new exhaust

i finally got around to putting the Dynomax 3" in and 3" dual out muffler that i've had for months now on my 98 3.8l......god its freaking horrible! big waste of money! thought i'd share that lol

How bad does it sound?

How bad does it sound?

hahaha i'd give anything to be able to get a sound clip of it......its sad! i used to have this cheap $20 3" in/out muffler that i had on my 92 RS and it sounded really good on the v6, i was amazed at how it sounded....but damn this is horrible!

LOL!! Damn, that sucks. How much did you pat for it?

i started out ordering a 3" in/dual out Hooker (i think...) muffler and they ended up sending the wrong type of single in dual out...i needed an in and out on one side and an out on the other side and they sent one with an in on one side and both outs on the same side that i paid around $125 for i think and i took that back and told them that they had ordered they wrong muffler and exchanged it for the Dynomax and paid the difference....ended up being around $185 for the muffler $20 for the 3" exhaust elbows and $39 for the 2 3" tips and $25 for labor. all together around $270

Christ!! All that for a muffler?!?!? For $100 or cheaper you could have gotten an entire catback.

haha yeah i know....and the catback wouldnt have sounded as bad as this muffler does.

that really sucks... i went with a magnaflow cat-back on my 3.4, best sounding exhaust on a v6.. IMO..

that really sucks... i went with a magnaflow cat-back on my 3.4, best sounding exhaust on a v6.. IMO..

really? what size is it and how much did you pay for it? i've got to get something else....i dont think i can stand this much longer! it sounds great up to about 1400 rpm lmao but after that.....very ricy

i wanna say i only paid around 300 or so.. but you gotta know that any exhaust you put on your car is gonna sound ricey at some point.. but Magnaflow is defiantely the way to go..

thanks...300 wouldnt be bad....i know they all sound bad at a point...but the Dynomax is at such a low point i hate it....the last one i had that was $20 it didnt sound bad until about 4k rpms.

Well you've gotta give it a break in period. My Borla sounded somehwhat high pitched at first. But now, it's gotten this really nice deep low tone and I love it. Just give it some time and see if it doesnt start to sound any better.

man thats not cool, hey u could always ebay it off and get something new...i dont think if it sounds as bad as he says it does it will sound any better a year from now. maybe if it was just a bit off but the man said its really bad.

it sounds really good at really low rpms but over 14-1500 it sounds horrible...but thanks i'll try it out for a couple of weeks before i decide to get rid of it.

my friend has a 3.8 on the forum and is trying to find a muffler......hope he sees this

how would a cherry bomb sound on the 3.8's I wonder?

my brother heard my exhaust today and he said he really liked it....but he's also big into ricers so what does that tell you

it all what you personally like, i don't care what anyone thinks bout how my exhaust sounds...

except rally, he said my exhaust was RICEY!? wtf :lol2:

well.. the only opinion that matters is your own.. it is YOUR car afterall..

lol it was a joke, nobody cares what rally says :icon16:

lol

it all what you personally like, i don't care what anyone thinks bout how my exhaust sounds...

except rally, he said my exhaust was RICEY!? wtf :lol2:
I hope he wasnt serious....you have the LT1/LS1(cant remember) in yours right?

Hey drvingstorm 05 what exhaust do you have?
It sounds crazy but I remember watching that clip of your pops revving your motor and you were behind it. I didn't think it sounded so good either. Your exhaust just didn't complement the motor well.

i finally got around to putting the Dynomax 3" in and 3" dual out muffler that i've had for months now on my 98 3.8l......god its freaking horrible! big waste of money! thought i'd share that lol
Well you have 3.8 V6 and superchargers are cheap and ease to get for that engine, so supercharge it and see if that makes it sound better.:)

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haha yeah i wish... a v8 would make it sound good which i hope wont be too much longer...this being my only car is slowing that down until i can find a cheap car to buy so i can park the maro.

you guys are crazy i think drvngstorm05 exhaust sounds great..

Well I can make a sound clip but as FormulaLT1 can tell you my exhaust soudns pretty good for a v6... it is...

stock manifolds/y-pipe for now
Carsound/magnaflow universal 3" in/out high flow cat (ebay $35)
Magnaflow 3" catback made for the LT1, part no. 15620 (local place $320)

Pretty deep, got a nice tone IMO, not too too loud (unless you get on it).... me likey.

