Will some catback make my car louder? Video
02-11-2007, 03:53 PM
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Will some catback make my car louder? Video
May sound like a silly question, but:
When I bought my car, it came with some kind of flowmasters welded in. I know that some Flowmaster mufflers are shorter/longer than others...mine are the shorter type. Unfortunately, that's all I really know about them. I took the car to a muffler shop (for another reason), and inquired about getting some slightly louder mufflers. The guy at the muffler shop told me that I can't make my car any louder than it already is w/out changing my headers and h-pipe. I find this hard to believe. Is this true, or is there some catback system that will make my car a bit louder. Here's a clip of what it sounds like now.
http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/tbrown_04/?action=view¤t=MOV01799.flv
When I bought my car, it came with some kind of flowmasters welded in. I know that some Flowmaster mufflers are shorter/longer than others...mine are the shorter type. Unfortunately, that's all I really know about them. I took the car to a muffler shop (for another reason), and inquired about getting some slightly louder mufflers. The guy at the muffler shop told me that I can't make my car any louder than it already is w/out changing my headers and h-pipe. I find this hard to believe. Is this true, or is there some catback system that will make my car a bit louder. Here's a clip of what it sounds like now.
http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/tbrown_04/?action=view¤t=MOV01799.flv
02-11-2007, 03:58 PM
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RE: Will some catback make my car louder? Video
Thanks, Erikstang. For that matter, I've heard that Flows are quite restrictive. Will a good catback system free up any hp worth mentioning, or not really?
02-11-2007, 04:12 PM
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RE: Will some catback make my car louder? Video
The MAC catback will make it louder. If you want to keep those mufflers and make it louder go with an O/R h or x pipe. The mid-pipe swap is a lot cheaper than a catback.
02-11-2007, 04:22 PM
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RE: Will some catback make my car louder? Video
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The biggest probem you will run into is that if you change out your catback, your gonna have to deal with thosae stupid holes in your rear bumper....
The biggest probem you will run into is that if you change out your catback, your gonna have to deal with thosae stupid holes in your rear bumper....
02-11-2007, 04:25 PM
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RE: Will some catback make my car louder? Video
They are retarted because each catback has a different tone, produces different noise levels, etc. You can swap to something else to make it louder. But why do that? Why not just continue with the rest of your exhaust system?
02-11-2007, 04:50 PM
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They are retarted because each catback has a different tone, produces different noise levels, etc. You can swap to something else to make it louder. But why do that? Why not just continue with the rest of your exhaust system?
They are retarted because each catback has a different tone, produces different noise levels, etc. You can swap to something else to make it louder. But why do that? Why not just continue with the rest of your exhaust system?