searching. Her car was a white MCSS.

evil 5.3

i did it with my mcss and the drone wasnt to bad to me. but in certain parts of the power band it resonates threw all the plastic and sound horrible . I hate interior rattles

GXP05

My setup sounds alot like that. I cut off my mufflers and resonator and put a classic chambered powerstick muffler where the resonator was and put 2.25 pipes where the mufflers were. Heres a link to what it sounded like in sept when I got it done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3lt_0y5N0U

I'm gonna take some new vids of it now that i've broken it in and the cold air makes it sound alot better than this vid.

RickAKATed10

iTrader: (1)

Just a muffler swap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXgOE7HYguM

I think I'm going to look into a smaller resonator though. Maybe a 12" one. Just for a little more sound.

LS4 swap

iTrader: (1)

You can see the entire exhaust system, cat and C6 tips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcfL34htkBc

the camera sux and seems VERY loud, but it is not as bad as it seems. Even the birds sound loud,LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOLtJ..._order&list=UL

no exhaust system at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOL9B...eature=related

LS1 Racing

iTrader: (15)

When I did my 383 Fiero, I used a custom system that was very similar to what you have.

Sounded OBNOXIOUS...In a good way!

crazyjoe

I gotta be honest, that sounds phenomenal! Do you happen to have any in-car vids/full throttle passes? I'd love to hear it WOT. Sounds great man.

f3racer

ok so i did it. i left the resonator in and had the shop weld in a pipe in place of each muffler. i even had them add about an inch to make the tips stick out a little further. more flush with the bumper. i think it looks and sounds awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzuSw_ORRc

ill get one later of me on thew throttle.

CenTexSS

iTrader: (2)

Sounds better than I thought it would!

TheMonteMan

sounds exactly like mine

f3racer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxF-fGae04