Calling all Pypes Mid-Muffler owners...
10-06-2008, 10:45 AM
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Calling all Pypes Mid-Muffler owners...
All....
I finally got the M80's installed this weekend, and I'll be honest, I'm not THAT impressed.
Now, before everyone flips out know that I do like 'em, and it was the sound that I was going for, but what are they going to sound like after they settle?
Do these mufflers have a break-in period? I noticed that the stock mufflers definatley had a different tone after about 3K miles.
Ill get some pictures up later tonight. The shop did a great job with the custom straight pipes and upsidedown magnaflow tips!
I finally got the M80's installed this weekend, and I'll be honest, I'm not THAT impressed.
Now, before everyone flips out know that I do like 'em, and it was the sound that I was going for, but what are they going to sound like after they settle?
Do these mufflers have a break-in period? I noticed that the stock mufflers definatley had a different tone after about 3K miles.
Ill get some pictures up later tonight. The shop did a great job with the custom straight pipes and upsidedown magnaflow tips!
10-06-2008, 11:00 AM
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I thought the same thing when I first had them installed and that was, "dam these seem mellow". But after a few weeks of driving I noticed how loud they got and how much they opened up. I went from stingers to the PMM and at first I could not tell that much of a difference between the two. The new pypes mid mufflers sounded pretty much the same as the stingers did fully broken in. In all honesty, once I broke the PMM in they really opened up!!!!
10-06-2008, 11:42 AM
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10-06-2008, 11:43 AM
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ALL mufflers have a break in period. It's a few weeks to a few months..all depends on how much you drive. My 08GT sounded whisper quiet for the first couple of months I owned it and at one point I thought it sounded worse than my 00v6 that had dual exhaust. That changed after about two months. now it sounds wayyyyy better. (stock exhaust still)
10-06-2008, 12:01 PM
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Great, thanks everyone.
It's a really simple setup. The sound is great, but I still want to hear more of the motor. Its almost like these mufflers actually deaden the sound. Thats what I hope goes away after a while.
You can tell the car breathes a little bit better, but that could be in part to the C&L Intake and a 91 BAMA race tune. Throttle response is much improved and the pull is great.
Now I REALLY want the Hot Rod cams. I want this car to sound Gnarly!!!
BTW, anyone else have a burning smell after the install? It almost smells like burnt sulfur, or a slipped clutch...
It's a really simple setup. The sound is great, but I still want to hear more of the motor. Its almost like these mufflers actually deaden the sound. Thats what I hope goes away after a while.
You can tell the car breathes a little bit better, but that could be in part to the C&L Intake and a 91 BAMA race tune. Throttle response is much improved and the pull is great.
Now I REALLY want the Hot Rod cams. I want this car to sound Gnarly!!!
BTW, anyone else have a burning smell after the install? It almost smells like burnt sulfur, or a slipped clutch...
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10-06-2008, 12:17 PM
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I noticed the same thing when I had PMM's, but I wasn't impressed with the sound in comparison to FRPP Stingers so I sold 'em and slapped the Stingers back on. I'm running an o/r mid pipe tho, so I'm sure its differ with a catted mid-pipe. To me the PMM's sounded too much like an F-Body Camaro....but thats my opinion. Numerous people on this forum have complained about the "drone" with the Stingers, but its not bad to me at all. You just have to know how to drive on the highway to avoid the drone. It's hard to beat the Stingers at idle as well...
10-06-2008, 12:29 PM
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I noticed the same thing when I had PMM's, but I wasn't impressed with the sound in comparison to FRPP Stingers so I sold 'em and slapped the Stingers back on. I'm running an o/r mid pipe tho, so I'm sure its differ with a catted mid-pipe. To me the PMM's sounded too much like an F-Body Camaro....but thats my opinion. Numerous people on this forum have complained about the "drone" with the Stingers, but its not bad to me at all. You just have to know how to drive on the highway to avoid the drone. It's hard to beat the Stingers at idle as well...
10-06-2008, 12:31 PM
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Great, thanks everyone.
It's a really simple setup. The sound is great, but I still want to hear more of the motor. Its almost like these mufflers actually deaden the sound. Thats what I hope goes away after a while.
You can tell the car breathes a little bit better, but that could be in part to the C&L Intake and a 91 BAMA race tune. Throttle response is much improved and the pull is great.
Now I REALLY want the Hot Rod cams. I want this car to sound Gnarly!!!
BTW, anyone else have a burning smell after the install? It almost smells like burnt sulfur, or a slipped clutch...
It's a really simple setup. The sound is great, but I still want to hear more of the motor. Its almost like these mufflers actually deaden the sound. Thats what I hope goes away after a while.
You can tell the car breathes a little bit better, but that could be in part to the C&L Intake and a 91 BAMA race tune. Throttle response is much improved and the pull is great.
Now I REALLY want the Hot Rod cams. I want this car to sound Gnarly!!!
BTW, anyone else have a burning smell after the install? It almost smells like burnt sulfur, or a slipped clutch...
If you wanna hear more motor get longtubes, mufflers are not gonna do that for you...
10-06-2008, 02:05 PM
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