phils89sc
Registered User
I was thinking about a post I saw awhile ago about the placement of mufflers in the exhaust and how the exhaust sounds. I got to thinking about it and was wondering what you all might think of these two setups...
1. 2.25" or 2.5" downpipes (with cats) from the headers to the 'resonator'. Delete the factory resonator in favor of a ""Big Block" Flowmaster 2 chamber muffler with dual 2.5" inlets and a single 3" outlet. From here (with 92-up style gas tank and exhaust of course) we run a 3" pipe to the tail of the car and split it off into 2 x 2.25" or 2 x 2.5" tail pipes, no mufflers.
2. 2.25" or 2.5" downpipes (again, with cats, required where I live) to a Flowmaster dual inlet, dual outlet (2.25 or 2.5" for both ends). From the dual outlets on the Flowmaster, run dual 2.25" or 2.5" pipes to the tail and fabricate tail pipes to exit the back of the tbird, again, no mufflers except the new one where the resonator was.
On the second option, I am not sure if Flowmaster makes such a muffler. I have found the muffler for option 1 though, just not sure about the second option.
Since we would be eliminating the resonator in favor of a 'normal' muffler, and not using mufflers at the tail of the car, how do you think these two setups would sound? I am sure they would be as good as a Borla system, but then again, I don't have $700.00 to spend on Borla either.
Any opinions, part numbers, etc. would be welcome.
P.S. Anything is better than stock exhaust.
Phil Stocker
1. 2.25" or 2.5" downpipes (with cats) from the headers to the 'resonator'. Delete the factory resonator in favor of a ""Big Block" Flowmaster 2 chamber muffler with dual 2.5" inlets and a single 3" outlet. From here (with 92-up style gas tank and exhaust of course) we run a 3" pipe to the tail of the car and split it off into 2 x 2.25" or 2 x 2.5" tail pipes, no mufflers.
2. 2.25" or 2.5" downpipes (again, with cats, required where I live) to a Flowmaster dual inlet, dual outlet (2.25 or 2.5" for both ends). From the dual outlets on the Flowmaster, run dual 2.25" or 2.5" pipes to the tail and fabricate tail pipes to exit the back of the tbird, again, no mufflers except the new one where the resonator was.
On the second option, I am not sure if Flowmaster makes such a muffler. I have found the muffler for option 1 though, just not sure about the second option.
Since we would be eliminating the resonator in favor of a 'normal' muffler, and not using mufflers at the tail of the car, how do you think these two setups would sound? I am sure they would be as good as a Borla system, but then again, I don't have $700.00 to spend on Borla either.
Any opinions, part numbers, etc. would be welcome.
P.S. Anything is better than stock exhaust.
Phil Stocker