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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:01 PM
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99ss. Long tubes ory Factory from the y-pipe back ...
I have kept the factory stuff in hopes to keep the noise down
It was loud before bu after the recent cam swap its louder than ever ..
What the quitest exhaust out their
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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:04 PM
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So you have long tube headers but the y-pipe and catback are stock...am I reading that right?
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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:12 PM
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I have slp long tubes with the matching off road y-pipe ...
After the y-pipe back is factory
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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:16 PM
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Why not add some high flow cats and/or a bullet muffler in the I-pipe section?
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Not real interested in the cats
But this is the 1st I hear of a bullet muffler
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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 09:45 PM
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Bullet is another name for glasspack. You might not be interested in cats, but they do help quiet the exhaust. Plus, headers make the exhaust louder too. The only thing "factory" that is doing anything is the choker of a factory muffler. The original manifolds and cats, plus a smooth stock cam did almost half the job of quieting the exhaust, originally.
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You think the factory muffler is chocking off my power ...
What aftermarket exhaust is recomended that's not obnoxious
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Yes the factory muffler and catback is choking off some power, and any aftermarket muffler that won't choke off power is going to be louder. You simply can't have it both ways
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Anything after market IS going to be louder. Stock is as quiet as you can get. You know as well as I when your car was completely stock, you could not hear it, or very little. Yours is loud because you are pumping exhaust out of a cammed engine thru long-tube headers into a non-catted Y-pipe, into a stock muffler. Hardly a stock setup.
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Old Jul 16, 2017 | 12:30 AM
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Only way to get rid of some noise to throw a catted y pipe on it
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True duals with a x pipe can be pretty quiet and you can gain power with the right setup.
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Dynomat the inside of the car
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Old Jul 16, 2017 | 10:46 AM
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Inside doesn't bother me
The noise just bothers the neighborhood
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Old Jul 16, 2017 | 01:16 PM
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Hooker blackheart is a fairly quiet true dual setup and actually fits
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Old Jul 16, 2017 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LLLosingit
True duals with a x pipe can be pretty quiet and you can gain power with the right setup.
I run SE long tubes and xpipe with bullets when im just cruising around my car is pretty quiet untill I open it up then its pretty damn loud so you can really control the noise the car makes based on your foot control
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Originally Posted by pressureprows6
Hooker blackheart is a fairly quiet true dual setup and actually fits
The blackheart on a cammed car without cats is going to be louder than what he has now. I have the blackheart duals with magnaflow high flow cats behind long tubes and a healthy cam and it's just as loud as my old magnaflow catback behind an ory was.
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Sell it and buy a V6 Camaro...quiet as a mouse.
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Shave your vagina hair off and put it in your muffler for additional sound dampening. Tell your neighbors to go F themselves, unless you drive like a jackass. Nothing wrong with having a performance car. Your setup should not be offending anyone.
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Originally Posted by im-not-guilty
Inside doesn't bother me
The noise just bothers the neighborhood
Are they shooting you nasty looks, or have you become the local social pariah? As said, just don't romp on it until you are out of the area. Performance sounds happen.....
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I think I'll take your advice and look for a v6 and then stuff the factory v6 muffler with vagina hair ...
Prob will sound like a Prius then
Thanks for all the help
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