exhaust without muffler

Justin · Post by **Justin** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:14 pm

I'm looking into replacing my exhaust and I am thinking of bypassing a muffler all-together and just putting a y pipe for the duals.. How would it sound? Or am I better off just replacing with a flowmaster or dynamax?

Post by **HenryJ** » Thu May 20, 2004 5:55 pm

Personally I think they sound too "tinny" without a muffler, and the decelleration/compression backfires are just plain embarassing

It would definately be too noisy for me on the highway.

If it is what you want give it a try. You can always add Supertrapps, or cut and add mufflers later.

I had a flowmaster that was not quite enough, on my old truck with the HO 3.4L, it popped BAD decel/comp., so I added a Supertrapp. It sounds pretty nice

I'm running a pair 3" in/out 5" disk Supertrapps on the HenryJ, they make tuning easy for the street, and sound pretty nice. Although it is hard to make a supercharged BB chevy sound bad , IMO

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Thu May 20, 2004 7:11 pm

I ran no muffler with a resonator tip and it sounded so bad I cut the tip off the same day. Still sounded bad but did not look as ricey. If I was doing over I would run a single cherry bomb. Check our Warns videos for a sound check.

Brad

NTXCrew · Post by **NTXCrew** » Fri May 21, 2004 5:50 am

i like the sound of my flowmaster 40 series turned down after the muffler. one of my friends always says it's "the only S-10 with a V8" (i think he's talking OEM, 'cause he knows people do conversions). he even told his remodeling buddy that it sounds like a V8 whether its idling or under acceleration. i'm pleased with the results for sure.

Justin · Post by **Justin** » Fri May 21, 2004 6:51 pm

I was thinking about turning it down after the muffler but is it questionable for passing emissions? Second, I kind of like the look of dual pipes out the rear of the truck..

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Sat May 22, 2004 5:01 am

I run mine open occasionally with the cutout open and it sounds OK. It's really loud though. It certainly doesn't sound like a weed eater like all those rice rockets do, but it's no 350 sound either. I would try it first with open and duals out the back. You can always have them splice in a Flowmaster or Magnaflow muffler later on.

NTXCrew · Post by **NTXCrew** » Sun May 23, 2004 6:07 am

exhaust turndowns are legal here in TX as long as it is done past the cab. so really it's only legal on trucks, though i seen 5.0 mustangs and late-model z-28's with it. there's also a v-10 excursion with dumped exhaust. mine sounds good, just not that good

coffeedrnkr · Post by **coffeedrnkr** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:47 am

I have a 40 dollar manual cut out on mine before the muffler. Every once in a while I take the cover off and it is reallllly loud but gets obnoxious after a while.