7schulz

Has anyone found or tried an OEM type muffler that gives just a bit more sound on the outside and no drone or sound increase on the inside? I'm thinking like, removing the last muffler on each side and using something like a mustang gt exhaust muffler. I would like how the mustang sounds stock for my LS. I want just a bit more sound out of the V8 under the hood but still keep the Lexus quietness on the inside unless I am under WOT. I'm adding the LS430 18's to sporty it up a little and kind of want just a little bit more exhaust note. Does the GS400 or gs430 use a different exhaust system? I haven't noticed a difference but would like a slightly more aggressive note or growl.

Li Ls4

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just remove the mufflers completely, then go 2 a muffler shop and have em weld/bend u new pipes for a lil over $100 and get some tips and thats it.

i did this on my 1Ls and love it

7schulz

I was thinking something like this. Or is there already to many exhaust components in there and this would just sound like stock again?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...26tbs%3Disch:1

I might just take a wrench to it one of these weekends and take off the two mufflers and see what it sounds like. Does anyone have a pic or diagram of the exhaust on a 95?

PureDrifter

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please search for "muffler delete" in this forum.

it's been done quite a bit.

97CE LS400

Will removing the mufflers loose bottom end?? I know some cars are sensitive to back pressure...not sure about lexus...just my experience with Chevys.

PureDrifter

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cars needing back pressure is a myth. removing the last 2 mufflers wont hurt the power at all.

RA40

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Last week or so while in Newport, a Maserati Quattroporte passed by...that is a nice sounding exhaust. Just enough and not intrusive. The intake was equally nice sounding. Even the JDM cars I've heard in Japan have that growl rather than the whine like the Euro V8's.

7schulz

I have read all the muffler delete threads. I was asking about adding another muffler back on, that is not a flowmaster or magnaflow. Maybe the muffler delete is what I'm looking for, for sound.

Li Ls4

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imo doing the muffler delete will make the car sound like a mellow mustang gt. at least thats what i hear from my car lol its not obnoxious but it has a nice sound to it.

just remove the 4 bolts (2 for each side) that the mufflers are connected 2 and move the piping from the muffler over a lil bit (u dont even have 2 take the mufflers off) go turn the car on an c how it sounds

JBrady

On a 95 there is one clamp per side and the two rubber donuts. Take of the mufflers and judge for yourself. Possibly the easiest mod available. If you like the result you can have the pipes extended to the rear muffler which will reduce sound inside the car even more.

7schulz

Planning on it.
Check out the exhaust tip thread I just started.

7schulz

Ok I tried to do the muffler delete last night I got the bracket loose but then couldn't separate the rear section from the rest of the system. Is there a trick to it, I beat on it with a hammer and hooked a tow strap to it and pulled by hand.

7schulz

Got a local muffler place to heat up the pipe and twist it off for me. Sounds very good. I would call it a little mustang. Not quite as loud as a mustang gt but very similar sound. You can hardly hear it under normal or grandpa driving but when you get on it sounds very good, but still not loud. It sounds like a performance sedan.

LexGX

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Now that i've done the muffler delete, i'm debating if i want to get two magnaflow exaust added on or just run pipes from the stock mufflers to the back of the car

7schulz

I see no need to(magnaflow), it's already bairly audible even after the muffler delete except at WOT. There is just a slight v8 rumble with the windows down. Like I said before it sounds like a performance sedan now, like I think it should sounds from the factory. I'm just adding some 2.25 pipe and tips.