quiet exhaust system
quiet exhaust system I have a magnaflow exhaust system on my car. When I went to a 3600 stall the car seems to be extremely loud when accelerating then once the car sets into a gear and the converter locks the sound is fine. I also do a lot of highway driving and at 70mph it can become annoying on long trips
I want to quiet the car down some. What do you guys suggest? can you guys give me some ideas? I can fab something up just kinda stumped on what to do.
I want to quiet the car down some. What do you guys suggest? can you guys give me some ideas? I can fab something up just kinda stumped on what to do.
add a cat to the system or add another muffler, the reason its louder is because the car is now higher in the rpm band when moving and driving from the stall. either deal with it or add something to the system
you didn't answer the question but that always seems to be a theme on this forum. It is obvious that it is because the shift in the rpm range when it starts to move. What I need is someone to Recommend a system that is better at quieting the car down not tell me i need to add a muffler or deal with it.
you didn't answer the question but that always seems to be a theme on this forum. It is obvious that it is because the shift in the rpm range when it starts to move. What I need is someone to Recommend a system that is better at quieting the car down not tell me i need to add a muffler or deal with it.
You won't get any quieter than a stock catback. I used to have flowmaster 40s, and it sounded great but i got too many complaints, and I always felt like a cop magnet. So I put a stock catback on, with an electric cutout, so now she screams when I want to, and is reasonably quiet when I need it. Best thing I ever did to my car.
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With that said I think my car sounds pretty good with the cutout closed. But I don't have a stock lt1 catback. I have the 98-02 catback which is supposed to have a 22% larger muffler. Don't know if it's true or not, but it's quieter than the stock lt1 catback for sure.
The Hooker catback is what I have. The best thing about it is that at highway speeds (65+) it has absolutely no exhaust drone. In fact at 70-75 or so, you almost can't hear it. I have dual cats on mine, but when I first hooked it up, I didn't have any cats because the old ones were rusted out and I had the muffler shop just weld in pipes in their place while I ordered cats. Even without cats, it was still very mellow sound at highway speeds.
The Hooker catback is what I have. The best thing about it is that at highway speeds (65+) it has absolutely no exhaust drone. In fact at 70-75 or so, you almost can't hear it. I have dual cats on mine, but when I first hooked it up, I didn't have any cats because the old ones were rusted out and I had the muffler shop just weld in pipes in their place while I ordered cats. Even without cats, it was still very mellow sound at highway speeds.
add a bullet muffler....
IDK what your really after tho...magnaflow is the quietest setup there is and you dont even have headers.....and still have a cat too.
wait til you have LT's, no cat ..... its loud
IDK what your really after tho...magnaflow is the quietest setup there is and you dont even have headers.....and still have a cat too.
wait til you have LT's, no cat ..... its loud
I am after not getting pulled over by the cops. personally if it wasnt for that i could care less. I have no intention of deleting the cats or adding long tubes as I cant pass inspection like that.
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I have no idea how your stock manifold and catted car is to loud....I just went on a cruise in my area and I was one of the QUIETEST f-body cars there.
