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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 04:34 AM
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with my set up i had it for bout a year and i really wanna drive it alot more this summer. its begining to get to loud for me.. i love it now and it scares teh **** out of people but i need something more streetable but still i wanna eat you sound....especially with my 4400 stall damn its so damn loud at only 30mph.
im thinking going back to y with a mufflex spintech set up? or should i do something different? also no safety looop works with the tds

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Do you just want a throaty sound now and whats your budget like?
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:06 AM
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dont change a thing.....but yes at 25-40 in a a4 with true duals.....you cant even hear yourself think.....i went through that with borla even.....i had lt ory and no plate and it was toooo loud
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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dont change a thing.....but yes at 25-40 in a a4 with true duals.....you cant even hear yourself think.....i went through that with borla even.....i had lt ory and no plate and it was toooo loud
Electric cutout takes care of that. They're so easy to install on a Borla, too. No reason not to.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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This is nothing against the OP but I laugh at threads like these where people are asking to help quiet down their TDs. The funny part? They're either using a bullet/glasspack muffler or a chambered bullet.

OP, switch out to a larger cased muffler like some magnaflow 4x9's or borla XR-1's. You can even add a second set of bullets and extend the pipes out the back.
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 11:02 AM
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So is it to loud for you inside the car, or just too loud in general? If it's just too loud for you inside the car then have the duals ran out the back and you can keep the sound of the duals and have a lot less cabin noise.
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i 2nd the magnaflows

my duals with the 4x9s sound sweet driving around...even at higher rpms.

here's the comparison from straight pipes to magnaflows....big difference:


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Damn that was a big difference. You could hear the intake over the exhuast.
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its just loud all together.. theres nights were i fall asleep at my girls place and have to get up like 3am and start the car up and the neighborhood wakes up... how bout the flows one chambered
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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the flowmasters will still be loud
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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i know theres alot of these threads but i dont have the time to search threw them
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i dont wanna go extremly quiet either lol... ive had lts ory loudmouth-lts ofy magnaflow catback- now tds sweet thunders
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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ive also got that issue were the track by me needs a safety loop and tds are in the way
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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1 chamber flows will not be much more quiet than now. It'll sound better IMO, but that's moot. My friend carried his STs out the back when he had his car, and with stock internals it wasn't too loud, but that initial start up with nearly anything aftermarket is going to be a quick loud bark. So you don't want it as loud, but you don't want to be quiet. So what is it you want? Loud AND quiet? Adding cats would be a start, then some REAL mufflers, maybe even two sets. If the TDs are the in way and you are going to a Y setup, then put in some cats and a stock catback with cutout?

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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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maybe ill extend them out the back.. shouldnt cost that much.. then again i should let someone drive my car to see how it sounds on the outside and maybe im just not liking it because its loud inside the car
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Do that. Just cruising around, my dumped duals are not THAT loud outside the car. Deep as all hell but not obnoxious. You might be surprised. Are the dumps angled OUTWARD?

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I have LT's, ORY, SLP LM1, and an IMCO muffler dumped.... it sounds good to me, but not really all that loud until you get into the upper RPM's... most anything will be loud past 4K RPM LOL...
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there angled out. i also have a 4400 stall so im like always in the upper rpms
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Should have bought an M6 lol. I would try and throw some high flow cats in there and run it out the back.
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I think you would be nuts to get rid of true duels
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