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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Man I bought one of those direct replacement hooker aerochamber mufflers(single-in dual-out) two weeks ago. First of all, it sounds like **** at WOT. Second I have only had it on my car not hardly two weeks and the inside sounds like it has just fallin apart,it rattles like hell at idle. I hope I can get my money back from jegs.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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I'm not sure what sound your lookin for, but the Hooker is one of the cleanest sounding cat-backs out. Not to mention one of the highest flowing.

I have absolutely no complaints about mine & its been on for 2 yrs & more WOT pulls than I could count. Still not falling apart & my car is exposed to the elements year round & daily driven.

If it fell apart that fast maybe part of the bad sound was it coming apart. I get nothing but compliments on mine.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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Well I liked the way it sounds just cruising around town. But the when it's WOT, it pops and is very raspy.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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I installed mine about two months ago and love the way it sounds WOT and just cruising around town..... Havent had any issues with it yet, and hopefully wont.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Well, I like mine it sounds nice and low in town, but when I go WOT look out!!!!!!
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Well I wish this hadn't happened, cause I have heard clips from ls1sounds and from here and loved the sound. Which is why I bought it. It also seemed that I lost some power up top switching from the single in/out borla xr-1. Anyways it's coming off and I am getting true duals with a h-pipe with spiral flows.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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the borla xr1 is one of the top flwoing bullets, you lsot a few ponies by switching but wont be THAT noticeable
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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You probably just got a bad muffler. I guess even mufflers can be doa.
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yeah WOT in my hooker catback really sounds like ****

http://video.ls1tech.com/player.aspx...C-C9DC4FB361B7
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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Shoulda bought a GMMG
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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that thing sounds like a beast.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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that thing sounds like a beast.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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I pretty much did the same thing with a 80 series flowmaster(just swapped the stock muffler with the flowmaster) and I was very dissapointed with the sound difference. It sounded a slight bit more aggressive than stock but not the difference I was looking for. So I went and bought a QTP cutout and my Z sounds pretty damn loud. Yes I drone when my a/c is on, and it may be a little raspy at times but I turn heads everywhere I go.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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I loved my Hooker Aero chamber on my Procharged SS. I made 570 Rwhp through it and with the 3" cut out wide open I made 1 extra Rwhp and lost 4 Rwtq. It was a quick fix to get the tuning finished on the car, it was blowing the sound deadning out of the SLP muffler and plugging up the air/fuel meter every pull. I left it on the car afterward, I liked the sound and the dyno numbers spoke for them selves.

All cars and combos will react differently to different mods though.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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Sorry to hear you don't like it as everyone has different opinions. I replaced my broken Corsa with the Hooker and love the sound. Don't really miss my Corsa much at all. I do have a QTEC if I want to be really loud.
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I just clicked this thread hoping there were some pictures....
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I just clicked this thread hoping there were some pictures....
haven't gotten any lately? or is it that your ? cuz you be talking about blowing and all
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haven't gotten any lately? or is it that your ? cuz you be talking about blowing and all
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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Well guys sorry I started this thread, cause I jumped to conclusions. come to find out it's not my muffler at all. One of my brackets had come loose and was rattling on the i-pipe. Oh well The reason I figured that it was the muffler, I had heard people talkin about the insides falling apart.Now I can try and sell it, and not have to worry about trying to return it. haha anyways sorry if I offended anyone about the hooker. But I still do not like it at WOT it still pops like crazy and is real raspy. Other than that if I never went to WOT I would keep it. The true duals are still going on.
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
yeah WOT in my hooker catback really sounds like ****

http://video.ls1tech.com/player.aspx...C-C9DC4FB361B7

Yeah I have to admitt yours sounds great. Mine sounds nothing like that. More high pitched and raspy.
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