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Magnaflow
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Flowmaster
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Hooker
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37.04%
Keep loudmouth and get muffler(offer suggestion on muffler)
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Help me pick a catback....

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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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Ok here's the deal....I just purchased Pacesetter longtubes and an offroad y pipe. I currently have a slp loudmouth catback and I know that with lt's and an offroad y the loudmouth doesnt sound very good, its too loud and too raspy. What I am trying to do is decide if I should keep the loudmouth and get a muffler to replace the resonator or if I should just buy a whole different catback and sell my loudmouth...

If I do a different catback I dont want to spend a shitload of money on something like a corsa, gmmg, borla, etc. so help me out guys....what do you think?

I have been to ls1sounds btw and I am still just trying to get some opinions and input on what sounds good with lt's and an offroad y
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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Im LOVE my hooker catback, its very quiet with cats but sounds really good, and i can just open the cutout if i want it loud
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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gotta love my hooker
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:01 PM
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i love loud but i like it loud when it sounds good.....not when it sounds like ***. If I get a catback and its not loud enough I will just do a cutout or cutouts. I am gonna be moving into an apartment over the summer and I dont want to have something thats going to cause my neighbors to want to lynch me.....

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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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gmmg. nothing sounds as good as a chambered setup on fbodies.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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I LOVE my Hooker. I just recieved my Pacesetter LT's/TSP ORY combo & can't wait to install it. Every Hooker I have heard with LT's/ORY sounds awsome.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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Keep loudmouth and buy a magnaflow or a borla muffler.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 03:14 PM
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Hooker FTW!!!!!

Once the system gets broken in the more that it's on the car, the better the sound gets......at least IMO it does. Since I've installed my LT's 2 yrs ago, the sound has gotten a lot deeper and louder with the Hooker on the car.
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sounds like its rotting away lol i have the flowmaster on my car with the pacesetters and ory and its got alot of bite but it flows like **** from what ive read and its extremely raspy and extrememly loud. im probably goin to b buying a hooker or magnaflow but im leaning towards hooker.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by rgaynor85
sounds like its rotting away lol

I thought that at first but amazingly it's still in great shape.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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i love my magnaflow

my buddy has a hooker and i cant really tell the difference
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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I love my Hooker I just put on my car. I ditched my loudmouth for the hooker when I went with pacesetter long tubes and a mufflex y. I also sold my loudmouth for $260 in 20 min in the for sale section. Cost $30 to ship it and paid for most of the hooker catback.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 05:55 PM
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maybe its just the inside rotting hmmm?
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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I like my corsa, its not too loud at cruise but when you reved it sounds Bad ***, IMO.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dschmittie1
I love my Hooker I just put on my car. I ditched my loudmouth for the hooker when I went with pacesetter long tubes and a mufflex y. I also sold my loudmouth for $260 in 20 min in the for sale section. Cost $30 to ship it and paid for most of the hooker catback.

thats what i was thinking about doing........


btw, there is a magnaflow muffler that will replace the resonator? anyone have a link?
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 09:52 AM
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Cant go wrong with a hooker
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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Borla sounds nice. It was on the car when I bought it. Nice looking, too.

It is expensive, but there are vendors out there that have competitivie prices.

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