Magnaflow is awesome!

Well I finally got my Magnaflow muffler for my 98 Camaro . And yes I got the 3 inch inlet insted of the 2 and 1/2. For a lil more sound. I decided to go with some 3 inch slash tips out the back. And the sound is freakin awesome. The way a Camaro should sound like. At idle, it's not too loud but definitely noticable. Even inside at idle . It's noticable but not droney at any rpms. As I'm cruising the exhaust has a nice medium loudness and deep tone to it. When you get on it. That's when the true muscle car sound comes out. Not ungodly loud but fairly loud. And I just love it. As soon as I get some sound files. I'll post them or send them to the powers to be to post them. The only thing a little negative I have about the experience was the way my exhaust guy was giving me flack about installing the muffler. Basically he didn't know why I wanted to replace the stock muffler. And I said for more power and sound. He told me I wouldn't get any more power. It didn't matter if I went with headers, new 3 inch pipe and muffler. Because my power was all controlled by the computer anyway. And I though to myself "What and old dumbass". Why is it these old country ass hick exhaust guys think that? When it's confirmed that all these boltons do give you more horsepower? Anyways as I was leaving and got out on the road. I left him 2 nice tire burns down the road and a good old smokey burnout. :D So much for not more power. Even tho it's just a muffler change. The car definitely has more pickup and go. With roughly the same temp and humidity . My car was just barely getting a chirp shifting into second gear(my car is an automatic). And now my car is barking hard into second. Now in the morning I'm installing my slp lid with filter. When my buddy gets it here. Paying only $100 lid with filter and it pretty much looks brand new. Only been used a month before my buddy decided to go ahead with a supercharger. Does 20 horses sound about right with the lid, muffler, stock 2 and 3/4 intermediate and free air mod ? I highly highly recommend this exhaust. You can't get much better in the sound department IMO.:)

Congrats on the new set up. I have magnaflow as well and it is noticable. That guy was talking out of his @ss. He avoided to tell you about how throttle response and flow would be improved with those bolt ons. I like it cuz it is noticable but yet not really loud. When I really want loud and little more flow for the track I just uncap my cutout.:cool:

Nice car. By the way my car is red too. And you like Kicker like me. I'm only sporting one Kicker comp 12 ported in a box with a Kicker 02KX700.5 5 Channel Car Amplifier. It slams for one ported 12.

thanks for your compliments. yeah kickers hit pretty hard. especially with the rear glass. it helps with the bass reflex. how many watts are u running in that amp? I'm running a total of 1800 watts. any pics of your ride?

Only 600 watts to the sub but it's plenty for me. I will have pics soon. Will take them once my car gets out of the shop after next week. I'm getting it repainted since it received some hail damage a month or so ago.

sorry to hear about the hail damage. There was a small tornado with hail here last week. Luckily I didn't get any severe damage only a light scratch by some branch or something. I also need to put up new pics up soon. I just waxed it and installed a gm ss hood and I also installed my fuel rail covers.

SpidermanForever-

What muffler did you get for your car? I'm debating between a Magnaflow and a Dynomouth, but I've heard better things about the Mangaflow. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay to have it installed and did you have to buy any piping?

I want to get a muffler a chrome dual-dual tips.:cool:

$90 for new 3 inch tips and install of all. No piping replaced. Go with magnaflow.

Don't be sorry. I get a new paint job out of the deal via insurance.

Originally posted by SpidermanForever ...Does 20 horses sound about right with the lid, muffler, stock 2 and 3/4 intermediate and free air mod ? I highly highly recommend this exhaust. You can't get much better in the sound department IMO.:) [/B]I'd say 20 is about right- I too love my Magnaflow. :)

Hiya, just got my camaro and its all stock so the exhaust is gonna be the first to go... the stock exhaust on my camaro sounds so tame, so civilized I see you guys like the sound of Magnaflow and Dynomouth... I was thinking of getting a Hooker Catback system... how do you think that compares to Magnaflow and Dynomouth? Hooker is cheep and the tips can be changed easily.

