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V8 Chronicles Discussion of Mufflers for the V8 SHO Internet discussion from V8SHO mailing list
As a Generation 3 SHO owner, I am interesting in replacing the factory mufflers on my
car. I know there are MANY different companies out there who make mufflers. I have done
some research and before I make my decision, I want to hear from some fellow SHO owners as
to what name brand muffler has a deep, powerful sound but not to loud like a monster
truck. If there are any SHO owners who have added mufflers to their car, please get back
to me and let me know. Tell me the brand name and what you think about the sound and over
all performance of it. This will be greatly appreciated so that I can make up my mind.
At the Missouri SHO stopover en-route to Tulsa I had the opportunity to listen to
several different mufflers. Muffler sound is very subjective but I will offer my
observations and personal preferences. Whatever you do, understand that if you open up your intake with a cone or drilling
your airbox, YOU will hear more intake sound than exhaust once you hit 3400 RPM.
I too have the Borla system, and love it. Flowmasters are also a very good muffler, and
I've heard them on Kirk's car and they sound good also. Some people on the list recommend
buying cheap mufflers, that way if you don't like them, you can replace them and not be at
a major loss. I disagree though, if you're gonna chop up your exhaust, put something back
in that is high quality and you won't have to replace anytime soon. The cheap mufflers
tend to need to be replaced after 2 or 3 years from what I've seen. The Borla may possibly
need to be replaced after about a million miles. It depends on what kind of sound you want as people stated in other replays. I put
holes in my stock mufflers and it sounded nice then I just cut them off. I plan to take
out the third cat and resonator, then install some Supertrapps. They are expensive but it
is want I want. Do not forget once you take off your stock mufflers save or get new tips.
Good luck in finding the one that you like the best.
Silver Bullets 2 & 1/4" get them from Brent Savage bnsavage@konnections.com. They have a very deep menacing sound that mellows out at higher rpm. Absolutely
the best sound when the resonator is removed also. IMHO
My apologies for misspelling Kenny's name in the previous post. My name is always
misspelled and mis-pronounced so I am sensitive to that.
hmmmm.. if i recall correctly I think I recommended them to Kenny after Ron Porter
recommended them to me. I said they aren't too loud.. but sound better than stock and are
cheap. But your post has made me want to take my resonator out even more now! Scott P.
Miller's car sounds great w/ 2 chamber turbos (the thrush's have 3) and no resonator. Not
loud at idle.. not too loud when giving it "get outta driveway gas".. but when
you step on it you KNOW there's a V8 under the hood!
I know my Home made chopped up cheap mufflers sound allot different than stock and people do notice. now it is not blow in your face look at me I am loud,. unless you open it up and you can hear it a block a way. Trust me every time the Friggin Dakota is in the shop. (7x since purchase).. MY wife drops me off and some times steps into the gas. I can hear her on the side street when she is well out of site. Co-workers like and you can hear them on the highway at 120km/h with the radio on I have notice a deeper tone to them when at idle with the A/C on. a steady blub, blub blub. ALL my cars have had a system that was subtle at idle and noticeable as you roll on and off the gas. I love downshifting by hand to get the exhaust note on decel. I did it that way as I hard a really hard time paying $100 cdn for each muffler to make the car way to noisy. with no performance gain. I have to visit some really high-end car dealerships and a representative of my company I had to take that into mind when choosing my decision. I have heard the clips and I know mine are not as loud as some of them but very nice touch and go with the whole sleeper image I have tired to maintain with the car. Clare Allenby
I just got back from the SHO Convention and had a great time. Met some wonderful Gen III owners there and on the way...Mike and Michelle Holhut, Kirk, Shannon, Ron Porter, Murdock Family, Dwayne, Holly, and more. We had a great time although it was HOT with temps of over 105. Anyway at Hallet I didn't race but just observed and took some pictures which I will be posting on my picture page soon. I got to listen to a few different muffler combinations at a distance under WOT race conditions. Here are my observations: Shannon Burton running straight pipes, both dumping before the left rear wheel sounded the best...most like a NASCAR racer. Next after Shannon's car was close one between Mike Holhut with Bullets and Kirk Duchette with Flowmasters. They both sounded real good with Mikes having a bit of a more "race car" sound even though Kirk's were a bit louder....both were music to your ears. Mark Hlady's was next with Rhino mufflers. Although the Rhino's are a straight through design like the Bullets, they didn't have the sound of the Bullets. Both Kenny Kopecky and Ron Porter have the Thrush Dynomax Mufflers. Kenny doesn't have the resonator and his was louder than Ron's but nowhere near the sound of the other three. Ron's sounded almost stock as there was a few GEN III's racing with stock exhaust. The GEN III's did pretty good against the other SHO's. We seemed to have an advantage in the turns but coming out of the turns onto the straight's we lost some. The ATX just didn't perform like we needed it to and on one turn wouldn't kick down into first which the guys needed...1st gear. My next post will be on brakes at Hallet as the GEN III's went through some brakes there...
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