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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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My car has a Before Axel dump, and I have been tossing around the idea of putting a full exhaust on her. She really does sound mean with the current set up. Any opinion's on why I should or should not get rid of the current setup?
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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My car has a Before Axel dump, and I have been tossing around the idea of putting a full exhaust on her. She really does sound mean with the current set up. Any opinion's on why I should or should not get rid of the current setup?
Well the only reason to put a full exhaust on would be to quiet it down. It will lose a small amount of horsepower with a muffler. The best solution would be to put on a nice sounding cat back, like a Magnaflow and adding an electric cutout before the axle. Then you can sound nice and reasonable when you want to, and sound mean whenever you want to.
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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X2.

I've contemplated going true duals, but I like being quiet at times. So I've got a Hooker Aerochamber catback that I love the sound of, and a cutout for when I want to be loud
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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Exactly what I did..Magnaflow with a QTP cut out
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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true duals ova here baby over the axle with flowmaster sweet thunder mufflers not too loud at idle sounds good when you open her up i think the high flow cats cut out alot of the loudness
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by baylove
true duals ova here baby over the axle with flowmaster sweet thunder mufflers not too loud at idle sounds good when you open her up i think the high flow cats cut out alot of the loudness
...the cats cut the smell too.
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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Ill wait till summer and driver her a bit more, im going to add Cam, Heads and SC kit. So I think ill wait and see how she sounds after the mods
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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Stock axle back.... Electric Cutout... : )
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True duals here. Taken under the axle, to out back, with Flowmaster single chamber knock-offs. It's really not all that loud. And the sound is amazing.
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Another vote for the hooker catback. I love it!
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by iceman15
Another vote for the hooker catback. I love it!
Same here. For a full cat-back system, you really can't beat the sound, fit, and price.
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 11:36 PM
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It looks better in the right spot . I am running 1 3/4 stainless works long tubes, no cats and mufflex single 4" on my 3rd gen. Sounds really nice
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by nichols92
It looks better in the right spot . I am running 1 3/4 stainless works long tubes, no cats and mufflex single 4" on my 3rd gen. Sounds really nice
I know the sound would be different, but Im courious as to what she sounds like Have a sound clip?
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ninjai_ruken
I know the sound would be different, but Im courious as to what she sounds like Have a sound clip?
I wish I did just to show you how good it sounds. I was really suprised how good it sounded. The engine is built but still, did 449RWHP NA, has a 200 shot on it but its never been sprayed
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ninjai_ruken
I know the sound would be different, but Im courious as to what she sounds like Have a sound clip?
Heres mine. Might be what your looking for. 1 7/8 Kooks with a 4" Mufflex "style" custom exhaust. Spin tech muffler.
http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h4...t=MVI_0116.flv

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http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h4...t=5b862d3b.pbr

ALso this is not a LT motor.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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Alot of people say high flow cats quiets the sound alot. It made my car a little more deeper when i had my hooker exhaust. Hookers do sound mean but they're really quiet.
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