IMO the Hooker doesn't quite sound as good as the Magnaflow system.

I agree with all of ya'll about the magnaflow i have heard only good things about it. I plan on getting a magnaflow muffler sometime in the near future. By the way do u still have your cats or no? I heard it is quiet normal driving but at WOT it sounds really good. I know this is the one i am going with.

Originally posted by SpidermanForever
$90 for new 3 inch tips and install of all. No piping replaced. Go with magnaflow.

That's not bad.

What's the exact muffler you got on Magnaflow's website?

There's like 10 different kinds of mufflers.

Originally posted by SFB767
That's not bad.

What's the exact muffler you got on Magnaflow's website?

There's like 10 different kinds of mufflers. I bought the stainless steel version- #14267 - 3.00" inlet and 2.50" Dual outlet.

Magnaflow Muffler - 12267 (http://www.exhaustproslinc.com/magcammuf.html)
Stainless Steel Version - 14267 (http://www.exhaustproslinc.com/mag5x8camste.html)

Originally posted by redlt1z28
I agree with all of ya'll about the magnaflow i have heard only good things about it. I plan on getting a magnaflow muffler sometime in the near future. By the way do u still have your cats or no? I heard it is quiet normal driving but at WOT it sounds really good. I know this is the one i am going with. The Magnaflow is not quiet. It's just not as loud as most other popular mufflers. And you're right, when you get on it, it's loud but sounds great.

Yep, it's just not super loud. So loud you can't here yourself think type loud. It's a very refined and very muscle car sounding. If a guy won't be happy with this exhaust. He's not going to be happy with anything. Beats Flowmaster all to hell.

Originally posted by JaysZ
I bought the stainless steel version- #14267 - 3.00" inlet and 2.50" Dual outlet.

Magnaflow Muffler - 12267 (http://www.exhaustproslinc.com/magcammuf.html)
Stainless Steel Version - 14267 (http://www.exhaustproslinc.com/mag5x8camste.html)

Thanks for those links.

So both mufflers are the same thing, but one just has the stainless steel finish? $81 is a good price. I don't want to spend $104 for the stainless steel one, because no one will ever see it.

How big is this muffler compared to the stock one?

Pretty much the same as the stock muffler. Fairly heavy too.

Originally posted by SpidermanForever
Pretty much the same as the stock muffler. Fairly heavy too. Actually, the Magnaflow muffler (the 14267 anyway) is 18 inches wide vs 27inches for the stock muffler- quite a bit smaller and lighter.

Another question.

I'm going to buy the regular one for $81. Do I need to buy anything else before I take it to be installed, or will the exhaust shop take care of it?

Originally posted by SFB767
Another question.

I'm going to buy the regular one for $81. Do I need to buy anything else before I take it to be installed, or will the exhaust shop take care of it?

The exhaust shop should be able to hook you up with everything necessary to install the muffler. It shouldnt take them long either. You ought to be able to roll out of there in way under an hour.

I have a question though. I think a flowmaster is a pretty loud muffler. Now if thats teh case, how loud would I find a magnaflow? Louder, quieter? Just curious...

Originally posted by SFB767
Another question.

I'm going to buy the regular one for $81. Do I need to buy anything else before I take it to be installed, or will the exhaust shop take care of it? I assume you have aquired some new tips as well? I don't know what 'SpidermanForever' did but I went ahead and replaced my tailpipes as well. Your new muffler has 2.5 inch outlets and your old tailpipes are 2.25s. I did all the work myself so I don't know what the muffler shop will do or recommend.

Originally posted by JaysZ
I assume you have aquired some new tips as well? I don't know what 'SpidermanForever' did but I went ahead and replaced my tailpipes as well. Your new muffler has 2.5 inch outlets and your old tailpipes are 2.25s. I did all the work myself so I don't know what the muffler shop will do or recommend.

I'm going to get a set of dual outlet, chrome, slash cut tips before I buy the muffler.

I guess I should get a set of tips with 2.5" inlets so they'll fit on my muffler.

I've been looking at these, I'm either getting part #35168 or 35169

http://shop.ivalueinternet.com/bigexhaust/index.cfm/action/productdetail/product_id/983.htm

If you know of another retailer w/dual outlets with a 2.5" inlet, let me know.

I am sold on Magnaflow also. The quality is great and a stainless catback for under $500 installed is a deal. I had the car put up on the rack to double check all is good under there after driving it for over 4 months and nothing was loose. Even shined like new still.

Originally posted by bigsteve7
I have a question though. I think a flowmaster is a pretty loud muffler. Now if thats teh case, how loud would I find a magnaflow? Louder, quieter? Just curious...

Magnaflow is quieter than Flowmaster. It's also deeper.

Flow Master catback is quieter then the Magnaflow catback, my dad has the Flowmaster catback on his 02 Z, and mine is noticeably louder then his, as far as just the muffler, the Magnaflow muffler on its own sounds different then the catback, my buddy got the muffler for his '00 after hearing mine, and its a different , quieter sound then the catback.

Originally posted by silver96z28
Flow Master catback is quieter then the Magnaflow catback, my dad has the Flowmaster catback on his 02 Z, and mine is noticeably louder then his, as far as just the muffler, the Magnaflow muffler on its own sounds different then the catback, my buddy got the muffler for his '00 after hearing mine, and its a different , quieter sound then the catback. Interesting...

Originally posted by silver96z28
Flow Master catback is quieter then the Magnaflow catback, my dad has the Flowmaster catback on his 02 Z, and mine is noticeably louder then his, as far as just the muffler, the Magnaflow muffler on its own sounds different then the catback, my buddy got the muffler for his '00 after hearing mine, and its a different , quieter sound then the catback.

Yeah, that's pretty strange. I had the flowmaster cat-back and changed to the Magnaflow cat-back and the Magnaflow is DEFINITELY quieter. Is it possible your dad has a different muffler than I did? I had the American Thunder cat-back.

Yes he has the American Thunder Catback, maybe its just me, but mine is louder, I even went over today to compare again! Even he thinks the Magnaflow is louder!? His has been on the car for a year, and mine 6 months if that means anything!

I love the look of the magnaflow, and the sound seems to be good. Do I need to get a full catback, or can I just get the mufflers and magnaflow tips for that look?

Originally posted by Silver NJ_Z28
I love the look of the magnaflow, and the sound seems to be good. Do I need to get a full catback, or can I just get the mufflers and magnaflow tips for that look? I bought just the muffler (and added tailpipes & tips) because I didn't feel like ripping out a brand new I-pipe. If I had been dealing with an aging exhaust system, I would have done the whole cat-back.

Anyway, you can definitely do just the muffler and then maybe check their web site for the tips:
Magnaflow Tips (http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/tips.htm)

Originally posted by JaysZ
I bought just the muffler (and added tailpipes & tips) because I didn't feel like ripping out a brand new I-pipe. If I had been dealing with an aging exhaust system, I would have done the whole cat-back.

Anyway, you can definitely do just the muffler and then maybe check their web site for the tips:
Magnaflow Tips (http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/tips.htm)

cool, but what are the downsides in doing that? Do I loose horsepower compared with getting the whole catback? Is it less strucuraly sound?

Personally I think gains between the full cat-back and just adding a muffler are neglible. Maybe 1-2 horses different. Now if your car is beefed up a lot. I would say the full cat-back would be better to get.

Originally posted by Silver NJ_Z28
cool, but what are the downsides in doing that? Do I loose horsepower compared with getting the whole catback? Is it less strucuraly sound? Is is less structurally sound? I guess that depends on who does the work. Just buy the muffler and tips and have your local shop do all the work.