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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Does any one think that there Mangaflow cat-back was to loud? And if so what did you put in its place?
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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no its def. not to loud, its probably the quietest off all besides stock. its def quieter than flowmaster and slp. ive had all three. magna. rules in my book. inside the car is pretty quiet
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:35 PM
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Its not loud at all, its a great sounding catback, my favorite thing i did to the car so far. cant wait til spring for LT's and ORY should sound great! maybe even a cam!
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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my magnaflow isnt loud at all!! even being cammed its pretty quiet.. sounds good. been thinking of switching to something a bit more louder.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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Magnaflows are quiet until you get on them....
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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A cut-off would fix that problem. I didn't like it even after switching from Hooker LT to Kooks and custom y with flowmaster merge and 4in I-pipe. Thank god they left the cut out because I was really disappointed. Cut-off is always open.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by TXZ28LS1
my magnaflow isnt loud at all!! even being cammed its pretty quiet.. sounds good. been thinking of switching to something a bit more louder.
I know that it one of the most quite ones (thats why I bought it). It was okay in till I put the Kook's LT's on. I have a set of AFR 205's and a camshaft. (plus a little N2o) I know its just going to worse. I am looking for that stealth sound under normal driving. I would hate to put the stock SS muffler back on. What about the CME? any one?
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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i have tr224 , arh headers and its still quiet. its the polished muffler, i dont no if thats the one you have
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magnaflows are probably the quietest catbacks around.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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Magnaflow is not too loud. It sounds good but not loud. I switched to TSP Rumbler to go with my Hooker Lt and ORY. Now it sounds the way I want! I'm selling the Magnaflow system I have, only had it a few months(stainless).
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Depends on your mods and what you consider loud. With my setup it was very loud and raspy. I pieced together an SLP dual/dual to replace it and it's much better now.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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I love my magnaflow, Not to loud until you step on it. Im about to swap the Pacesetters out for some QTP's it might get a little bit louder.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveX
......I pieced together an SLP dual/dual to replace it and it's much better now.
SLP DUAL/DUAL
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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I had it for about a week, and swap the catback out for a corsa setup. Definetly quiet by all means I think. I just have LTs,ORY and boltons and it was too quiet.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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I just got the magnaflow with the dual quad tips...definatly quiet. Not much louder than stock. But I didn't want a cop magnet or **** the neighbors off either. I would like it a little louder though, hoping LT's and an ORY will fix that!
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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magnaflow is the quietest catback and simply the best

at least 95 % f-body owners prefer magnaflow
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
I know that it one of the most quite ones (thats why I bought it). It was okay in till I put the Kook's LT's on. I have a set of AFR 205's and a camshaft. (plus a little N2o) I know its just going to worse. I am looking for that stealth sound under normal driving. I would hate to put the stock SS muffler back on. What about the CME? any one?
Well first of all, adding a CME shouldn't affect the sound level that much.
CME is just an exhaust tip system. (It does look awesome though.)

If you installed an ORY swap it for a catted Y. That should lower your
exhaust sound level somewhat. If you already have cats then I don't
really know what to tell you.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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I clicked on this link and honestly thought I'd find someone complaining that their Magnaflow was too loud.

As stated, it is definitely one of the quietest catback options for the F-body.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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I just put on a magnaflow exhaust today. I had true duals originally with bullets. That was pretty loud... magnaflow is so much more queit! haha
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 12:34 AM
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its nice.
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