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so my mufflers are swiss cheese. I would like some suggestions. I dont need to sound like a V8, I just need to not sound so friggin loud. I would like so keep the fake duals solely due to the cosmetics. I would also like to keep it cheap\innexpensive. What do you suggest. BTW, what does a resonator look like? I dont think I have one on my car.

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a resonator looks like a glasspack muffler.

 

no flowmasters on a 60v6, i tried and it was so raspy it was deafening.

 

maybe slick will chime in with what type of mufflers my z34 has, because it sounds beautiful.

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i have the stockers on still (that Im aware of), sounds good. not very loud, but nice and quiet, with a nice growl if your at the rear

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I sucessfully used muffler patch in a can on one of my car's mufflers. are they too far gone to even attempt? I really like the stocker 3.4 duals. Especially on a 3.1 car :)

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I liike magnaflow. Make sure you don't get the straight through ones though, they are really loud but they sound great. For both of my Magnaflows, a new cat, and a 12inch glasspack, with 2.5inch piping, it was right at $400. I could have dropped the price alot if i hadn't gotten the new cat.

 

Kyle

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Don't! use thrush turbo mufflers. I've heard Dynomax/Magnaflow mufflers before and they sounded good.

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i have 2 thrush 2 1/4 inch mufflers on my 92 with 2 1/4 pipping from a catco high flow cat all the way to the mufflers and they sound good i would have to say about 2 notes above what a stock 3800 L36 exhaust sounds like i like them

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Ive heard that Magnaflow sounds good on the DOHC's. I have Dynomax on mine and it sounds good. From about 2500RPM and up you can tell its starting to scream... Its just a different tone all together....

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Ive heard that Magnaflow sounds good on the DOHC's.

 

I've heard the same, I will be going to Magnaflows when the bank account will allow it, lol

 

Jamie

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If you put a glasspack in place of the resonator, be sure to put mufflers on there too. I didn't, and it was loud, and raspy, and kinda annoying on long trips. It did sound really good at idle, but that was it.

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i got a new cat, 2.5" press bent(too much $$ for mandrel) from the cat to the magnaflow(#12246, stratight through)muffler. it was $250-300, loud due to not having the resonator on it. :burnout:

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a resonator looks like a glasspack muffler.

 

no flowmasters on a 60v6, i tried and it was so raspy it was deafening.

 

maybe slick will chime in with what type of mufflers my z34 has, because it sounds beautiful.

 

From the downpipe- cat, glasspack(or resonator), y pipe, then dual magnaflows

 

The glasspack, or resonator(whichever your shop has in stock) quieted down the exhaust a ton, yet it still had a good sound to it. But.... the magnaflows can get pricey quick. You might check out the Dynomax mufflers, just be sure to put a resonator and a cat installed also, to keep it legal, and quiet.

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Why not just go with one Magnaflow to dual pipes? It would save you about $90.

 

Kyle

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Why not just go with one Magnaflow to dual pipes? It would save you about $90.

 

Kyle

 

You can do that as well. Would save a bit of weight also.

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Do use thrush turbo mufflers.

I hope you meant to put "don't", because the Thrush turbos sound like total asshole.

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I hope you meant to put "don't", because the Thrush turbos sound like total asshole.

Whoops!!!!! YES!!! I meant don't.
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here we go again :mrgreen: i have 2.5" mandrel to dual 2.25" crush bent with a dynomax glass pack for resonator, magnaflow high-flow cat and 2.25" magnaflows on mine (stock downpipe :frown:)and its freaking loud! but not raspy AT ALL. you probably dont want that.

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