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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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I know the sweet-thunder chambered mufflers sound great on the ls1, but has anyone tried having them on the v6?
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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Do it. I have always wanted to hear this. If i didnt get the trans am i was going to swap my flowcrapper for a sweet thunder on my 92 3.1L V6 with headers and hig flow cat.
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prolly wont sound like "sweet thunda" lol
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I guess they are cheap enough, wont be much of a loss if they sound like crap, just have to resell them here. So what do you guys think, I got two set up ideas. First off to reduce the saw sound, install two of them in series before the y pipe and just use straight pipes to the tips. Second idea is just put one on each side of the ypipe at the rear just before the tips...
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A straight-through exhaust on a V6 will probably NOT--sound that good really.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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got a better suggestion for a muffler?
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Originally Posted by BlutVonSchwachen
got a better suggestion for a muffler?
how about a 2-chambered Flowmaster.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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no offense, but aftermarket exhaust on v6 f bodies sound like complete **** and there has to be something better to spend cash on
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Good rule of thumb on the v6 is the more free flowing the more raspy sounding it'll be. I had tried a take-off ss and flowmaster and they both sound pretty bad (even though that's subjective to some). Then I tried the TSP rumbler which is by far the greatest sounding thing on the v6 i tried but it gets pretty loud for long drives so I switched to hooker catback with a full 3'' system and i think its great - rumbles great but isn't obnoxious for DD and doesn't have that big rasp when you let off the gas or shift gears. I think that's about as good as it gets for a v6.
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Thats exactly what I am looking for. Something with a little throtier sound. Could care less about performance. But to my understandung, the TP muffler is a resonator/bullet style just like the sweet thunder mufflers...
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Make up a True dual exhaust for it with sweet thunders. that would sound different and throaty for sure.
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