[Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe

[Donald Mallinson]

I have had several different mufflers on my '89 and from my 
experience the type of muffler makes a LOT of difference!

Yes, as I mentioned, and as Ron correctly states, the 
resonator is critical for reducing the raspy sound (can't be 
gotten rid of entirely though), but beyond that the mufflers 
make a lot of difference.

Borlas usually sound almost stock.  Flowmasters sound like 
an echo chamber and loud.  Edelbrock mufflers  are WAY loud 
and annoying for most people.

A simple oval true turbo muffler gives the best and deepest 
sound for my ear, but then there are people that love the 
huge straight through "ricer" sound, or the way loud 
Edelbrock sound.

My '89 has generic turbo's that a lot of people love.  My 
'91 has a set of, I think, Thrush Turbo's on it that sound 
totally different from my other mufflers including dynomax. 
  I suspect the Bullets would sound great on the V6 as they 
are a typical turbo style.

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:
> It needs to be made clear that the Bullets and others sound great on the
> "V8" SHO engine.
> 
> The V6 is a TOTALLY different animal. From what I've heard on V6 SHOs over
> the years, it doesn't really matter what mufflers that you have on a V6 as
> long as you have enough resonator to kill the rasp. With a big-enough
> resonator, even the $5 glasspacks that I had on my '95 sounded good!
> 
> The Edelbrock mufflers that the SHO Shop sells with their catbacks are nice
> mufflers, but they also need bigger resonators than the SS provides.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 11:01 AM
> To: Eric Keller
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe
> 
> 
> Eric,
> 
> I liked Paul's Bullet mufflers so much that I became a 
> dealer for them through my DC CarCare business 
> http://www.dccarcare.com
> 
> I sell them for $60 each, they are full stainless full turbo 
> mufflers, you don't want the type that just go straight 
> through, they are too loud for most people.  They are also 
> highly polished.  Will look great for years if you take care 
> of them.  If welded on, have the welder cover the mufflers 
> so weld splatter doesn't get on them and look bad.
> 
> These have a great deep tone that has not changed in years 
> on my V8 SHO and on Paul's V8.  Should sound just as good on 
> a V6.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> .