My muffler choice too cheap?

[SeR_Cyclops]

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[JC-MP5]

Magnaflow will be my 2nd choice, but it just seems so "typical".

It may be typical, but it works. Who cares what brand as long as the s*** holds together and does its job. lol

Just grab a good quality muffler, a resonator or two and do the rest up with custom pipe. That's the beauty of it, the most expensive part is the muffler. What's exhaust pipe cost? Like $4 per foot giver or take? You can buy enough pipe and 2 flanges to make a catless midpipe for less than $25. Add a flex and its a bit more, but still.. It's cheap as hell to do. So don't pass off on relatively inexpensive, but good parts.

 

[destineal]

1 yr down the road my daughter has 2 hearing aids and Child Protection Services has a bone to pick with me.

 

[destineal]

Its either borla proXS or magnaflow wtf ever muffler

 

[speedin]

i use a flowmaster but unfortunatly do not have a sound clip. my muffler recently broke at the weld from the inlet pipe to the muffler itself (michigan corrosion) but it has a nice deep tone to it. not the typical canister sound. my exhaust is now all striaght pipe which i will try and get a sound clip of but it is VERY loud. debating on keeping it that way as my wife has the family car and i get the fun car.

 

[16902]

A 3" exhaust is going to be loud no matter what you do. I have a custom 3" with high flow cat, resonator and muffler. This damn thing is still way loud. All are Magnaflow components.......which are awesome by the way.

 

[Rush]

Everyone that's said not to 'cheap out' was absolutely correct. The first time I had my exhaust done, I went the cheap route -- and it was a MESS.

The second time I had my exhaust done, I had it custom built to my specifications by a really nice shop. I paid the price -- but damn, was it worth it!

I had a 2.5" Corksport s-pipe, and the rest of the system was 3". All stainless steel and tig-welded. I threw in a 3" Magnaflow cat (because I couldn't pass emissions completely catless), a flex pipe and two resonators. Ended it with an HKS muffler.

I absolutely adored that exhaust. It had a nice rumble while cruising at normal speeds, and rose to a good ol' snarl when I really started tromping on the gas. I had no resonators on the first setup, and two on the second setup -- and those resonators made a WORLD of difference. If noise is truly a concern for you (and it was for me since I wasn't looking to be massively obnoxious with my exhaust system), do what I did and get two.

 

[destineal]

Rush did your resonators have a 3" in/outlet or 2.5? My main concern is staying at 3"

 

[Rush]

Rush did your resonators have a 3" in/outlet or 2.5? My main concern is staying at 3"

3" inlet/outlet. EVERYTHING in my system was 3", save for the 2.5" Corksport s-pipe.

 

[destineal]

hmm

 

[BOOSTR]

HKS canister would be my choice if I was doing it over. I love my Greddy growl but something about an HKS behind the right engine always sounds badass!

 

[destineal]

gonna look into this HKS

 

[mp3-79bronco]

just buy the new corksport 80mm exhaust and be done with it...

i have a full custom exhaust with a corksport canister on the end and a summit resonator and it sounds nice...no cats also

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

just buy the new corksport 80mm exhaust and be done with it...

i have a full custom exhaust with a corksport canister on the end and a summit resonator and it sounds nice...no cats also

+1 on the 80mm exhaust.

 

[Ricktalife]

Hell yea +2 that thing sounds titties. Don't forget the corksport downpipe to finish it off for a full Turbo Back.

Edit: Here is the beast in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWs_JG0_jnQ

 

[destineal]

id rather have custom exhaust, but how much is the corksport? I went to summit racing and asked one of the people about 2 resonators and a borla\magnaflow muffler. He said a resonator would defeat the purpose of having the borla and would restrict the flow. That true?

 

[JC-MP5]

The resonators only quiet the exhaust a little bit? I wouldn't know how restrictive they actually are. Definitely not as bad as cats. Probably adds a little bit of backpressure if at all.

 

[Rush]

The resonators deaden (some of) the sound created by the exhaust. They'd only have a notable effect on the flow if you got a size different than the rest of the exhaust system -- as in, what you were saying before, getting 2.5" resonators when the rest of the system is 3". Bottlenecking.

The resonators don't exactly counteract the muffler. How do I put this .. Okay. The muffler sets the 'note' of the exhaust (to a degree), and the resonators help adjust the volume of that 'note'. I hope that makes sense.

 

[SCMP3]

im running a 2.5 j/midpipe to a 3" catback with no resonator or cats and a hi flow muffler......i love it. id get sound clips but i dont have the greatest exhaust gaskets right now..

 

[mp3-79bronco]

resonators get rid of all the ricer sounding raspyness