What muffler you running??

[Mercmarquis]

headers, 2.5in offroad H pipe, dumped magnaflow magnapacks...its loud, obnoxious and sounds like a real hot car and I love it.

[Archangel]

Curious question: am I the only young geezer on here who likes things relatively quiet on a daily-driven street vehicle?

Ran the Chevy with just headers and turndowns for quite a while, couldn't go faster than 50mph cause 2000rpms was as loud as my ear drums would tolerate. Finaly got sick of it and put the turbo mufflers on, love the quietness now. Actually it ain't that quiet, it set off a Jeep Liberty's alarm today and it was like 20 ft away, I've parked the Townie much closer to the very same vehicle and it never set the alarm off. Oh well, at least neighbor says he can no longer hear the truck early in the morning, which is good cause they got a baby now and I'd hate to ruin its sleep on daily basis.

[gadget73]

Curious question: am I the only young geezer on here who likes things relatively quiet on a daily-driven street vehicle?

I have cheapie $15 each Summit mufflers and they're barely louder than stock with my 2.5" catted exhaust. It does make a bit of noise in the car but far from obnoxious and on the highway its barely louder than the air noise. Loud is cool for car shows but my ears are already damaged, I don't need to abuse them more with loud exhaust and louder music to cover up the exhaust.

[packman]

Curious question: am I the only young geezer on here who likes things relatively quiet on a daily-driven street vehicle?

I have learned in the recent past to appreciate quiet vehicles after running my 3" glasspacked Chevelle for 10+ years. That is why I got Summit turbos for the CV for early morning trips to work and cutouts for Weds. and the weekends. I was going to run 4" resonated exhaust tips for OEM quietness, but my mom complained that it was too quiet. If it were up to her, she would have the cutouts open all of the time.

[ltdcrwnvic]

my '87 cv has bbk shorty headers, custom made h-pipe, 2.5in all around pipe, true dual exhaust, flowmaster 40 series mufflers, and no cats. sounds fuckin awesome. i like waking up the neighbors with it.

[AOD]

Curious question: am I the only young geezer on here who likes things relatively quiet on a daily-driven street vehicle?

My daily driver '95 CVLX has the original dual exhaust on it still...nice and quiet. It's soon to be replaced with another CVLXS and original dual exhaust.

My '85 has Hooker AeroChamber (FM40 copies) that sound really nice under acceleration and quiet at cruise.

Those of you who think straight-pipes sound good a really missing out. I drove my previous box around without mufflers for 6 years thinking it was nice. My '85 sounds waaaaay better.

You be the judge:

'87 lopo, true-dual exhaust, cats, no mufflers, side exits: http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/1...rgia-video.avi

'85 HO, h-pipe, no cats, Hooker AeroChamber, side exits: http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/507169/mvi_3773.avi

Unless your a hillbilly from the south with your truck jacked-up 4-feet, it's pretty obvious to me.

~Adam

[88Vic]

I liked the way both of those cars sound Adam, I guess i'm part redneck, which would explain why I like BBQ, trucks, and Nascar so much.

Also, the Civic has the stock exhaust except a leak after the headers. It sounds awful, very ricey and not a good loud. If it was deep, I could take it no question, but since it's high pitched, it's very annoying. Maybe if I didn't roll with the windows down, since with all the windows rolled up it's only annoyingly loud outside the car. But I can't stand not rolling with the windows down, I feel trapped in that small car without. I have the windows down even when it's raining and snowing. Hell the other day I had the windows down when it was hailing.

Sorry I got to rambling a bit, back to mufflers.

[1987cp]

"Yeap, that sho' ees uh nass kawr!"

Didn't know Aerochambers were considered to be Flowmaster "copies"; they're constructed totally differently.

[phayzer5]

They're not, AOD is just retarted that way

[packman]

my '87 cv has bbk shorty headers, custom made h-pipe, 2.5in all around pipe, true dual exhaust, flowmaster 40 series mufflers, and no cats. sounds fuckin awesome. i like waking up the neighbors with it.

Your 87 must sound close to what the fox body Mustangs sound like. My ma's CV sounds like my neighbors modded MKVII when it's capped up. When I open the cutouts it sounds like a loud Mustang. Can't wait to build the 331 for that car.
Packman

[Nathan in MI]

I have cheapie $15 each Summit mufflers and they're barely louder than stock with my 2.5" catted exhaust. It does make a bit of noise in the car but far from obnoxious and on the highway its barely louder than the air noise. Loud is cool for car shows but my ears are already damaged, I don't need to abuse them more with loud exhaust and louder music to cover up the exhaust.

What do you think of those Summit Turbos flow-wise? I'm thinking when I build my Lincoln that I want it to be fairly quiet, but I certainly want something that'll flow decently.

[88Vic]

When I get a good car, I want to try out Hooker Maximum Flow mufflers. Those are supposed to flow just as well as straight pipes but still provide some backpressure. They probably sound more toned than straight pipes also. They aren't too expensive either.

[OVERKILL]

That's what the Magnaflow mufflers are like.

[1987cp]

What do you think of those Summit Turbos flow-wise? I'm thinking when I build my Lincoln that I want it to be fairly quiet, but I certainly want something that'll flow decently.

See what you can learn about Walker PNs 21109 and 22393. If that's not quiet enough, neck down the very end of the tailpipes and install resonators such as PN 21122 or 21992.

[1987cp]

That's what the Magnaflow mufflers are like.

And Dynomax Ultraflows. And Borlas. And the straight-through Edelbrock designs. I can't imagine there's really an appreciable performance difference between the different straight-through designs, so pick the sound you like!