Exhaust Loudness

[alero_ecotec]

so, i got my exhaust put on yesterday, i did alot of searching on here and j-body and finally decided to go with the dynomax super-turbo camaro muffler, a magnaflow hi-flow cat, and 2.25 inch piping...........now when i go to pick up my car yesterday, the first thing the guy says to me is "man, it sounds mean for a 4 cylinder" and then "just make sure you dont punch it by any cop's because they'll pull you over" i figure, hell it cant be that bad, so i get in, start her up, and man, this bad boy is MUCH louder than the normal exhaust, i dont really have all that big of a problem with it and i'll be able to stand it, although i am thinking about putting on a big resonator if i get the time..........but my main question is, did anyone else who got this exhaust or anything close, have this loud of a car? :blink:

[spclone]

mines loud, but i didnt go the same route as you i cut off my muffler and put a fartcan on. alot deeper than i expected. yeah its louder. i feel i got very lucky though, it doesnt have that annoying pinging noise.

[Oldsman]

Loud Pipes Save Lifes

Works for the Harley crowd why not us. as long as your pipes are quieter than a harley it should be 100% legal.

[alerocar01]

don't worry about it. i had my exhaust done about a year ago and never had problems with the cops "knock on wood". but just as long as it isn't louder then people with cat back exhaust you shouldn't have any problems.

[Eh_nigma]

I've been pulled over in Manitoba because I was a "little loud" off the lights... but no ticket. Loud's nice... but don't want to go too crazy eh? Just keeping other driver's and neighbors in consideration.

[gxryan]

So ur saying that muffler is REALLY loud eh.
well thats the one i wanna put on but likely if i did it would just be cut out factory mufflet put that one in it's place.

So hopefully it won't be quite as loud as urs cause I don't need any more tickets.

[cobra621]

My dynomax mufflers weren't very loud on my Mustang. That is interesting that it is loud on your car. It's probably the cat making it louder, I've heard of that before. My Dodge neon was way louder with the Magnaflow cat. I added one later after I already had a Magnaflow muffler on there. I need a resonator bad!

[gxryan]

k cool hopefully it's just the cat then when i put one on it won't get me in to much trouble hehe

[alero_ecotec]

listening to it now i guess it's not terrible, just quite the deep growl at around 3-4k RPM's ......one thing i have noticed is that when you have the A/C running it's definately louder, when it's off it's much more quiet.....if you're worried about it gxryan then i'd got with about a 26 inch glass pack after the converter, they only cost 20 bucks from Jeg's, and that's name-brand

[spclone]

will the glass pack really quiet it down that much? i still have the stock resonator

[alero_ecotec]

from what i hear it's supposed to, the guy's over on j-body say it will anyway

[alero_ecotec]

took the laptop out and got a sound clip of my exhaust, anyone have the ability to host it, or know of a place that will host it?

[gxryan]

Just priced out a dynomax muffler and chrome tip
180 bux canadian taxes in

not sure which dynomax muffler.
said something along the lines of a universal one so i'm not sure about that.

[alero_ecotec]

^^^wow thats alot

[alero_ecotec]

found a place to host the clip ...just click this link (http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=new-exhaust78)

if it doesnt load very quickly click refresh

[spclone]

i had an error 3x when i tried to play it, from what i heard you otta rev it a little. so far, its what mine sounds like but alot deeper

[gxryan]

how much did you pay for your install then alero ecotec?
excluding the highflow cat

[alero_ecotec]

90 installed

[gxryan]

90 bux and that got u the muffler, tip and install???
I find that hard to believe

[Oldsman]

way too raspy. has that import sound to it.

[alero_ecotec]

Originally posted by gxryan+Aug 14 2005, 06:10 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gxryan @ Aug 14 2005, 06:10 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>90 bux and that got u the muffler, tip and install???
I find that hard to believe
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no no, 90 was just the install....i got the muffler for like 35 b/c i got a rebate on it....60 for the high flow cat ...and 17 a peice for the tips

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way too raspy. has that import sound to it.
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yeah i know, i'm a little iffy on the sound too, whixh is why i was a little dissappointed b/c i had researched the hell out of all of this and everyone seemed to agree the dynomax muffler was the way to go....but it seems the general decision from people i've talked to is that the high flow cat is making it alot louder.....i'm hoping to correct this by putting a 26 - 30" glasspack after the cat to really mellow things out

[Oldsman]

a high flow cat does change the exhaust note.

i know mine did. hell the high flow cat changed the exhaust note a lot more than my header.

[gxryan]

just curious were did u get the muffler? dunno if someone asked that

[alero_ecotec]

i looked around all over but prices were pretty consistent, so i went with jeg's because they have free shipping, and the jeg's warehouse is only like 2 or 3 hours from my house

[Grouch]

uh wow. That sounds NOTHING like my Dyno ST muffler. Mines much deeper and doesn't "pop" like yours when revving down. Suprised the cat changes the sound that much.

[Str33tRacer]

what about a flowmaster 40 series, like ive read before and then just some tip added on? or how bout a $100 N1 style and just weld that on

[cgriffin]

Originally posted by spclone@Aug 10 2005, 05:46 AM
will the glass pack really quiet it down that much? i still have the stock resonator
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i have a glasspack and it is real deep not loud and this is with the stock resonator so keep it on it will sound better.