[Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe

[Ron Porter]

He most likely has the Edelbrock RPMs, which seem to be specifically
designed to set off car alarms!!

Screw the 80mm and chip, just get the 75mm Bullet. Cheaper than buying and
messing with a chip, plus you can keep the stock airbox, which further cuts
the cost.

I have a spare LPM that I could sell that probably needs to be reprogrammed
(it was originally set up for the 80mm MAF on the X2J PCM in my '94 MTX, but
I suspect it needs work, as there is a 2nd LPM that was in the car with the
80mm MAF. Overall, I like the calibrated 80mm MAF-with-no-LPM setup I'm
running now a lot better.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:50 PM
To: Donald Mallinson
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe


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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