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Old 10-18-2008 | 05:49 PM
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What is the first thing I should do to make my car louder? It has a magnaflow exhaust, but I want it to rumble.
Old 10-18-2008 | 05:52 PM
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Cutout!
Old 10-18-2008 | 05:58 PM
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How much do they usually run?
Old 10-18-2008 | 05:59 PM
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Anything actually done to the car besides the catback exhaust?? Stock engine don't have much rumble as far as exhaust pulse sound..Cam, long tube headers, off road y-pipe..That is about as good as it gets for a start
Old 10-18-2008 | 06:01 PM
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If I put in a cam do I have to change anything else? What cam? What kind of headers?
Old 10-18-2008 | 06:15 PM
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The car is stock besides an air filter and exhaust!
Old 10-18-2008 | 06:19 PM
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I have Pacesetter Long tubes, ORY and Magnaflow catback. It sounds good, get headers and the ory or a 3" catted y pipe if they do emissions where you are.

Cam will add even more noise, even with just headers it sounds good though.
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Well from what ive heard, Magnaflow system's arent very loud on a stock ls1. When you slap some LongTubes, it really wakes it up. Get yourself some LT's, ORY & Cutout or switch your magnaflow out for a SLP LoudMouth 2 system.

My exhaust was pretty damn good, with the LoudMouth 2 muffler. Car was lightly modded with a Ram Air Kit, Lid & Ported TB. Used to have a Flowmaster Catback before that. The LM2 was louder....
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+1 Longtubes, ory, and cutout.
Old 10-18-2008 | 06:56 PM
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my magnaflow with headers and ory was so quiet that i had to get a cut-out lol...and no u need more to go with a cam, such as springs pushrods, timeing chain and an oil pump is what i would do along with a cam swap....also a tune!
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SLP Loudmouth...........
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SLP Loudmouth...........
ya with stock headers
Old 10-18-2008 | 09:18 PM
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longtubes & ory will make a night/day difference to the sound of a stock LS1...
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Just a cutout will make the car noticably louder
Old 10-18-2008 | 11:28 PM
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Remove the exhaust
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yep, run the car off the y pipe,or buy a cutout!!lose the cats!!
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Mine has a flowmaster cb on it and a cutout. The flowmaster is nice and rumbly, but not very loud. With the cutout off though, jesus that thing gets loud. I would do headers, the ory and a cutout. As soon as I get my headers, I am going to open my cutout and rev the hell out of it. I am gonna try to get a sound clip posted up so people can tell me what they think.
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Cutout!
+ 5 on the cutout.
Old 10-19-2008 | 12:06 AM
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another one here with stock manifolds/cats/y-pipe and just a cutout before the muffler.

dirt cheap and very loud.
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