Decent inexpensive exhaust
02-05-2012, 05:48 PM
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Decent inexpensive exhaust my '93 is bone stock minus a CAI and suspension
Currently I have a Borla adjustable exhaust. I sold the tips and put turn-downs in their place. My neighbor offered me a nice chunk of cash for it and I also have an opportunity to trade it for a LM1 as well.
If I decide to sell it, I'm looking at three different replacement systems - all under $300 shipped
1) Jegs 3", 2.5" outlets
2) Flowmaster equivalent and
3) Flowmaster 3", single driver side 3" outlet
...havent heard any opinions/reviews of the Jeg's system but according to the tech at Flowmaster, the 3"in/dual 2.5" outlet system is louder but more restrictive than other similar systems. The single in/out 3" system is quieter and will produce an honest 10-15hp over the other Flowmaster system
I'll be installing some Mac mids and deleting the cat at the same time. What i'm looking for is a good sound with no interior resonance
Of the above systems, which would fit my needs best?
TIA
Currently I have a Borla adjustable exhaust. I sold the tips and put turn-downs in their place. My neighbor offered me a nice chunk of cash for it and I also have an opportunity to trade it for a LM1 as well.
If I decide to sell it, I'm looking at three different replacement systems - all under $300 shipped
1) Jegs 3", 2.5" outlets
2) Flowmaster equivalent and
3) Flowmaster 3", single driver side 3" outlet
...havent heard any opinions/reviews of the Jeg's system but according to the tech at Flowmaster, the 3"in/dual 2.5" outlet system is louder but more restrictive than other similar systems. The single in/out 3" system is quieter and will produce an honest 10-15hp over the other Flowmaster system
I'll be installing some Mac mids and deleting the cat at the same time. What i'm looking for is a good sound with no interior resonance
Of the above systems, which would fit my needs best?
TIA
02-05-2012, 08:23 PM
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Neither Borla or Flowmaster for me. THey drone like crazy, sound horrible, and make **** for power. For your money I'd get the Texas Speed Rumbler. Great exhaust for the money. Hell if I had $1500 for a catback I'd still do the rumbler
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02-05-2012, 08:36 PM
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I had some type of flowmaster, but my I pipe was 2.75 i think, non mandral bent over the axle comming from jet hots and hooker off road y pipe. I switched to a magnaflow setup and the car seems happier.
Its easy to see why a single in/single out would make more power, a single in dual out fbody mufler, the exhaust has to take some pretty wild turns to get out of the muffler and exit the tail pipes. obviously a single in single out is a nice straight shot!
Anyways my expereince with magnaflow is good so far, ive only drivin the car once in the last 4 weeks but it sounded good (Car has jet hot long tubes, hooker off road y pipe to 3" magnaflow).
The only other setup ive had that i loved was pacesetter long tubes, pace setter y pipe, to a loudmouth with a moroso spiral flow in place of the loudmouth resonator. It sounded very good, deep and smooth, no pops doing down hills in an m6 car. I actually drove the car 1100 miles straight in 1 day over an 18 hour period, the exhaust tone was the last of my worries at that point but It was very tolerable.
TSP rumbler is basically a loudmouth setup with a bullet, isnt it?
if you sell the borla, and you are running stock headers and catted y pipe, DEFFINETLY look into the loudmouth or TSP rumbler. anything else and it will be to loud, but you have alot of options to make a borla-mouth, dyno-mouth and whatever else - mouth you want to quiet it back down.
Its easy to see why a single in/single out would make more power, a single in dual out fbody mufler, the exhaust has to take some pretty wild turns to get out of the muffler and exit the tail pipes. obviously a single in single out is a nice straight shot!
Anyways my expereince with magnaflow is good so far, ive only drivin the car once in the last 4 weeks but it sounded good (Car has jet hot long tubes, hooker off road y pipe to 3" magnaflow).
The only other setup ive had that i loved was pacesetter long tubes, pace setter y pipe, to a loudmouth with a moroso spiral flow in place of the loudmouth resonator. It sounded very good, deep and smooth, no pops doing down hills in an m6 car. I actually drove the car 1100 miles straight in 1 day over an 18 hour period, the exhaust tone was the last of my worries at that point but It was very tolerable.
TSP rumbler is basically a loudmouth setup with a bullet, isnt it?
if you sell the borla, and you are running stock headers and catted y pipe, DEFFINETLY look into the loudmouth or TSP rumbler. anything else and it will be to loud, but you have alot of options to make a borla-mouth, dyno-mouth and whatever else - mouth you want to quiet it back down.
02-05-2012, 09:33 PM
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I have a TSP rumbler with custom tucked up turn downs I'm willing to sell for $150 + shipping. Only used for about 5-6 months, all you need to do is bring it to a shop to get it welded up. IMO sounds better than a LM1 and had no rasp with a high flow cat.
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Sort of. It sounds almost opposite to a loudmouth though. My rumbler is quite loud, but it isn't raspy or high-pitched sounding like a loudmouth. It's a very, VERY deep rumbler, that doesn't drone if you get the tips out from underneath the car.
02-07-2012, 08:56 PM
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Ive ran a bunch of different exhaust combinations on my cars through the years. The flowmaster will drone like crazy especially if you are cammed. Right now Im running a Flowtech afterburner and it sounds a little cleaner than a flowmaster but sounds damn near identicle at WOT. IT also doesnt drone much at all. I cant believe how quiet it is in the car because it is very aggresive outside. I dont think they make a catback though. It supposed to flow a good bit better than flowmaster too. I think I only paid $60 for the muffler from Summit.
02-08-2012, 08:16 AM
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The Borla IMO sounds like *** with stock manifolds but once you get a set of Long Tubes on its just right nasty and sounds totally different. I love my Borla and probubly wont change it out unless i get bored down the road and cant find something else to mod. On the cheap side i would pick up a SLP Loudmouth and if on the expensive side it would be GMMG.