This is how I got rid of the drone on my Joe-Z exhuast
11-10-11, 09:11 AM
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I don't really know what you mean by the drone the Joe-Z has. I have had mine on for a couple months and never have heard this so called drone. I think the exhaust sounds amazing and people actually can tell its a V8 under the hood...
11-10-11, 10:29 AM
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PTS Exhaust System....
Kudos to "DS2K" for coming up with a switchable solution.. 
I guess it's a matter of opinion lately..
With hundreds of these systems sold over the last 3 years, I have only had a few people mention this from time to time...
Below are a couple of posts I made this past July 11' in another thread..
What drone???
Seriously I drive over 75 miles a day and can easily have a conference call on the Bluetooth..
Or great conversation with people in the car.
The sound we developed on the system still keeps that rich luxury feel when you're driving normal, but at WOT you get that true performance sound that our unique V-8 creates.
I get people who ask me to make it louder and I get people who want it quieter.
Fact is for over 2 years we have made it one way and will continue to do so.
We can make it louder & obnoxious too, but loud drone will be there as a full time side effect.
Regards,
Joe Z
Bottom line is I have driven cars that drone badly.. Everything rattles in the interior.. Lots of humming..
You can't even have a conversation in the car or on the phone and eventually your ears start hurting.. LoL
This system if at all anything barely "drones", under certain loads / speeds.
I see it as an exhaust tone you would expect after removing the stock system and replacing it with a High Performance System.
Drone is subjective and varies from person to person in this case.
All I can tell you is my ears never hurt, plus I can have conversations easily on the Bluetooth..
I can easily have a conversation in the car with out any complaints.
Nothing rattles on MY F.
Ans, my daughter easily takes naps as well..
One person I know put some silencers in our mufflers to make them quieter, but it killed about 7-8 rwhp..
Again, just sharing some old posts that coevr the same topic...
Regards,
~ Joe Z
With hundreds of these systems sold over the last 3 years, I have only had a few people mention this from time to time...
Below are a couple of posts I made this past July 11' in another thread..
What drone???
Seriously I drive over 75 miles a day and can easily have a conference call on the Bluetooth..
Or great conversation with people in the car.
The sound we developed on the system still keeps that rich luxury feel when you're driving normal, but at WOT you get that true performance sound that our unique V-8 creates.
I get people who ask me to make it louder and I get people who want it quieter.
Fact is for over 2 years we have made it one way and will continue to do so.
We can make it louder & obnoxious too, but loud drone will be there as a full time side effect.
Regards,
Joe Z
Bottom line is I have driven cars that drone badly.. Everything rattles in the interior.. Lots of humming..
You can't even have a conversation in the car or on the phone and eventually your ears start hurting.. LoL
This system if at all anything barely "drones", under certain loads / speeds.
I see it as an exhaust tone you would expect after removing the stock system and replacing it with a High Performance System.
Drone is subjective and varies from person to person in this case.
All I can tell you is my ears never hurt, plus I can have conversations easily on the Bluetooth..
I can easily have a conversation in the car with out any complaints.
Nothing rattles on MY F.
Ans, my daughter easily takes naps as well..
One person I know put some silencers in our mufflers to make them quieter, but it killed about 7-8 rwhp..
Regards,
~ Joe Z
11-14-11, 06:17 AM
#20
You can make the exhaust "not drone" if you apply a certain amount of pressure on the gas peddle at various ranges of RPM. Also, in "spirited" runs it's much less noticeable because they RPM is constantly changing unlike cruising on the highway going 70+mph for 2+ hours.
11-15-11, 04:05 PM
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Joe Z exhaust Drone
I took a different approach with my drone issue. I took the rear seats out and added some sound deadening material which dramatically reduced the noise. The seats pop right out...the material sticks to the floorboard and voila. The last thing I did was wrap my mufflers with thermal heat wrap for exhausts and headers. It came in a 50 ft roll and I cut it in half and wrapped each muffler with 25ft of it. It slightly changed it to a more refined sound. Now in all honesty I had to put two layers of sound deadening material to get the proper decibal level but it is doable. Now it still has a very serious deep tone to it but the cabin is much more enjoyable.
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11-15-11, 04:25 PM
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Post pictures or it never happened. lol
I took a different approach with my drone issue. I took the rear seats out and added some sound deadening material which dramatically reduced the noise. The seats pop right out...the material sticks to the floorboard and voila. The last thing I did was wrap my mufflers with thermal heat wrap for exhausts and headers. It came in a 50 ft roll and I cut it in half and wrapped each muffler with 25ft of it. It slightly changed it to a more refined sound. Now in all honesty I had to put two layers of sound deadening material to get the proper decibal level but it is doable. Now it still has a very serious deep tone to it but the cabin is much more enjoyable.
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11-15-11, 04:39 PM
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Drone Attack
Well you grab the bottom of the rear seats and push backwards and boom they pop out. So then you stick the material on the floorboard and go from one door to another....twice.
Then remove the rear seat back area with a socket (floorboard area) and push them upwards to unclip them at the rear deck level. They come right out. Then cover that wall with material....put them back in and smile when you turn on the car. Google sound deadening material and you will find what you need. It adds a little weight to the car but big deal.....I still walk on most anything that pulls up next to me.
www.b-quiet.com They have a really great product.
Then remove the rear seat back area with a socket (floorboard area) and push them upwards to unclip them at the rear deck level. They come right out. Then cover that wall with material....put them back in and smile when you turn on the car. Google sound deadening material and you will find what you need. It adds a little weight to the car but big deal.....I still walk on most anything that pulls up next to me.
www.b-quiet.com They have a really great product.
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