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Mike Gayner · 03-16-2004, 19:56

I want to make my exhaust sound a little gruntier than the stock one, but unfortunately I'm a poor poor student and I want to do it cheap as

Just wondering, what do you guys think is the best method of doing this? At the moment, because of my financial situation, a fancy 2.5" system is out of my budget so I'm not too interested in making a performance gain with it. I'm thinking of cutting out the biggest muffler and replacing it with a resonator pipe (hot dog). How do you guys think this will sound?

I'm after a beefy sound that wont be too annoying on the highway but will sound nice and grunty with I give it heaps. Any ideas?

I have access to welders at tech so labour isnt a problem.

Mike Gayner · 03-16-2004, 20:05

Oh yeah, the car is an EA S with Coby extractors and a standard exhaust :)

OED666 · 03-17-2004, 01:22

my manderal bent exhaust cost me $190. Ask Rollin how it sounds.

It burbles like a biatch, with only 1 muffler!!

UNR8D · 03-17-2004, 01:45

for $180 you will get a very nice exhaust and new muffler, with what ur suggesting i believe it wont sound like how you want it too, unfortunatly if u want a nice note you gotta pay teh $$$

Mike Gayner · 03-17-2004, 01:59

Unfortunately I live in this crap hole of an island they call New Zealand where everything in the automotive trade is overpriced. The best quote I could get for a 2.5" system (no brand name) was $450.

Like I said, all I want is a nice sound, something louder than the sissy standard exhaust note. I am sure this can be done with a standard exhaust system minus a couple of mufflers.

Anyone here tried doing it this way?

Ruger · 03-17-2004, 02:19

bleh just get a fart cannon

Supa R00 · 03-17-2004, 02:30

2.5" Mandrel bent Redback exhaust ive got, i like it! dunno what the price is but i kno theyre pretty popular brand the redbacks'

Ruger · 03-17-2004, 04:12

ive got one and i like it too :)

TIKFD6 · 03-17-2004, 18:44

Dont remove the biggest muffler, take out the rear resinator.

Mike Gayner · 03-17-2004, 19:32

Okay, today I removed the front straight through muffler (the small one) and noticed very little difference. Tomorrow I will remove the rear muffler, and if that's not loud enough I will removed the middle muffler (the big one) and weld in a hot dog where the middle one was and a small hot dog into the rear.

I'm determined to make my Falcon sound good for less than the cost of a full system