I just recently put some headers on my 72 302 and replaced the stock exhaust with a 2 into 1 custom and it goes into a Magnaflow and then a turndown connected straight from the muffler. I wanted a nice sound and I do like to hear it. But it's a tad too loud. Would replacing the turndown with more pipe from the back mitigate this or do I need to replace the whole muffler if I want it to settle noticeably?
I do have an extra flowmaster 40 series in the garage that I could replace it with. But man I love the tone from the Magnaflow
Magnaflow and turndown = too loud
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Re: Magnaflow and turndown = too loud
I'm waiting to get my truck back from the exhaust shop. It's going to be a convoluted system to fit my truck. I had expected to have to use a very small muffler to fit and was worried about how loud it would be. The shop doing my exhaust found a bigger muffler with the inlet & outlet on the same end, so hopefully it will be better than I expect.
A little while ago there was another conversation about this here:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10543&hilit=exhaust
After reading this I was *planning* to add the Car Chemistry exhaust inserts that Crawler recommended.
A little while ago there was another conversation about this here:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10543&hilit=exhaust
After reading this I was *planning* to add the Car Chemistry exhaust inserts that Crawler recommended.
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