[Cobra4B]

The car is damn loud... there are mufflers in the side pipes, but they look to be some sort of bullet race muffer or cherry bomb setup. My father and I both ues the car and ride together. We found our headset was useless as the mic picked up too much exhaust noise and blasted it right in your ear. Even alone the car starts to give me a headache toward the end of a stint. It might be ok if the car was actually going somewhere fast, but 4th and 5th on the long straights of VIR (our home track) get very loud.

Our last time out the fuel pump started to cut out so I drove my fathers stock C5 Z06 out there... it was refreshing to be in a fast quiet car again. Don't get me wrong I love the Panoz for what it is, but she needs a power boost and less noise.

So.... after running Synergy in 2 weeks we'll be doing to top end of the car and re-doing the suspension. While she's under the knife I want to make the car a good bit quieter w/o scrificing performance.

So... do I cut out the mufflers and replace with quieter ones? If so, which ones?

Or... do I look into some kind of spiral flow tip inserts?

I want to do something simple/cheap... it's be nice to do as our buddy in New Zealand did and run the exhaust out the right side of the car, but don't want to get into al of that.

Thanks,
Brian