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95, 4 liter. Just wondering if anyone had an aftermarket “performance “ muffler and how it sounded.
Was thinking a cherry bomb or flownaster.
Want it to sound a little throaty but not like a muscle car
Any thoughts? Or experience?
Thanks
 
Nothing like sitting in a metal box for hours with the drone from a mufflerless muffler. Thats my $.02 Been there, done that without the cat as well. It sucks,it stinks and it made 0 HP gains.
 
I have the magnaflow exhaust because I was tired of my exhausts rotting even in TX and wanted to go with something hopefully higher quality. It is a bit loud but not too drony. You will def hear it around town but on the highway isn't bad to me. I had a flowmaster 44 for a while, that was terrible. Can't believe I suffered with that thing for an entire 9 months.

Personally I was a sucker for stock, didn't ever want to mess with it but it started rattling bad against the tub and the pipe nearly was rusted off of it, so I had to do something. Went with stock, Flowmaster, Dynomax, Magnaflow. Dynomax had a great sound and was very quiet on the highway, but it rusted off in about 2 years. Was not pleased with that.
 
machoheadgames said:
I have the magnaflow exhaust because I was tired of my exhausts rotting even in TX and wanted to go with something hopefully higher quality. It is a bit loud but not too drony. You will def hear it around town but on the highway isn't bad to me. I had a flowmaster 44 for a while, that was terrible. Can't believe I suffered with that thing for an entire 9 months.

Personally I was a sucker for stock, didn't ever want to mess with it but it started rattling bad against the tub and the pipe nearly was rusted off of it, so I had to do something. Went with stock, Flowmaster, Dynomax, Magnaflow. Dynomax had a great sound and was very quiet on the highway, but it rusted off in about 2 years. Was not pleased with that.
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So I gather there was no answer to an exhaust that is reasonably quiet yet will last?
 
I went through Rock Auto to get a full Walker exhaust and overall very pleased with the fit and price but there was one problem with the head pipe near the O2 sensor collar. They crimp a flat spot in the pipe to weld the collar on. This crimp on the walker was too much and there were MIG wires sticking down into the tube. I called Walker and they said the crimped pipe should be no less than 1.75 inches, mine was at 1.5 inches. I exchanged it for another through Rock Auto without any trouble and within a week had the new head pipe. BUT it too was crimped down to 1.5 inches. I called Walker to tell them there's a manufacturing issue, not sure if it's fixed. All other bends and lengths were perfect. Hangers and clamps were included.

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OEM down pipe

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Flyer58 said:
I went through Rock Auto to get a full Walker exhaust and overall very pleased with the fit and price but there was one problem with the head pipe near the O2 sensor collar. They crimp a flat spot in the pipe to weld the collar on. This crimp on the walker was too much and there were MIG wires sticking down into the tube. I called Walker and they said the crimped pipe should be no less than 1.75 inches, mine was at 1.5 inches. I exchanged it for another through Rock Auto without any trouble and within a week had the new head pipe. BUT it too was crimped down to 1.5 inches. I called Walker to tell them there's a manufacturing issue, not sure if it's fixed. All other bends and lengths were perfect. Hangers and clamps were included.

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Good to know. Do you know the life expectancy? Is it quiet?
 
Brian said:
Good to know. Do you know the life expectancy? Is it quiet?
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Yes it's very quiet now but my original one had the pipe separating from the muffler so it was loud.

Walker says a premium exhaust should last 2-3 years depending on the environment which sound like a very short time considering I've had two pickup trucks over 20 years old and still have the original stainless system.

The Walker exhaust I bought is aluminized steel which some places say 3-5 years.

I once had a cheap steel exhaust system installed and it rusted out in less than a year.

This is near Houston so no salt on the roads here.

I found this from Summit racing

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Flyer58 said:
Yes it's very quiet now but my original one had the pipe separating from the muffler so it was loud.

Walker says a premium exhaust should last 2-3 years depending on the environment which sound like a very short time considering I've had two pickup trucks over 20 years old and still have the original stainless system.

The Walker exhaust I bought is aluminized steel which some places say 3-5 years.

I once had a cheap steel exhaust system installed and it rusted out in less than a year.

This is near Houston so no salt on the roads here.

I found this from Summit racing

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Thx, Sounds like the best ec onomical way to go
 
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