Well I can make a sound clip but as FormulaLT1 can tell you my exhaust soudns pretty good for a v6... it is...

stock manifolds/y-pipe for now
Carsound/magnaflow universal 3" in/out high flow cat (ebay $35)
Magnaflow 3" catback made for the LT1, part no. 15620 (local place $320)

Pretty deep, got a nice tone IMO, not too too loud (unless you get on it).... me likey.
Don't you have like no lowend torque with that setup?

what 3.8 does :dunno: but I will have dyno graphs in a week

that'll be awesome to see dyno sheets on a 3.8...what do you think its at now?

stock would be aroudn 160 HP to the wheels... add CAI, cat+catback, tuning

stock would be aroudn 160 HP to the wheels... add CAI, cat+catback, tuning

I thought the 3.8 came with 200 hp stock? Because the 3.4 comes with 160 hp.

i think he means 160 at the rear wheels, probably 200 at crank???

exactly, 200 crank rated horsepower - 20% estimated drivetrain loss = 160 RWHP approximately

:lol: So john was wrong... RS DID pass 4th grade man that guy is gonna get a :slap:

Hey drvingstorm 05 what exhaust do you have?
It sounds crazy but I remember watching that clip of your pops revving your motor and you were behind it. I didn't think it sounded so good either. Your exhaust just didn't complement the motor well.

:confused: hmm some people just don't have ears for flowmaster :disappoin ... i've always loved it and it can't sound any better to me, maybe the camera was too close for you to tell, listen to it on the driveby, i can't believe anyone can say it doesn't sound good... maybe i have a defferent taste that alot of you guys

and kpot, i appreciate the support man :biggrin:

silly blowmaster

<-- has blowmasters on the 3.8 and they sound like shit when i downshift. Nice up till 5k rpms

silly v6 boys... flowmaster is for v8's :lol2:

hmm some people just don't have ears for flowmaster ... i've always loved it and it can't sound any better to me, maybe the camera was too close for you to tell, listen to it on the driveby, i can't believe anyone can say it doesn't sound good... maybe i have a defferent taste that alot of you guys

Yea maybe the camera was just too close on that vid. I couldn't load up the driveby, my realplayer won't play it for me so I was only able to watch the walk around.

i'm off to class right now, but if you have aim i could try sending it to ya direct if you want... it'll be about 3hrs before i can do it, but i'll do it.

Dave, the exhuast sounds good. I got flows too, and it does sounds really good, but i am going with something else next time around.

Sorry but I don't like exhausts that flow bad and sound bad, AKA flowmaster...

Which is why i'm going with magnaflow next time around. Would love to go with GMMG, but it cost too damn much.

Which is why i'm going with magnaflow next time around. Would love to go with GMMG, but it cost too damn much.
Why not just go with a glass-pack? There dirt cheap they flow and they sound good. You do have to fabricate some new mounts, but that’s pretty ease to do. And if you don’t like it your only out $30.

I put one of these (http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2006484/showCustom-0/p-2006484/N-111+10201+600001787/c-10101) on the back of a 4-cylinder Grand Am (not for the sound but because it was $45 cheaper then a new stock muffler) turns out sounds pretty good.

Glass-pack = straight thru

Magnaflow = straight thru

Glass-pack = straight thru

Magnaflow = straight thru
So why pay more for a Magnaflow?

all the glass packs i've heard i didn't like...

because the magnaflow is manufactored better so it doesn't have the gross harshness of a glasspack, and also its the mandrel bent catback

Yeah, Kasey's exhaust is one of the better sounding one's I have heard on 3.8's. Has a stronger tone than your average run of the mill 6'er.

Not a 3.8, but i heard flowmasters on a 3.4 firebird, and it was indeed harsh. I didn't sound so good, real crappy. Flows do sounds really good on mustangs, a buddy of mine had a one (crashed it, go figure) and it sounded f***** badass, way better then my car has ever sounded. I drove buy and LT1 Trans Am with a magnaflow catback on an on ramp once and and it sounded really f***** awesome also (i knew it ws magnaflow because i got close enough to actually see the tips, and magnaflow was written across the tips. Btw, we weren't going that fast). Was enough to make my decision final.

Magnaflow kicks ass

hopefully I will have a soundclip soon, before and after headers