Another Exhaust Question

Warner Robins GTO · 01-06-2006, 08:48 AM

Ok, I did the muffler delete a couple of weeks ago and I love the sound. I have a magnaflow xpipe layin around and was wondering if I put this on inplace of the resonator, will the goat be uber loud. I've heard varied reports from people locally...some say it will be loud as hell...some say it will be just a hair louder...but lots deeper. I'd figure I'd ask all yall, cause yall know best.

StarCaller · 01-07-2006, 01:17 PM

I was wondering about this, too....

Warner Robins GTO · 01-07-2006, 09:02 PM

Had the magnaflow xpipe installed this morning inplace of the the resonator. The sound is awesome. Car doesn't have that "cherry bomb muscle car" sound to it anymore though......but it's more mellow at idle now...but when you romp on it.....it sounds hella mean. Has that flowmaster hollow kind of sound. Interior noise went down also. Highway noise was reduced to cruise also. It reduced the raspiness of the exhaust also.

I am very pleased with the outcome.

EEZ GOAT · 01-07-2006, 09:15 PM

con grad glad ur happy

Pennsylvania Goat · 01-07-2006, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Warner Robins GTO

Ok, I did the muffler delete a couple of weeks ago and I love the sound. I have a magnaflow xpipe layin around and was wondering if I put this on inplace of the resonator, will the goat be uber loud. I've heard varied reports from people locally...some say it will be loud as hell...some say it will be just a hair louder...but lots deeper. I'd figure I'd ask all yall, cause yall know best.

I know you PM'ed me about this so sorry for being late. Busy round here. Anyway, in the interest in maintaining some amount of backpressure, I'd leave it be. I was tempted to do this as well, but I'm leaving mine alone.

StarCaller · 01-07-2006, 11:15 PM

so you installed basically everything from this picture except the mufflers itself?
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/parts/15892_lg.jpg

did you buy it directly from magnaflow w/o the mufflers?
if so, how much did you pay?

what about the power? feel any difference?
is it more backfiring than before?

huskerGTO · 01-08-2006, 02:19 PM

I've heard of x-pipe resonators and just plain old x-pipes, like in that picture. I'm assuming that the plain x-pipe would be louder on the interior.....

Isn't our resonator pretty much a muffler "before" the mufflers? Thinking about cutting out the resonator and just splicing an x-pipe in (magnaflow) before my flowmasters....just the x-pipe itsself its a whoppin 207.

LYNMUP · 01-08-2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by huskerGTO

...Thinking about cutting out the resonator and just splicing an x-pipe in...just the x-pipe itsself its a whoppin 207.

Is the "X" pipe the same size and shape, basically a direct fit so to speak? Is this price from the shop that did your mufflers?

BTW, my K&N is on it's way. Wasn't sure if you were aware of that.

Later!

huskerGTO · 01-08-2006, 04:38 PM

Its not a direct fit, basically just looks like a straight pipe, only in an x shape!

Let me know how you like the K&N! I love mine!

Warner Robins GTO · 01-09-2006, 12:02 AM

The X-Pipe was purchased from Summit Racing for 79 bucks. MPE-10791 http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...=egnsearch.asp
2 1/2 in and 2 1/2 out. All my friend did was cut the resonator 2 inches from the flange connecting it to the end of the exhaust manifolds. The xpipe is almost as long as the resonator...friend had to weld on just a short piece of pipe to make it connect.

So basically..I'm running full straight pipe fromt he cats back. I would think the interior noise would have gotten louder (my nissans did that) but this time it didn't. The droning actually gotten lower.

I will try to get some sound clips of it. Just need to get the production camera from work.