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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 01:16 PM
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which muffler is the quietest (by quiet i mean the closest to stock). would it be the vauntedly silent magnaflow single chamber, a different make of single chamber, or the glasspack types like thrush and cherry bomb.

i plan on running cutouts after the turbos (and cats) and before the mufflers, so i want to have as near to a stock exhaust as posssible with them closed - a little louder might be nice, but i'm trying to keep it as close to stock as it can be.
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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with all of the exhaust posts around here, SOMEBODY's gotta know...
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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dynomax super turbo.....closest thing to stock.....
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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Hooker.
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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i've got the dual/dual. Even without cats its pretty quite. If I had the "cone of silence" Im sure it would be even quiter
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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For replacement stock mufflers, SLP dual/dual and then Hooker (Magnaflow, at least on my car, was far louder).

Custom exhaust setup? Like stated above, Dynomax Super Turbo muffler is one of the quietest.
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:01 PM
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Hooker Aerochamber, Flowtech Raptor, SLP 2otl
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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hooker, then slp powerflo muffler
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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the turbos act like mufflers anyway... so most anything you choose will be fairly quiet compared to other people's setups.
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My cammed LS1 sounds stock... almost... with my Borla non-adj. catback. Borla muffler is my vote.
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Magnaflow was as quiet as stock under 3000rpm. Flows well too.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:17 AM
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A Borla fully closed sounds very quiet. But if you are looking for something quiet then why not keep the stock muffler?
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i plan on running duals after the turbos, over the axel, and then out the back with the cut outs as mentioned above. i'm kinda limied to single chambers, but the magnaflows seem to flow really well AND are really quiet...that pisses some people off, but it's right up my alley
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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Hooker, SLP dual dual, Magnaflow all pretty quiet.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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Mine is! Want it? lol
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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I run a 6" round magnaflow and is pretty quiet with headers and ory.

Scott
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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I have a 3inch bullet and its not to loud considering the muffler is straight threw.The turbos keep them quiet.I would just run 2 borla XR1s.
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