Muffler Eliminators
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: San Antonio Texas
Drone? More, less or no change?
My car drones like hell with mufflers. I'm wondering if anybody noticed a change in the drone RPM range or volume inside the car with muffler eliminators.
If my car is going to be loud inside, it might as well sound good outside!
If my car is going to be loud inside, it might as well sound good outside!
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Intermediate
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Jupiter Florida
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2008
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From: Greensburg PA
Drones like hell, but it sounds really good from the outside
here's a video of mine when i first bought my car.
http://www.streetfire.net/video/1988...ete_200628.htm
here's a video of mine when i first bought my car.
http://www.streetfire.net/video/1988...ete_200628.htm
Last edited by Alan777; Jun 29, 2011 at 09:34 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Jenks OK
This is a C4 specific term.-) C5 forum guys say they call them straight pipes.
IMHO, this stuff is only good if you are interested in scaring people and sounding car alarms and such. I agree with the posters about old/loud correlation. "I am too old to put up with this s**t.", quoting from Lethal Weapon so you know how old I am.
IMHO, this stuff is only good if you are interested in scaring people and sounding car alarms and such. I agree with the posters about old/loud correlation. "I am too old to put up with this s**t.", quoting from Lethal Weapon so you know how old I am.
My setup is just the stock exhaust with some C6 tips welded onto some pipes done by a local exhaust shop. This cost all of $60, best bang for the buck I've had.
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From: Sawyer MI
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Olathe KS
Just installed the muffler eliminators on my '85 last weekend.
Sounds is good, but tips were not square (using a replacement Walker Y pipe - so that may have contributed to the tip alignment issue somewhat).
Had local shop cut off and square up the alignment of the tips (rear view angles were not square and level on the LT1 tips and tip projection out the back fascia was uneven one side vs. the other) and now all is good.
Sound with cat is not too loud at all.
Added pic (taken from camera phone so kinda blurry):
Sounds is good, but tips were not square (using a replacement Walker Y pipe - so that may have contributed to the tip alignment issue somewhat).
Had local shop cut off and square up the alignment of the tips (rear view angles were not square and level on the LT1 tips and tip projection out the back fascia was uneven one side vs. the other) and now all is good.
Sound with cat is not too loud at all.
Added pic (taken from camera phone so kinda blurry):
Last edited by bub; Nov 13, 2011 at 04:19 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,057
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From: Bay Shore, NY
Just installed the muffler eliminators on my '85 last weekend.
Sounds is good, but tips were not square (using a replacement Walker Y pipe - so that may have contributed to the tip alignment issue somewhat).
Had local shop cut off and square up the alignment of the tips (rear view angles were not square and level on the LT1 tips and tip projection out the back fascia was uneven one side vs. the other) and now all is good.
Sound with cat is not too loud at all.
Sounds is good, but tips were not square (using a replacement Walker Y pipe - so that may have contributed to the tip alignment issue somewhat).
Had local shop cut off and square up the alignment of the tips (rear view angles were not square and level on the LT1 tips and tip projection out the back fascia was uneven one side vs. the other) and now all is good.
Sound with cat is not too loud at all.
My tips were separate from the pipe so alignment wasn't too bad. The problem I had was making up the difference from the Walker y-pipe to the muffler eliminators. The y-pipe was about 3 inches short on each side. I still need to get it to my buddy to weld it all up and ditch the clamps.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: South Dakota
I had them on my 94 with stock cats and resonator.
When I first started it I thought that it was really loud, but over the next 50k miles I found out I liked it a lot. It has a very nice deep rumble at idle and low throttle, but when you step on it it gets quite loud. If you want you can keep it quiet and not too obnoxious with light throttle.
I sold my 94 a couple of months ago and I kind of miss the sound.
Mine were Corvette Central's. They seemed to be about the best I looked at, but take some time and strip and repaint them. They are prone to rusting through the paint (on the LT1 tips) quite quickly.
When I first started it I thought that it was really loud, but over the next 50k miles I found out I liked it a lot. It has a very nice deep rumble at idle and low throttle, but when you step on it it gets quite loud. If you want you can keep it quiet and not too obnoxious with light throttle.
I sold my 94 a couple of months ago and I kind of miss the sound.
Mine were Corvette Central's. They seemed to be about the best I looked at, but take some time and strip and repaint them. They are prone to rusting through the paint (on the LT1 tips) quite quickly.
Pro
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 677
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From: Southern Indiana
Really happy with mine (which I got from Corvette Central). Nice sound and very affordable... didn't really add any power that I noticed, but definitely the best bang for the buck from an exhaust-sound perspective.
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Upstate NY
Installed a magnaflow high flow converter, the CC "Y" with a cross-over and the CC eliminators -love the sound so much that I never even turn on the radio anymore!
