cat back muff too noisy
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cat back muff too noisy I have FLP - LT headers, cats, a 3 inch Y pipe and a Hooker cat back muff....
This system is loud as HELL!
I used to like it but my H/C car is a stealthy sleeper. The muff system does not seem to fit the sleeper image that I am trying to maintain. (I like beating the **** out of $90K porsch-ies and having their owners think I am driving a stock F-body)
Any ideas for replacing or modifying my cat back so it can be as quiet as a stock (e.g., a small block mouse) exhuast?
This system is loud as HELL!
I used to like it but my H/C car is a stealthy sleeper. The muff system does not seem to fit the sleeper image that I am trying to maintain. (I like beating the **** out of $90K porsch-ies and having their owners think I am driving a stock F-body)
Any ideas for replacing or modifying my cat back so it can be as quiet as a stock (e.g., a small block mouse) exhuast?
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You telling me that the the hooker cat-back muffer is loud as hell?!?!
Something is wrong or you don't know what loud as hell is, hooker's cat-back is one of the three quietest/best flowing made for our cars.
The only thing I can think of that would be quieter is the SLP dual/dual and/or adding cats.
Something is wrong or you don't know what loud as hell is, hooker's cat-back is one of the three quietest/best flowing made for our cars.
The only thing I can think of that would be quieter is the SLP dual/dual and/or adding cats.
Last edited by blkZ28spt; Aug 24, 2005 at 02:53 PM.
you apparently have no idea what loud is.
hooker is QUIET until you really open her up, even then its pretty quiet. if you want stock-like quiet....you're going to need to stick with the stock exhaust. too bad you're going to loose some power.
throw on a bullit or something like that. anything is going to be loud @ 6500+ rpms.
hooker is QUIET until you really open her up, even then its pretty quiet. if you want stock-like quiet....you're going to need to stick with the stock exhaust. too bad you're going to loose some power.
throw on a bullit or something like that. anything is going to be loud @ 6500+ rpms.
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OK so you guys enjoy loud cars. I'm tired of mine.
Ho about some suggestions on making it less noisy? Can I splice in a muff in teh Y-pipe, add some resonators to the tail pipes, or what?
Ho about some suggestions on making it less noisy? Can I splice in a muff in teh Y-pipe, add some resonators to the tail pipes, or what?
Okay...you have a cam, and you have headers. Those two things make your car incredibly loud. If you want it quiet, make sure you have cats installed, and put a stock exhaust on or SLP dual/dual. If you want your power from time to time, get an electric cutout installed and call it a day.
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Well. how loud are we talking about here?? I just purchased kooks 1 3/4 stepped to 1 7/8 race headers, catted y-pipe and hooker cat back and was wondering how much louder it's going to be over stock. Can we say a fair comparison would be a 97 stock Lt1 with borla exhaust would sound somewhat to the header set-up I purchased. Sorry for hijacking.... 
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Originally Posted by TAQuickness
Cyphur hit the nail on the head....
Add cats to your Y and a stock cat back. that will make it quieter, but you will loose some power.
Add cats to your Y and a stock cat back. that will make it quieter, but you will loose some power.
You guys both missed the nail...re-read his post...
headers, CATS, a three inch
robertbartsch - I wouldn't bother with adding anymore restrictions. Would kind of defeat your purpose in the mod process right? I have to agree however with the rest of the 'love the noise' members that your exhaust is pretty quite compared to other popular systems (borla, corsa, etc). You might want to consider another muffler all together...SLP dual/dual maybe?
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Originally Posted by robertbartsch
OK so you guys enjoy loud cars. I'm tired of mine.
*You do have cats* Your car really isn't that loud, trust us!Loud is something more like mine: longtubes, big cam (MS3), and dumped duals with bullet mufflers. NO comparison there.
Edited: I forgot you had cats. Dang. Well, I guess you have about as quiet as it will get. It's really not that loud, maybe you could find somebody with a LOUD car in your area for comparison, just to put yours in perspective? I guess the dual/dual isn't much quieter.
Or are you willing to lose power to make it quieter? I don't know what putting a muffler, say an XR-1, in the I-pipe would do. Might be worth a shot though.
Last edited by blkZ28spt; Aug 26, 2005 at 01:24 PM.
Eh, he's already got cats according to his first post...and from my experience, my Hooker and SLP dual/dual were equally loud cruising, and the Hooker was a little louder at WOT.
I know where he's coming from. It is LOUD when you floor it, even with cats. I am in the same situation - want proof? here it is - in person this is 10x louder.
As you're reading this, I am installing a XR-1 round on my I-pipe.
I'll post results later today.
As you're reading this, I am installing a XR-1 round on my I-pipe.
I'll post results later today.
yea if you want it quite then install another muffler, such as the borla bullet muffler, in the I-pipe. That should do it. Otherwise your out of luck if thats too loud because i dunno if you can install aditional cats over the stock 2 and that would be too much of a hassle. Good luck though and let us know what you choose and how it works out for ya!