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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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About to get LT's and Y pipe. Want to run single dumped set up untill I outgrow it hp wise. Don't want to get letters from the HOA so need some thing some what tame. Want "deeper" sound than louder with as little rasp as possible. Do I need an offset inlet/outlet muffler to fit properly?
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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Dumped before the axle?
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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Dumped before the axle?
Yep...No cats by the way>
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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Hmm, i would run a dynomax bullet into an borla xr1. It wont be quiet so to say but should do the trick.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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Yeah that's gonna be loud no matter what you do,
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Flowmaster makes a hushpower muffler if you want to kill power and quiet it down
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BOBS99SS
Yeah that's gonna be loud no matter what you do,
Not looking for stock sound. I want it louder, just not open header raspy popping loud. A muffler thats mild at idle but loud and low at wot. Is an oval better than bullet?
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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I think Magnaflow makes that type of muffler that would suit you
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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You should try a powerstick from classic chambered. I think that the part number is 3026. I love mine in the stock oocation and dumped
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I am running a dumped Dynomax bullet dumped. It sounds nice, I have been running it all summer, just getting sick of the dumped exhaust, I will be running it out back in the spring.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by David21
Flowmaster makes a hushpower muffler if you want to kill power and quiet it down
Don't need silent just have heard catless systems sound like crap. I know as a muffler get quieter it flows less. I want something that gives the best balance I can get.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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I am running a dumped Dynomax bullet dumped. It sounds nice, I have been running it all summer, just getting sick of the dumped exhaust, I will be running it out back in the spring.
2 Loud???
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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just a dynomax bullet will be pretty loud, you will need another muffler. How worried are you about ground clearance? Magnaflow makes some good bullet style mufflers that should be quieter then a dynomax bullet.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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Stock ride height. Would any other style than a bullet fit?.... or be deeper and or better sounding? Thanks for the input fellas!
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Originally Posted by Brian Coles
Not looking for stock sound. I want it louder, just not open header raspy popping loud. A muffler thats mild at idle but loud and low at wot. Is an oval better than bullet?
Originally Posted by lowaggie
You should try a powerstick from classic chambered. I think that the part number is 3026. I love mine in the stock oocation and dumped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmn9pYdoWd4

LT's, Custom ORY, FM-Merge, POWERSTICK dumped right before the axle.

Added Thunderbolt cats back in July after the video.
Wouldn't have it any other way.
At idle it was nice, but still pretty ******* loud without cats.
But between shifts it was extremely raspy, and I actually have a very nice merge on my Y.
It's a flowmaster merge with mandrel bent piping, doesn't get any less turbulent than that.

The cats cleaned it up, and took away pretty much all of the rasp.
It's loud enough, and doesn't sound like burning donkey dick between shifts.
-Matt
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dynomax bullet or sweet thunder
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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Make sure you are using a FM merge if you dont want rasp and popping. Might as well do it right the first time.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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FM Merge? Tell me more.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Coles
FM Merge? Tell me more.
FlowMaster merge allows for a smooth non-clashing merge at the ypipe and is at a greater diameter for better flow.
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Originally Posted by MattxFatal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmn9pYdoWd4

LT's, Custom ORY, FM-Merge, POWERSTICK dumped right before the axle.

Added Thunderbolt cats back in July after the video.
Wouldn't have it any other way.
At idle it was nice, but still pretty ******* loud without cats.
But between shifts it was extremely raspy, and I actually have a very nice merge on my Y.
It's a flowmaster merge with mandrel bent piping, doesn't get any less turbulent than that.

The cats cleaned it up, and took away pretty much all of the rasp.
It's loud enough, and doesn't sound like burning donkey dick between shifts.
-Matt
Same here. I love mine. Nice and deep, with enough ***** to scare small women and children. Hell I'm a high school physics teacher and when I pull up to school every morning every stops and stares! Heck a lot of my classes are centered around the judicious application of torque.
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