[Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe

[Carl Prochilo]

My son's 95 MTX has a SS Y-pipe and stainless catback.  His car is WAY WAY
louder than my 92 with PP Y-pipe Walker Dynomax sans resonator.  In fact
his car is so loud he is able to set off car alarms.  I keep waiting for
him to get pulled over.  I'm sure one issue his car has, and I haven't had
time to look into it, is that the donut is shot.  But a 19 year old kid
will prefer the extra noise.  After all, he has 2 10" subs to drown out
the exhaust.  :O

Furthermore, is car still is running the 55mm stock MAF.  I know that the
MAF is hurting his performance.  I need to find a chip to either make his
SS 80mm MAF work or buy a new 75mm Pro-M MAF.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson - 201K

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> .
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