kens97sto

Was wondering if anybody had taken the back mufflers off? They unbolt at the flange... and it would be pretty easy to have a shop make some pipes to go all the way from the flanges, back to the bumper.

An opinions would be apreciated.. No rush.. just thinking it would be a cheap exhaust mod...

Thanks
Ken

pfantom68

It's pretty common, it's known as the muffler delete mod or something.

Personally... I went ***** out, cut everything off after the cats, and straight piped. It STILL doesn't have my Magnaflows on it, but I'm getting there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsqruY1eatA

LiCelsior

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lol dude, what rpms where those? 500-4k?

kens97sto

Thanks... Your car sounds great... a little loud for me.. But still GREAT!!

I live in Ohio.. and the cops are ALWAYS lurkin .. they really like pullin you over for anything... so a loud car is just drivin with a big.. "PULL ME OVER" sign stuck to the window.

I think I will try to just do the muffler delete.. can always put them back on if its too loud... Will update when I do it.

Thanks for posting your vid..

Ken

pfantom68

Just about. My camera doesn't capture anything sound-wise... you gotta be there to hear the deafening, ground shaking roar of my 1UZ. It's a beast... but it sounds like crap in normal driving (1..5k to 3k rpm) for some reason.

PureDrifter

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yea, this is an OLD-SCHOOL mod, hell lextreme used to have a diy on it but i think it got lost with the site revamp a decent while back.

tip: if you wanna do this, go down a day before and spray the crap out of the bolts/flanges with PB Blaster and/or WD40.

TJW98LS

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Mine removed fairly easy on my 99 LS. I LOVE the sound. It's very nice and not too loud.

sonyman

It sounds like crap because you're running straight pipes from the cats. I had straight pipes for a day on my SC400 while waiting for exhaust parts to come in and it too sounded bad during normal driving. I also don't see how you can stand the sheer loudness of it like that. It's enough to make you go deaf by your mid-twenties.

kens97sto

Yeah.. I planned to soak those bolts... Gotta love PB Blaster... stuff works wonders... specially if you let it sit a while... Seafoam Deep Creep works really good too.

Hope it sounds good when I take it apart... I would love for it to have a little more rumble.. But not so loud people "Notice" it. Like I said.. the cops in Ohio can be a bit hyperactive... any reason to pull someone over.

Thanks for help.

Ken

steveski

Just by deleting the mufflers really improves th sound. I made a video long ago when I did mine. It did not make it louder in the cabin but really opened it up outside. I need to post it on YouTube with my others some time.

Removing them is easy as you say since there is a junction point with bolts.

pfantom68

Huh? No, it's not just cut off past the cats... there's piping going all the way back.

I don't know what you're talking about, but it's not all that loud. I know buddies with SRT4's and Magnaflow exhausts that sound louder in normal driving than my Lexus. It's very bearable, the car has a very quiet cabin.

sonyman

That's what I said in my first sentence. Open the windows and see how annoying it is for other drivers.

PK_Celsior

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take off both your mufflers and your resonators. it sounds like a 5.0L mustang lmaooo. its so loud it annoyed the life out of me. so i put my resonators back on until i can get some new mufflers in. Magnaflow here i come :]

jdmsole06

yeah i had mine cut everything from the cats all the way back...it sounds like a mustang cobra....its a little loud but i guess it suites the car...ill try to get a sound clip up for ya

pfantom68

I like it loud. Honestly, do you think I give two craps about other drivers? I want the loudest, most ear-splitting, deafening roar I can get at wide-open-throttle for everyone to hear.

Plus, it's safer. You can hear my car from a half-mile away... people (and animals) will know to GTFO the way when I'm passing through.