New Exhaust on my RT...kinda

[duglas]

I love my car, I only thought it sounded too quiet.. I saw a post FROM someone who did 4 new mufflers and he says it is not for the faint at heart.. I did not want my car to sound like a Ram truck..
I went to the muffler shop and had them remove the rear " Mufflers" and REPLACE them with a straight pipe and 3" tapered tips. The tips are just like stock but a little bigger..

The sound.. It was exactly what I wanted, not too loud but you can tell it is a V8.. I would reccommend this to anyone who thinks there RT is too quiet but does not want to sound like a truck..... I bet the mufflers weigh 15 lbs each too...

[fluxanimator]

Sound clips? You replaced the mufflers or the resonators with straight pipe? How much $?

[duglas]

I replaced the rear resonators, it was only $65... 3 " tips and labor, if they cut the stock ones off the resonators and used the stock ones it would of been $40.....

I do not have any way to make a sound clip aside FROM taking my laptop which I guess would not be that hard... I will see if I can do it.
The muffler people said it sounded like a Mustang Mach 1 Exhaust.. You can tell it is not stock but just barely, it sounds like it could almost be..

[1932highboy]

How is the sound in the interior at 70 mph? Do you have more resonance in the interior now?

[TheScruDevice]

eh, read my exhaust mod post....this guy is exaggerating a bit

[duglas]

eh, read my exhaust mod post....this guy is exaggerating a bit

EXAGGERATING a bit???? I said it sounded like it could almost be stock but you could tell it is not.. I also said I did not want it to sound like a RAM truck and that it did not..
Not sure what you mean by it is not much different, I can hear the exhaust now, before I could not FROM inside the car.. I am still waiting for a good CAT back system but for now mine sounds great

[Tommy T.]

The sound.. It was exactly what I wanted, not too loud but you can tell it is a V8.. I would reccommend this to anyone who thinks there RT is too quiet but does not want to sound like a truck.....

Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.

But, I don't think there's any better way djclause could have described his results. Seems pretty straightforward, I definitely didn't read anything INTO it.

-- Tommy

[TheScruDevice]

geesh, seriously chill out. I read what you said, but you could tell it was a V8 reving the engine with it completely stock. The only difference I hear now is a tone around 2-3000 rpms. And when you aren't giving it gas, the tone goes away. Just like it was stock. It sounds louder starting up in a parking garage but every car is louder there. Besides that there is no difference. I was just giving a second opinion to those who havnt done it yet and were thinking about doing it. You gave me (from reading your post) the impression it was great. I however want more of a hot rod sound, than a quiet family car. So for those who want the same, this simply is not the answer. However a full cat back system may be. Once they are made though.

From the looks of other posts, apparently Flowmaster has something in the works and the exhaust shop I had this done at knew that Borla had a part number, but the kit wasn't done yet.

So perhaps now our opinions are a little clearer. If you don't want to wake the neighbors up but want to know that your exhaust comes out the back, then chop em off. Otherwise, wait for a full system. Then your neighbors will be sure to love you :lol: