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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 04:51 AM
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and wow everyone always said it would sound like **** but, god damn it really does sound like **** lol with a cam,headers, ORY and LM1 straight ear piercing... i need a new bullet muffler to put in place of it or muffler itself. i'm thinking single chamber flows to tone it and quite it a little. any suggestion
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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Haha, yeah, same problem here. I recently bought a Moroso Spiral Flow to replace the LM. Haven't installed it yet. I still expect it to be loud, but sound a lot better. I dunno, sure can't be worse than a LM, that's for sure.

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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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ehhh could have told you that....
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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I'm in the same boat as 85firebird. I got pulled over just last night because of my how my LM1 sounds. Need some suggestions to keep the rasp down.
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Just try some searching. There's 876,492 threads about the headers, ORY, and LM combination.

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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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well i knew it was gona sound like **** but i had LM since my car was stock and it sounded good but when i started modding thats when it started to sound bad. i knew i had it coming but i just wanted to experience it for myself
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