what muffler...
what muffler...
my plans for the near future:
zzp stage 3 hear exchanger
zzp catted dp with the welded in magnaflow
badmab header
trifecta tune
now, I was planning on a catback exhaust, but after doing a lot of reading there's only minimal gains with a catback as the dp seems to be the most restrictive part of the car. people are saying it's mostly a sound mod and I really don't want to shell out a good amount of money when I can weld in a quality muffler and achieve a deeper tone.
that being said, what do you guys recommend for a weld in muffler?
*also, does my plan make sense to you guys? haha
thanks guys
zzp stage 3 hear exchanger
zzp catted dp with the welded in magnaflow
badmab header
trifecta tune
now, I was planning on a catback exhaust, but after doing a lot of reading there's only minimal gains with a catback as the dp seems to be the most restrictive part of the car. people are saying it's mostly a sound mod and I really don't want to shell out a good amount of money when I can weld in a quality muffler and achieve a deeper tone.
that being said, what do you guys recommend for a weld in muffler?
*also, does my plan make sense to you guys? haha
thanks guys
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From: nova scotia
my plans for the near future:
zzp stage 3 hear exchanger
zzp catted dp with the welded in magnaflow
badmab header
trifecta tune
now, I was planning on a catback exhaust, but after doing a lot of reading there's only minimal gains with a catback as the dp seems to be the most restrictive part of the car. people are saying it's mostly a sound mod and I really don't want to shell out a good amount of money when I can weld in a quality muffler and achieve a deeper tone.
that being said, what do you guys recommend for a weld in muffler?
*also, does my plan make sense to you guys? haha
thanks guys
zzp stage 3 hear exchanger
zzp catted dp with the welded in magnaflow
badmab header
trifecta tune
now, I was planning on a catback exhaust, but after doing a lot of reading there's only minimal gains with a catback as the dp seems to be the most restrictive part of the car. people are saying it's mostly a sound mod and I really don't want to shell out a good amount of money when I can weld in a quality muffler and achieve a deeper tone.
that being said, what do you guys recommend for a weld in muffler?
*also, does my plan make sense to you guys? haha
thanks guys
Also the only other thing I would add to that setup would be to add the cti over the axel kit.
CTI 2.5 Over Axel Replacement for after market muffler - Over The Top Performance
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From: nova scotia
Our exhaust has few major restrictions. The first being the downpipe and the other being the portion of the exhaust at the rear axel that shirnks down to 2.25 inches. Basically its a bottleneck so thats why alot of people cut that piece of the stock exhaust out and replace it with 2.5 piping then add a muffler of your choice and you have a custom 2.5 inch exhaust.
Our exhaust has few major restrictions. The first being the downpipe and the other being the portion of the exhaust at the rear axel that shirnks down to 2.25 inches. Basically its a bottleneck so thats why alot of people cut that piece of the stock exhaust out and replace it with 2.5 piping then add a muffler of your choice and you have a custom 2.5 inch exhaust.
im looking to slap on a muffler as well but i have a TC. so not trying to thread jack but when you give whinning_blue an answer you can give me one too and kill 2 birds with one stone lol. id hate to get flammed for making another post about this same thing
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just curious but is this just the SC? or the TC as well?
im looking to slap on a muffler as well but i have a TC. so not trying to thread jack but when you give whinning_blue an answer you can give me one too and kill 2 birds with one stone lol. id hate to get flammed for making another post about this same thing
im looking to slap on a muffler as well but i have a TC. so not trying to thread jack but when you give whinning_blue an answer you can give me one too and kill 2 birds with one stone lol. id hate to get flammed for making another post about this same thing
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From: nova scotia
just curious but is this just the SC? or the TC as well?
im looking to slap on a muffler as well but i have a TC. so not trying to thread jack but when you give whinning_blue an answer you can give me one too and kill 2 birds with one stone lol. id hate to get flammed for making another post about this same thing
im looking to slap on a muffler as well but i have a TC. so not trying to thread jack but when you give whinning_blue an answer you can give me one too and kill 2 birds with one stone lol. id hate to get flammed for making another post about this same thing
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just curious but is this just the SC? or the TC as well?
im looking to slap on a muffler as well but i have a TC. so not trying to thread jack but when you give whinning_blue an answer you can give me one too and kill 2 birds with one stone lol. id hate to get flammed for making another post about this same thing
im looking to slap on a muffler as well but i have a TC. so not trying to thread jack but when you give whinning_blue an answer you can give me one too and kill 2 birds with one stone lol. id hate to get flammed for making another post about this same thing
The SS/TC's catback is 2.50" all the way through, and flows well. On the SS/TC a catback is mainly a sound mod. It's different for the SS/SC though.
The SS/SC can gain on avg. 5-8whp from a catback alone. The biggest restriction on the stock catback is the resonator's 2 1/16" inlet, followed by the 2.25" neck down portion over the rear twist beam. I would get a catback over welding on a muffler any day, but that's just me.
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From: NEPA
^ it will, but it wont be obnoxious. i have a super turbo on my car before on the stock piping, it sounded like the ****. then i got a deal on a Megan cat back. im disappointed. so im gonna cut the Megan off and put another turbo muffler on.
My recomendation is that you buy a Stainless Muffler, it will last alot longer!
My recomendation is that you buy a Stainless Muffler, it will last alot longer!
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Mufflers - SummitRacing.com
Here you go found a magnaflow 2.5 inch muffler and its free shipping to the states.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MPE-11226/
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From: NEPA
Back in the day, I replaced the stock muffler with a GMPP Touring Muffler, and it sounded real nice. I highly recommend keeping the resonator. Your exhaust will be raspy and hollow sounding w/o one.