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saucy beast
11-11-2010, 07:28 PM
i finished my header install on monday after a 2 day battle to get the old manifolds off, and finally got my 3 inch exhaust on, its a nice set up but i want to buy a nice muffler for it anyone have a suggestion for a nice sounding muffler? i had a dynomax muffler on my car before but i want a deeper sound, any suggestions?

Anti_Rice_Guy
11-11-2010, 08:20 PM
Congrats. How loud do you want it is part of the question too. Loud only when really on the gas? Loud all the time?

madness410
11-11-2010, 10:57 PM
congrats.

out of curiousity is it a full 3" exhaust?

saucy beast
11-12-2010, 06:11 AM
i guess loud all the time but a deep sound, i have full 3 inch system with my headers so i dont know if that makes a deeper sound on it own, what muffler do you have on your fbodys?

WildBillyT
11-12-2010, 08:44 AM
i guess loud all the time but a deep sound, i have full 3 inch system with my headers so i dont know if that makes a deeper sound on it own, what muffler do you have on your fbodys?

Really deep sound comes from engine displacement. What are you running? That can help with muffler selection.

BonzoHansen
11-12-2010, 08:49 AM
I liked the way my 82 sounded with a 3" exhaust & dynomax. I had a banks setup and when the muffler began to fail I replaced it with the dynomax.

saucy beast
11-12-2010, 04:03 PM
Really deep sound comes from engine displacement. What are you running? That can help with muffler selection.

its only a 305

I liked the way my 82 sounded with a 3" exhaust & dynomax. I had a banks setup and when the muffler began to fail I replaced it with the dynomax.

i did like the sound sound of my old dynomax but its for 2 inch setup, what size engine did you 82 fbody have?

BonzoHansen
11-12-2010, 04:17 PM
350, exhaust manifolds, mandrel bent 2.5" y-pipe to 3" cat back. Best sounding car I ever owned.

87Fbird
11-12-2010, 09:01 PM
My brother's got a mild 350 in his El Camino with headers and dual 3" all the way with Super 44s. It sounds deep and rumbles nice. It's loud at full throttle but it don't have that rapping sound.