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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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I currently have a slp loudmouth catback with the resonator. I will be installing pacesetter lt's with non cat y-pipe. Also I will be slappin a tr224 112 cam in. How loud will my car be? Will it sound any good?? Should I buy a bullet muffler and put it in place of the resonator? Any suggestions would help.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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www.ls1sounds.com

If you like the sound of a '70s trash truck, then you'll love the Loudmouth with that cam, LTs, and ORY.

Definitely swap out the resonator for a (insert preferred brand name here) muffler.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:37 PM
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ive been on that site. cant tell from there what i would like.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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Any bullet muffler will help out with that...
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Old May 9, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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a cam doesnt really make the car louder, it changes the exhaust note.
youre set up is going to sound like a garbage truck.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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if that is so. should i just put a borla bullet in or change the catback completely to something else??? what catback would be good with that setup ??

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Old May 9, 2006 | 10:20 PM
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GMMG, Magnaflow. Even maybe basani.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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A cam will make the car idle alot louder. Once the car warms up it idles fairly quiet with stock cam. A big cam will make it idle loud.

I wouldnt waste my time with a bullet. I would use a magnaflow, spiral flow, or borla muffler in the I pipe.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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hmm i will have to think about this. to many decisions.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 11:16 PM
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i say go for it, my brother in law has a 2001 SS, and has loudmouth, qtp headers and no cats with an f13 cam on a 112 lsa, i love it so much thats my next exhaust setup. Oh yeah Freekin Loud, at all stages,idle,cruising and of course WOT.
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and no way in hell does it sound like a dump truck. more like pure muscle unleashed.
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im going to try that at first. i love loud vehicles and the more obnoxious the better.
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Old May 10, 2006 | 10:23 AM
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I did the same setup..it sounds really good at idle and wide open..but mid-range sounds like "garbage truck"

I'm not picky about exhaust, but it sounds god awful during normal driving, I'm getting a magnaflow muffler to put in place of the resonator within the week. Apparently a muffler or a catted-y helps get rid of the rasp heard in the 2-3000 RPM range.
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Old May 10, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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let me know how you like that nuffler after you get it in. i am still thinking of going that route. magnaflow or borla
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Old May 10, 2006 | 11:44 AM
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It sounds good, but its loud as sin. I have mac mids, ory (gutted cats), and slp lm with a 232/238 cam with over .600 lift and although it sounds absolutley evil its way too loud if your using the car fairly often and for fairly long drives. The drone will plain give you a headache. i already purchased a magnaflow exhaust and im just waiting for it to come in, then im going to have a cutout installed so ill have that insane unruly sound when I want it but then it will be a little more tame through the magnaflow. Try it out with the headers/ory/slp lm/cam and see if you like it but trust me it will be loud.
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Originally Posted by 00pewterWS6TA
and no way in hell does it sound like a dump truck. more like pure muscle unleashed.
sounds more like nothing but loud uncontrolled exhaust with LOTS of rasp.
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Old May 10, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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maybe ill throw a muffler in and a cutout also. thanks for the replys
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Old May 10, 2006 | 12:22 PM
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Keep it the way it is with the loudmouth. See how you like it first before people on the site tell you how you are going to feel. You may like it. Everybody I talk to says that my car sounds like a prostock car (dozens of people). It is the rawest of all the exhaust systems...sounds very NHRA prostock in my opinion.

I love it!!! I have Absolute Speed stage 2 heads w/ a 230/236 cam on a 112lsa
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Old May 10, 2006 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by josepy121380
im going to try that at first. i love loud vehicles and the more obnoxious the better.
Cavilier with 4 inch piping header back will do even better then

well if you want look at me loudness the setup you have planned will get you that.

I don't mind loud with a good tone but honestly as many other say the tone is just bad.

To each his own though.
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Old May 10, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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ill try it of course. i will get some sound files hopefully also. a friend of mine has hp tuners and he has tuned a lot of cars. everyone i have talked to loves what he has done. myself included.
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