im am putting a 5x8 magnaflow muffler in place my my megan (quiet it down). does a tip make a big difference in the sound?

 

no..

 

the tip is strictly for looks, unless it has a silencer in it like the megan comes with

 

ok thanks appriecate it

 

i used to have a subie lgt and i got a flowmaster exhaust system put on it..it originally came iwth a 2.5 inch tip and i switched to a 4 inch..there definetly will be a difference maybe not huge but if ur going bigger it will be a little more "open or deep sounding" and smaller is a little quieter and "compressed or tight" sounding...but just a small difference nothing terrible different..thats my experience anyways

 

we're talking about the tip. not the muffler...

 

yea i drove with the smaller tip for about 2 weeks when i was waiting for the other to show up..it was by no means a big difference at all but the tip kind of cleaned up the sound..again not a big difference but there was a difference nonetheless

 

that muffler will, but the tip itself shoudnt make a huge difference

 

well... the bigger one could have held an echo of some sort...

If its just a screw on... no... but if its welded on, it could, very slightly.

 

yea it was very slight

 

There are tips out there that have baffles in them which change the sound of your exhaust.

 

Yep, mine is baffled, wish it wasnt now.

(weld-on)

 

I had a resonated tip on my truck.. the sound changed a smidge when i replaced it with an angle cut magnaflow one.


But in your case.. i don't think it would change noticeably

 

on my car i have a magnaflow 5x8x18" muffler, 2.5" pipe. i have a 2.5" pipe comming off the muffler and then the gm tip (3.5" iirc). one day driving down the freeway the tip (and pipe out of the muffler) came off and it made a huge difference in sound. i stuck a 2.5" pipe angle cut out the bumper till i can get a new tip, its quieter than it was with the gm tip.