Anyone done a mid-muffler swap and if so what did you use on your 5.7?! How do you like it?
Looking for ideas to do to mine. Don't want it wild, just a nice rumble with a bit of noise at wot
Thinking of either a bullet swap for the mids, or a 3-chambered swap for them so far...
Yah, I've heard lots of cat-backs and reso deletes, but wanted to see if anyone has done mid-muffler swap and how it went. I wanted to leave the reso's so I don't have any drone...
Lol! I took the resonators off first. Gave it a nice low growl, but it wasn't loud enough. So I went with the Flowmasters. It's not obnoxious, but you can hear me coming. It has a drone, but it doesn't bother me. I like the sound.
I appreciate the info, but wanted more info on the just mid-muffler swap. I've found lots of info on reso deletes, but I don't want it that loud and don't want drone if possible, thanks for the info.
When my suitcase started rattling inside, I had it replaced with 2 SS oval Magnaflows. I don't know what model they were but they are just a tiny bit louder than stock.
then I decided I wanted more noise so I had my resos removed. Sounded great when accelerating but the drone was too much at part throttle cruising so the shop installed two small bullet resos. They reduced the good sound and did nothing for the drone. So I had stock resos reinstalled and decided I would stay in the stealth mode. If I did it over again, I would put some louder mufflers on in place of the suitcase.
Thanks 2005rtmag, sounds exactly like what I'm trying to do. I'm wondering if a longer bullet style or or maybe a super 10 single chamber would work well without being too loud with the stock resos :/
It sounded good at idle and acceleration, but on the highway and cruising the drone was deafening. To the point that road trips were taken in my wife's Dart lol. It still had that set up when I traded it in on my SP.
I know those IG vids are short, but that's all I have of it. Hope that helps.
Your info has been great punisher69, thank you The reso's do look huge on this thing. I don't want it as loud as your second vid, and think I do want something in place of the mid-mufflers, but can't figure out what. I'm thinking maybe some mid-sized resonator style (round) or mid-sized bullet type mufflers...
I've seen a billion vids on res deletes, but don't want that, to loud for what I 'm looking for
I honestly think you'd be happy just removing the mids completely and leaving the resos in place.
It's a mild change at idle, dead quiet inside cruising but head turning on acceleration. You'll save a few $$ as well. If it's too loud (which I don't think it would be) you can always slap some Dynomax mini bullets or a set of glasspacks back on it down the road.
Exhaust work around here is unfortunately pricier then it needs to be and I don't have a welder anymore. I'm trying to keep the cost down a bit by hopefully narrowing down if I should put something there or not. I think with nothing it might be a touch loud. I drive my senior folks around on the weekends etc so don't want it really bad for them either.
06MRT, suitcase deleted, resos left on. Just a tad more of a deeper growl at idle, barely noticeable drone at cruising speeds(by profession I seek out and eliminate noises offending what I’m recording, so my perception of drone is most likely more sensitive than most), and she sounds like a hemi should when ripping through gears.
My mom made a comment about how Aretha sounds like a muscle car should when she was visiting and I got a little spirited hopping on the highway.
So in conclusion, this mod is big kid tested, and mom approved!!
Thanks for the info. good to hear different peoples take on the 'sound'. I know its quite subjective. I'm still thinking of some bullets etc to get rid of the rasp a lil, just need to figure out if I'm going with small ones or medium sized ones.
You guys rock helping me out so much, thank you
We would recommend upgrading to something that retains some muffling ability like our 5x8" Signature Straight-Through Series. That will help you avoid most of the cabin drone experienced with full resonator deletes. If we can assist you with choosing the correct muffler for your vehicle, feel free to shoot us a Pm or call at 1-800-990-0905!
@Magna_Flow What would you recommend for my situation where I want to keep the stock resonators and swap the mid mufflers to bullet or round reso style mufflers?
Thanks
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