May be an odd question, but a lot of guys around where I live think that louder is better. Most of the f-body's around here sound like crap to me. Most have either flowmasters or slp loudmouths, and to me, they're just to loud. Any of the performance exhausts out there actually sound good, and are quiet? eg, no rasps or backfiring? I love the sound of my stock exhaust, and would not care if it was a little louder, but I want the added performance of the freeer flowing exhaust. Bigger pipes USUALLY equate to quieter, and mufflex makes the biggest, but I haven't heard one IRL. anybody got a clip that can compare it to stock?

 

why not get an electronic cut out. that way you can have your stock sounding exhaust and then open it up for the performance. its really the best of both worlds for you

 

I think you're looking for a B&B exhaust system. Fits your bill just perfectly, but it ain't cheap.

 

I submit to you the Hooker Aerochamber muffler or cat-back.

Deeper/slightly louder than stock at idle, and city/cruising rpms. Very nice tone & medium volume at WOT. No pops/backfiring. About $90 for the muffler (Summit, Thunderracing)

search for clips on the board. i'll get mine up soon as well

Brian

 

a lot of people say the dynomax ultroflo is pretty quiet and it basically has a straight through design. if i'm not mistaken magnaflow catbacks are the same thing.

 

I understand what you are saying. I'm also not a "louder is better" kind of guy.

I researched this for a while on the board, and from my reading, the Hooker catback ($280), or the SLP TOTL(two over the left) are the most popular choices for great sound, excellent performance but not too loud.

Myself, I bought the Hooker catback. I don't have it installed yet though.

Dan

 

The nice thing about Magnaflow is it's not that much more than the aluminized systems out there - but it's all stainless. Plus the polished tips and muffler. Best bang for the buck out ther IMO. Sounds great too (yes, louder than stock, but in a good way).

 

http://dodds.cc/chad/garage/z28/ls1_sounds/dynomax.htm


you can listen to a ton of exhaust sound clips on the site above
on both lt1s and ls1s

 

Great link!!! Thanks. I checked out the Hooker clips. Very nice. The one on the bottom seems to be the most accurate(the LT1 Formula)

Dan

 

SLP dual/dual is the quietest exhaust I have ever heard. A buddy of mine has it with a huge stall and a huge cam and I can barely hear it.

 

i run true duals with x pipe into a pair of MAgnaflow straight thru mufflers. I also have a 260/260 solid roller cammed LT1 making over 500 fly wheel HP. Sound was definatly an issue for me as well. I wanted to be QUIET and HIDE my power. The magnaflows do a GREAT job of keeping everything quiet with out ANY raspyness and NO backfiring and crackling. Plus they havea wonderfully soft tone a little louder than the stock exhaust.

 

a good price on a great catback

i recommend the hooker catback
its great!

 

My dads car has the dynomax ultraflo it sounds stock at idle and gets a little louder when you step on it. Jason

 

btw: hooker aerochamber muffler $90 + stainless rolled-lip slash-cut tips from Summit Racing $22/each + installation $70 came out to a cool $203 for me - on a budget so i decided to keep the 2.75'' stock midpipe and i prefer the stainless tips. Brian

sold the stock TA quadtips for $23 back too

 

Or you could get a 98+ Factory SS Muffler. It has bigger tailpipes and flows better than the Z28 and is barely louder with a very nice factory tone. All you have to do is mod the hanger.
Magnaflow is pretty loud at anything except idle.