Ok we are talking mufflers here right?... I mean mufflers for cars not mouth mufflers for women right?

 

No no no, not on the hood... you know how many little dings show up afterwards??? It's not worth it. That's what the top edge of the fender is for; and the guy gets more leverage.

 

From what I can see, the Dynomax begin to sound weird from 3000RPM right? I would like a muffler that makes my car sounds nice at any RPM. Thanks for the help

 

TomP No no no, not on the hood... you know how many little dings show up afterwards??? It's not worth it. That's what the top edge of the fender is for; and the guy gets more leverage.


ROFLMAO!!!!!

 

It's not the type of muffler you buy that matters......rather what you do with it..

 

:sillylol:

 

I know... I misspelled hear in the talk cloud.

 

rofflmao!!!:sillylol:

 

Wonderful artistic skill, I must say...

 

Thank you sir for the compliment . Here another example of my artistic ability that I am proud of- some of my SCUBA bottles that I painted myself.

 

lmao....awesome!

 

I thought I would chime in here. After having my Dynomax for 3.5 years now, I have mixed feelings about it. When I first got it - it was kick *** sounding. As the years went by I found the sound from idle to 2,500 rpm sounded nasty.

I actually like the sound after 3,000, at least in my car. Although my intermediate and exhaust pipe exits are still in good condition, I can't say the same for the muffler, which is practically rusting apart at the end seams on the underside of the muffler on both sides.

Now I need to get a replacement muffler. I am leaning towards a hooker or a flowmaster, not sure yet. When I get either one put on in August - I'll give my comparison between the new and old.

 

Go to any wrecking yard & seek a new muffler off a wrecked Z28 or Trans Am!
Ya can't loose!
I passed on a new Flowmaster with pipes for $30! for the new Arvin/Z28 factory original larger 2 1/2" pipe style I got off the next Z28 I saw. I also paid $40 for install.

 

lol, used muffler.

and why 40$ for an install when you can do it at home, without a jack, in your driveway with just a plain old socket set... for free?

I would rather have just got a NEW muffler and installed it at home.

 

My used muffler is a new muffler that was installed on this car before it went to the yard.
I had my muffler welded on so no leaks or rattles.
Have you priced new mufflers & the labor lately?
I bought a high flow, low back pressure, high performance muffler & got it installed
all for the cost of just a regular muffler.
Cost was $70.
Works by me!
Lots of rust free stuff in CA.

 

I heard Arvin makes some d*mn good OEM stuff......although I heard that about Mustang exhaust. Didn't know Arvin made mufflers for GM cars too!

 

I'm getting a custom 3" Bassani muffler. Not sure how it'll sound on the 6, but listen to it on a Cobra!! -

http://www.exhaustsoundclips.com/sou...t_catback.html

I have no clue how it'll sound on the 2.8 Turbo... but if it sounds half as good as it does on the Cobra, I'll be a happy camper.

3" mandrel bent downpipe all the way to the muffler, then a single 3" pipe out.

 

Sounds nice

 

i haver flopro exhaust has a nice sound to it and noticeable performance increase http://www.flopro.com/FPovalsmall.htm
Inlet Outlet Part #
2 - 1/4" 2 - 1/4" FP759
2 - 1/2" 2 - 1/4" FP767
3" 2 - 1/2" FP768

 

I agree... I've never wasted time changing just a muffler. Granted it might be cheaper to change just the muffler, or get one out of a junkyard, but for all the aggravation, might as well just do the pipes at the same time. Even with my welding setup, I still prefer to change the whole system then just play with a muffler. (And on all the system's I've done, my car and others, I've used clamps- no leak problems. Welding a system up is a good way for a shop to have you come back all the time so "they" can cut off the old muffler and "they" can weld it back on and "they" can charge you money for it.)

 

My situation worked dirt cheap.
Just like the shocks I got for my 1974 Corvtte in the wrecking yard at $4 each!
THEY WERE DIRT COVERED KONI'S!
Cost me total of $14 to refurbish them in new poly bushings.

Again lots of rust free stuff out west.
My "I" pipe is still original as is the "Y" pipe.

My Cat Convertor is a used item, also.
That was able to be bolted on, no welding needed.
Welding pipes is best alternative for leak free & no rattles.

 

I called up Flowmaster about a muffler when I needed one last year. The guy told me forget about it, he said it will sound really gay on the V6 so that was enough said for me. I ended up getting a DynoMax Turbo muffler.

 

JoshDT91: And how it sound?

 

It sounds good, nothing too crazy. The manager at the muffler place thought it sounded really good. I'll tell you one thing, if you ever get new pipe it would be nice if you could find a place that mandrel bends the stuff.

I think they put in a truck muffler into my car though, the thing barely fits in there and for a while banged on my suspension till they fixed it. The muffer has 2.5" pipe going in with two 2.5" pipe going out to the driver's side rear. I think that pipe was just on the verge of being too large where it would effect how the engine ran in a negative way. Next time I think I will get the muffler that probably should fit in there although this one is guaranteed for life so I am stuck with it.

I just looked and the muffler is listed as a regular muffler and a GM Truck muffler so go figure. It's a DynoMax #17758.

 

I also heard that the flowmaster on a v6 sounds horrible, and louder than the Dynomax. In that case I will just get another Dynomax muffler since the other pipes are in good condition. Plus there are not a whole lot of mufflers available seperately for the Camaro/Firebird style muffler.

Hopefully the sound in the "dead zone" will sound better when the engine is rebuilt.

Funny thing about my broken Dynomax muffler is that now that it has patches on it, it actually sounds a little better in the "dead zone" It doesn't sound the same like it was new.

 

Unless you cut/weld it yourself. Then, it's not a thing to toss a new muffler up there!

 

Josh, you know you're calling a good company when the guy flat out tells you that their product will sound like crap so don't buy it. I agree with them too....I heard a Flowmaster on a 2.8...didnt have a catback, just the muffler. Sounded like Flowmaster designed a new exhaust system, "American R!ce", to replace their 'American Thunder' line. It was really loud and burbly..sounded -ok- at lower rpms but once it got higher it sounded like r!ce.