muffler choices

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Everyone likes the sound of my car. I don't think the X-pipe makes it sound funny at all.
 
duster340 said:
there is a few diferent things

it does not sound like a musclecar should, to smoth sounding for my taste.
at least my 340 sounded more like a ferrari or similar italian supersports car,than the kind of evil smallblock it realy was.

sounds like it turns alot more rpm than it realy does, if i wanted my 340 to sound like it turned 7000+rpm then all i need to do is to put my foot down and make it turn 7000+rpm(and you can bet it did more than often) i dont realy like it to sound like its doing that when just pulling away from a stoplight and shifting at about3500rpms..

thrust me i like quiet cars that dont turn more heads than necesary, but to me it feels stupid having a loud car at an idle that sounds very smoth wille cruising along at some speed and making less sounds when racing and that is how an x pipe sounds like to me when driving with one.

also both me and a friend of mine has noticed a weird sound that those x-pipes seems to create while driving on bigger roads at about 65mph steady,its a kind of a hollow sucking sound that the exhaust makes and its not loud and both our cars are fairly quiet inside the car with no big resonans sound or anything like that but that sound is real anoying

i like it to sound healthy at an idle, it should sound powerfull when cruising and i dont mine if it will wake up the dead when at full throtle aslong as the sound is reasonable while crusiing since im not the kind of guy who find it fun to wake up the neigbours when coming home late just cause i have a fast hotrod i just like a car that sounds like a musclecar should i like the sound of power that only a american V8 can have and i dont want to loose that sound just to gain 10horsepower, i can get 10 horses more by just spining the blower alitle faster so an xpipe to gain those 10horses is not all that important to me when it messes up the sound so much.

to be honest x-pipes sure have there place and they are a great way to make the car more quiet while driving around town or down the highway, and they will stop alot of anoying resonance that a big exhaust will create wile also adding some power
but i would realy prefer to find a muffler that will make the right sound without alot of resonance and that is flowing well enough to not cost alot of power while not being way to loud, and i think the aerochambers may be very close to fit into that plan :)

to be honest im realy useless at explaing what part of the sound that i dont like but i hope you understand what i tried to get into words
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That was a good explanation. I understand what you are saying and thank you for letting me know.
 
rumblefish360 said:
The 3 quitest mufflers I have ever run are;

Thrush , cheap units. They cost me about $17 a few years ago.
Hooker Aero Chambers, $50 a pop.
Summit racings @ 2-1/2 inchs. They came with the exhaust kit.

For cruiseing the quite hood, call summit. On acceleration, you'll not be disapointed.
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Well, I decided to x the x pipe for now, and went with the Summit 2.5" system that is supposed to be made for Hooker Comp headers since those headers are on my car now. Went to my buddies shop and we put the car on the lift and it was a nightmare to install. The drivers side went on OK but hangs too far below the rear bumper. The passenger side didn't fit well at all. Turns out that header must have been changed out to something other than a Hooker Comp. That explains that mess. I had to cut pipes to make it fit. It also hangs way too far below the rear bumper. Anyone else have this problem? I wanted to put factory style tips on the pipes, but there is no way because of how low they are. They sound nice at idle, aren't too loud when cruising, and bark well at full throttle, but I hate the way they look.
 
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