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Old 03-22-2007 | 04:58 PM
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Went to a local shop and I was looking at either a magnaflow or a dynomax, they only had the bullett type dynomax. Both guys at the shop said the magnaflow would sound better and since they were both the same price I went for the magnaflow with a turndown.

Honestly thought it would be a little louder. Its kinda a straight through but it curves some.

Power is better I can tell already, I spun the tires half way down the street earlier.

Only thing Im wondering about is how the guy did the dump. It goes out about a foot from the muffler then turns down. My friend said thats why its not very loud.....true?
Old 03-22-2007 | 05:15 PM
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Less drone maybe?
Congrads on the new exhaust.
Old 03-22-2007 | 10:48 PM
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Less drone maybe?
Congrads on the new exhaust.
What? Less drone with the longer turndown? Most of my friends with trucks are running straight pipe. I love how it sounds but want performance more than anything.
Old 03-22-2007 | 11:59 PM
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The muffler will get louder over time. Couple that exhaust with some nice long tubes and you will have a nice sound!
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Just an FYI, full mandrel bent cat-back systems only yield 3-4 rwhp at its best... and just a muffler probably 2-3 MAYBE. If you want performance, get a set of LT's and true duals, or an ORY next.
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Man....don't anyone like a nice set of shiny exhaust tips anymore?
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Originally Posted by Torque_Wrench
Man....don't anyone like a nice set of shiny exhaust tips anymore?

I dumped mine before the rear axle - I'd rather people wonder where the exhaust is than see it clearly poking out the back. Adds to the element of surprise. That's my reasoning anyway.
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When I had my magnaflow with stock exhaust dumped it was quiet to me also. Then I put the LT's and ORY on and it made the magnaflow scream!!
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I had them going out the back bumper with tips and I like it, I put a rollpan on so I got them dumped right after the read end, was going to put the tips back on after the pan, Now I like them dumped I added a down pipe and it sounds good and you can't see no pipe(s)

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I'm with shakes...



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