Exhaust Nightmare!
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Exhaust Nightmare! I have finally finished my car, its a 98 Trans am changed to ported ls6 heads, hot cam, intake etc. I put Hooker LTs and and off road y-pipe, magnaflow extremely low restriction muffler with the rest of the LM catback.
Fitment on everything is great, and the idle on the car is awesome.
I haven't driven the car in 3 years and yesterday I ran it a little up to about 45mph had to turn around and go home because I HATE IT! If I barely hit the throttle it is so freakin loud you cant stand it. What are my options now, should I put cones in the header collectors? I like the headers, but I'll scrap everything else if needed. What should I do to get good flow but better sound? Is there a catted y that will bolt up to the set up I have now?
Fitment on everything is great, and the idle on the car is awesome.
I haven't driven the car in 3 years and yesterday I ran it a little up to about 45mph had to turn around and go home because I HATE IT! If I barely hit the throttle it is so freakin loud you cant stand it. What are my options now, should I put cones in the header collectors? I like the headers, but I'll scrap everything else if needed. What should I do to get good flow but better sound? Is there a catted y that will bolt up to the set up I have now?
He does not have the LM exhaust on there, just the rest. I would say replace the low restriction magnaflow muffler if sound is bothering you. Perhaps maybe go with a traditional style muffler which hangs behind the axle versus a bullet style muffler. That should tone it down a bit.
are you kidding me? i didnt know there was such thing as too loud lol
u can get a new catback, hooker is quiet and sounds good, if udont have cats you can put some of those on too if a new cat back is still too loud
u can get a new catback, hooker is quiet and sounds good, if udont have cats you can put some of those on too if a new cat back is still too loud
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yeah some cats will work (anyone who thinks cats are only bad just don't know enough).
Or you could add some more mufflers. I really doubt swapping the Magnaflow for any other muffler of similar style/size will really help, sure it might alter the tone but volume will remain pretty constant. A larger muffler will have more of an affect.
But an easy alternative would be to add another muffler. Maybe in the I pipe if there's space or perhaps after the reverse Y split over the axel, I would have though you could add two mufflers (one per side) in there.
Else just swap out the entire cat back for a quieter setup. Hooker or Maganflow are generally not as loud.
Lots of choices and lots of possibilities.
Or you could add some more mufflers. I really doubt swapping the Magnaflow for any other muffler of similar style/size will really help, sure it might alter the tone but volume will remain pretty constant. A larger muffler will have more of an affect.
But an easy alternative would be to add another muffler. Maybe in the I pipe if there's space or perhaps after the reverse Y split over the axel, I would have though you could add two mufflers (one per side) in there.
Else just swap out the entire cat back for a quieter setup. Hooker or Maganflow are generally not as loud.
Lots of choices and lots of possibilities.
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i dont think hooker does but texas speed sells a catted y for about 350 with carsound cats, and im pretty sure theres hardly any restriction as fast as the cats go.. but i have the hooker with longtubes, and it sounds somewhat quiet at idle and it really opens up with you rev it.. and its cheap, fits well.. never gets raspy