topless94style Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 I think i am going to order 2 flowmaster 40 series mufflers and a car sound cat. Here are my questions: 1. Can i get 2.5" inlet/outlets and still install on my car without changing the pluming yet? 2. Should i weld all this on or should i use clamps? 3. What use does the resonator have? 4. Should i replace the resonator with a straight pipe or glasspack? 5. When i look at the stock mufflers, the tips are bent down at an angle so they can exit the car properly, will i have to get new tips that do this also? 6. Will i have to worry about doing any custom work to get the mufflers/cat to be hung properly? Sorry for all the questions but i want to get my exhaust done soon and i want to know based on what the answers are to these questions if i should just take my car in and get it installed professionally. thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heza Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 word...here's what i have on my car. i have 2.5" carsound cat and 2.5" all the way back to the Y. from there it is 2.25" into (2) flowmaster 40s. i have no resonator and no glasspack in place of where the resonator used to be. sometimes i am told that my exhaust sounds hollow (tin can like) when accelerating hard, but it idles deep and holds a nice tone cruising. to fix the tin can noise, you can add a glasspack there, however, i don't think i will be doing such an addition. get everything welded. clamps suck. you shouldn't need new tips. the stock mufflers are huge as hell and the stock tips do drop. however, with my 40s they are a lot slimmer and i just have them hung lower. i can't see them from the sides. i got some rectangular tips and they fit just fine with the lowered mufflers. hope that kinda helps you out a little bit. Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heza Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 i just noticed youre from burnsville....i grew up in burnsville and went to lakeville. what a small ass world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 sweet man. Yea i just graduated from bville high school in june. i want to get the hell out and down to mankato for college. Thanks for the help on the exhaust. I think i am going to call around on gettin the job done as i dont have a welder. I might have to go with a glasspack and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 i stopped at a couple local muffler shops. Midas and carex...the only ones i know of around here. Midas wants $70 per side to install the mufflers and anohter $70 for the cat. CarX wants about $75 total not including any extra work. The guys at Midas are assholes and CarX was pretty nice and understanding, i think im gonna have to make some calls to old friends with welders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teferius Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 I dont like Midas at all. My dad went to school with a guy that owns a brake/muffler shop so he gave me a good deal. Like I told you in the PM they only charged me 40 bucks to install my mufflers and tips. I like the small business shops better usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl3196 Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Don't go to midas. I took my old geo in for repair and later when I was driving the damn front end fell apart. They didn't tighten some things, but they did fix it for free after I yelled at them for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 i dont plan on going to midas. I will have to check out some smaller shops around here. I got a couple friends with welders the only prob is convincing them to not be lazy and help me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 what is the size of the stock plumbing on my car? anyone know off hand? is it 2.25"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomFE3 Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 2 inch i believe. on my car it is anyway, i have dual thrush turbo muffler with dual chrome tips right off the mufflers and i didnt need a bendy thing to ge the ehuast to come out of the rear fairing, i think the mufflers ride lower to the ground though just for that reason. i took mine to exhaust pros here in bemidji, i dont recommend them, they charged me an extra 30 bucks and on the reciept it says "cat $30" and i looked and the stock cat is still there , i dunno, maybe he cleaned it out? but the total came to like 130 bucks including tips and labor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 well if its 2" then i need to find a 2.25" y pipe. thats all the smaller the size of the mufflers im gettin comes it. damn it thats more money i have to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmatic Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 u dont have to worry bout changin plumbing beauce when i was shoppin aroung for parts to do my exhaust i found exhaust adapters at autozone on one sdie was say 2.25 n the other was maybe a 2.5 in dia it was a 3 maybe 4 inch peace of exhaust pipin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 yea thats what i was going to do for the glasspack. 2.5" carsound cat 2.5" pipe from cat to glasspack Glasspack into ypipe with the little pipe thing that downsizes then the mufflers but then iwill have to buy 4 of those things :x oh well ill see waht i can come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 for those of you who have bought flowmaster 40 series or any other tpye of muffler, do i get offset/center or offset/offset? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4spdz34 Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 offset/center. i personally did not like the flowmasters on my car 3.4 dohc but they sound good on 3100s and 3.1s i didn't look what you have. i still have my old flows they are 40 series offset/center. i used them for 2000 miles or about 3 months, they are still in good shape and can be put on a car with no problems. if you want em make me an offer i paid 75 a muffler back in november Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I kinda like the sound of them. I want performance right now, when i get more money i will go for some more expensive mufflers that may sound better. Whats the least you will let them go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4spdz34 Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 100$ obo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Crank Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I have some silencers on mine when I go on to grass with the car idling, you hear NOTHING you have to have your head right behind the mufflers to hear anything out of 'em.... maybe there's a brand stamp on them or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 lol ^, 4spdz i think im going to just get em new off ebay or something. Thanks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4spdz34 Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 that was 100 shipped obo. what price were you thinking. i just want to sell them so i suggested a price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 i can get them off ebay new for $37.XX each plus $19 shipping(includes insurance). Atleast thats what they claim. its all good though i want new ones nothing against you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonyman87 Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 word...here's what i have on my car. i have 2.5" carsound cat and 2.5" all the way back to the Y. from there it is 2.25" into (2) flowmaster 40s. i have no resonator and no glasspack in place of where the resonator used to be. sometimes i am told that my exhaust sounds hollow (tin can like) when accelerating hard, but it idles deep and holds a nice tone cruising. to fix the tin can noise, you can add a glasspack there, however, i don't think i will be doing such an addition. get everything welded. clamps suck. you shouldn't need new tips. the stock mufflers are huge as hell and the stock tips do drop. however, with my 40s they are a lot slimmer and i just have them hung lower. i can't see them from the sides. i got some rectangular tips and they fit just fine with the lowered mufflers. hope that kinda helps you out a little bit. That almost descripes my setup to the letter. except i have a Magnaflow Cat and factory tubing all the way to the flowmasters and again no resignator. i agree it keeps a nice low rumbe but at 2.5k-3k when COLD sounds kinda tinny. When hot hot. sounds sweet all the way up the rpm range. dual flowmasters sounds so sweet at 3k-6k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted September 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 You think the glass pack will rid that tinny noise? for now i was thinking this: 2.5" carsound cat-stock pipe-2.5" glasspack-stock Y-2.25" flowmasters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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