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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Here's my story. It's been a long time since I posted inthe external section here and I haven't kept up with the latestin bolt ons. I sold my old TSP true dual/sweetthunder/CME when I retired the car from daily driver status. It now has custom duals/Xpipe/boomtubes out both sides (think nascar) Sounds friggin' amazing BUT I sold my truck and until I buy another daily the Camaro needs a more tame exhaust.

Camaro: 2001 Z28 Cam only/full bolt on car. (TRex) The longtubes are QTP's with the high volume merge collector. I'm going to cut the boom tubes off and re-use the collector to Xpipe section. The back side is going to be a CME again.

Sound I'm looking for: Aggressive yet quiet enough that I can not be noticed by the police station 3 blocks away. You know, something with a WOT scream and a tame idle. I know I won't be able to hide the loping but it can still be reasonable. I am not opposed to using a combination of mufflers to achieve a proper amount of noise reduction. What would your suggestions be?

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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:05 PM
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I have the SLP dual dual on my CME and it's nice and quiet when I need it to be but sounds awesome at WOT!
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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Magnaflow Bullets (shorty's) sound amazing. They are quiet at cruising but really open up at WOT.
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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I have the SLP dual dual on my CME and it's nice and quiet when I need it to be but sounds awesome at WOT!
same here..love it
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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i have never been a fan of flowmasters but damn this one sounds awsome..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ndkCRhpvws
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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^ that sounds very good
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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Just keep your CME tips and keep the exhaust you have.

No a few people that have the CME tips and a dumped exhaust.
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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SLP Loudmouth, thats what i have with my CME and its great!
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I run a borla muffler with my cme and it sounds great!
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I wonder what 2 bullets and 2 of those round magnaflows would sound like...Keep em coming guys. Thanks!
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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SLP Loudmouth, thats what i have with my CME and its great!
i would like to hear a sound clip of that if you have one...
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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I can't help you on the exhaust, but I would like to ask you to get a sound clip of your current setup
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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I can't help you on the exhaust, but I would like to ask you to get a sound clip of your current setup
I would LOVE to hear it also...... I have thought about those BOOMTUBES before, and considered them....would appreciate a clip...
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by blwn_00gt
i have never been a fan of flowmasters but damn this one sounds awsome..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ndkCRhpvws
that does sound killer for flowmasters
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Originally Posted by 6SSPEED
Magnaflow Bullets (shorty's) sound amazing. They are quiet at cruising but really open up at WOT.




My single magnaflow bullet!
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 06:31 PM
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My single magnaflow bullet!
sounds killer man!
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^^^ yea that thing sounds sexyyy!!!
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do you have high flow cats?
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3" tsp ory
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I think i've pretty much decided to go with magnaflow's longer bullets. If it's still too loud I'll add two of the shorter bullets. Looking forward to seeing how it sounds. I just paid for my cme (should have kept my first one!) so it should be getting shipped soon.
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