MaD Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Anyways, so, I was at Murray's last night and I started browsing the exhaust aisle. I became intrigued by the mufflers that they had there. (I didn't know mufflers were so cheap!, I was under the assumption they'd be around $200, don't ask why... (midas)...) So anyways, There was some no-name brand for like $20 and a couple of Dynomax ones (I suppose I've heard good things about them). I saw the Dynomax "Super Turbo" muffler, as well as their "Ultraflo welded" something or other. Now, The "super turbo" was roughly $40 and the other one was $60. Initially, I assumed the more expensive one would be the better one, but then I started reading the back of the box with all the flow-rates and I started to wonder if the UltraFlo's 1,440cfm flow-rate was indeed something I'm looking for.... After all, that's seems a bit excessive.. The Super Turbo, on the other hand, was flowing somewhere around 350cfm (That seems a little low). When I looked at the design, I could see why it was such a drastic difference. The innards looked like a "z" , while the Ultraflo's was simply a straight pipe with holes going through some fiberglass. Then, I started to realize, "I really don't know what all these numbers mean". So here I am. Ok, well, I know that to gain performance, you must lose some back-pressure, but if you lose TOO much back-pressure, performance suffers and if I remember correctly, this is bad for the engine. (Any truth to this?) Well anyways, the part that I'm stuck at is the "cut-off" point. I don't know exactly when perforrmance starts to degrade. Basically, I want to squeeze out as much perfomance as I can by putting a new muffler on. (My car is slow enough as it is) Oh, I don't care about sound at all, so if losing backpressure makes the car loud as hell, so be it. Ok, now, for what I already have. (I don't even know if this makes a difference) I have pretty much stock everything. Stock cat, stock 2 1/4 piping (it IS 2 1/4, right?) , etc. I do have a warm-air intake (It's a K&N cone filter) So that's great in getting the air IN, but it needs to leave too. I also have a FDP chip (not sure if that matters)... Oh, and I don't have head work or anything like that done. So pretty much bone stock. I AM looking to buy a 2.5in catco high-flow converter (or ANY high-flow converter) one of these days. And if I can find a nice, cheap place, I might go with a custom 2.5in catback. But for now, I just wanna put in a muffler. I DO wanna get that Ultraflo (which is 2.5in in/out), but again, I'm not sure if that would make me lose too much back-pressure/performance. Also, if it's NOT too much, if I ever get the 2.5inch complete exhaust, will it be too much then? Gah, sorry if this is hard to decipher. Hopefully someone knows what I mean. One last thing, there shouldn't be a problem welding the 2.5in muffler to my existing 2 1/4in piping, right? they can just use a reducer or something, right? Thanks, and sorry this is such a long post. -MaD- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 With a turbo, you don't need any backpressure. The turbo makes all the backpressure the motor needs. Run straight pipes off of the catalytic converter if you want. I have no converter and glasspacks on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaD Posted August 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Whoops, sorry, I guess I forgot to mention that I have a regular ol' 3.1 n/a -MaD- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 My bad. I should've asked first. I'm so used to talking about the TGP. I think with the cat. you have you could get away with glasspacks anyway. They are cheap enough it wouldn't hurt to try. I had a n/a 2.8 and that's what I had for exhaust. I noticed a little difference from the stock muffler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90TGP Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 If you do get mufflers, the Super Turbo's would be better because they won't take away any torque from your motor like the Ultraflow's will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaD Posted August 17, 2002 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 Oh, and I don't have dual exhaust, just a plain ol' single 2 1/4in pipe :-\ So, since I only have one muffler, should I still get the Super Turbo or would the Ultraflo work without losing too much backpressure? Thanks Guys -MaD-[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go4DaMo Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 I don't understand Tapatalk for my new Samsung Galaxy S8 sending me a generic notification for Tapatalk, then directing me HERE when I swipe it. Anybody have an idea what's going on? Haven't had a new smartphone in 4 years, so I'm out of the loop. Thanks. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 In a phone browser everything works perfectly and we can click a link at the bottom to use the site in desktop mode. If tapatalk has value to you try uninstalling it and using an older version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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