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71ChargerRT

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headers,exhaust & mufflers do y'all use or plan to? I am thinking TTI since I have an A body and everything I've read shows that it fits great, and in the correct position. I also plan on using Cherry Bomb Vortex mufflers, I had one on my 98 Ram with a 5.9, (single inlet dual out with 2.5" tailpipes and 3" tips)and it sounded awesome. It had a nice mellow idle, but it would scream when I hammered the throttle.
 
Well, there's these headers that came with the car - no idea what make but they fit pretty good - just one "fitment" ding in one tube on the driver's side.

Pipes and mufflers by Flowmaster - again, came with the car - but these are still new in the box. Not sure the flavour of the mufflers. Pipes are at least 2.5" in diameter.

The "over the axle" pipe makes a pretty good didgeridoo
 
cheep headers raised the car to acomidate..thrush black muffler style class packs ..no pipes..i like em loud and nasty......radio HA you wouldnt hear it anyway
 
Go with the tti. Do yourself a favor and buy the entire system from them in 3" diameter with the x-pipe. Just installed one of these systems on a 70 Dart and it's very nice indeed.

I highly recommend Magnaflow mufflers. Any muffler with chambers or funky sound deflectors belong on a dumptruck.
 
Go with the tti. Do yourself a favor and buy the entire system from them in 3" diameter with the x-pipe. Just installed one of these systems on a 70 Dart and it's very nice indeed.

I highly recommend Magnaflow mufflers. Any muffler with chambers or funky sound deflectors belong on a dumptruck.

3"? Really?

We put 3" exhaust on a 351C powered Mach 1 - sounded sooooooo nice.
But it has huge valves and ports & 11:1 compression - overkill really.

Wouldn't 3" be too much for the street?
 
resto---nope nice sound ---as for dumptrucks i drove them and they had a nice sound --of course it was owner operater mine...o-well it,s gone now-- i have 2 more i could work on but i need to be 15 men to do what i got to do:bwuhaha:i seen a set of home made mufflers-- they were 5 in stainless pipe 1/8--3 feet long-- sqeezed in 3 places along the pipe to 2 inches. front and back plate weldesd on and 3 in stainles going in and comming out... you let it out in first gear and you could hear it 3 blocks away. but on the hiway just perfect..also the lightr the pipe the noisier it is - thats why you go larger... iv,e seen 4 inch come of a muffler --that wasloud..- oh the days of summer then:bwuhaha:
 
3"? Really?

We put 3" exhaust on a 351C powered Mach 1 - sounded sooooooo nice.
But it has huge valves and ports & 11:1 compression - overkill really.

Wouldn't 3" be too much for the street?


Yeah 3" might be a bit much for most street engines...but the tti fits so nice and you'll never need to upgrade your exhaust should more power be in the future.
The Dart I spoke of has a healthy 340 in it now with a stroker planned in the near future.
 
So beepy, what do you think of those oval exhaust pipes? Are they worth it?

I was thinking of using those for better ground clearance on the Chally with the TTI's I already have for the 511. Is that a good combo you think?

What diameter (or however you measure ovals) would be the best size for my setup? I was thinking minimum of 3" in the round pipes but I have no idea about the equivalent size for ovals.
 
Oval, round or square..the engine won't know the difference. ;)

3" is all any gas engine would ever need, Diesel engines on the other hand can benefit from from 4" or even 5" depending on the mods and power output.
 
Glasspack mufflers SUCK. Not only do they sound like a sustained fart, they are quite simple the WORST FLOWING mufflers money can buy. I don't care if you can see straight through 'em, they create so much turbulence that even a stock non-performance muffler from a Celebrity will outflow them by about 20%.

And no, turning them backwards so the louvers face the other way doesn't help. It just makes them louder.
 
There are no "good ones". They all suck in the flow department. I had an issue of Car Craft I kept for about 11 years in which they flow-tested damned-near every muffler on the market. The worst were "turbo packs", a.k.a. reverse-flow baffling in a bullet-style case and the second worst were the "straight through" glasspacks. It didn't matter if they were Thrush, Purple Hornies, Nickson, Patriot, etc. They all flowed considerably worse than factory-style reverse-flow non-turbo low-perf mufflers.

If you're into that sound, and it means more to you than performance, I certainly can't knock ya. All I'm saying is, I'm into going fast... and you'll never see a glasspack/turbo pack at the track (at least not on a competitive car) or on a serious street car. Those guys know better.

I hate the sound of a choked HP engine, and nothing speaks louder of that condition than glasspacks. Period.
 
hey Beep--- there is a guy 2 sideroads over that has 2x4 ----1/4 in. tubing for a system... wont have to fix those far a year or 2:bwuhaha:yes and they are loud--- oh- he doesnt have a muffler problen either -- he aint got any:bwuhaha::bwuhaha:
 
There are no "good ones". They all suck in the flow department. I had an issue of Car Craft I kept for about 11 years in which they flow-tested damned-near every muffler on the market. The worst were "turbo packs", a.k.a. reverse-flow baffling in a bullet-style case and the second worst were the "straight through" glasspacks. It didn't matter if they were Thrush, Purple Hornies, Nickson, Patriot, etc. They all flowed considerably worse than factory-style reverse-flow non-turbo low-perf mufflers.

If you're into that sound, and it means more to you than performance, I certainly can't knock ya. All I'm saying is, I'm into going fast... and you'll never see a glasspack/turbo pack at the track (at least not on a competitive car) or on a serious street car. Those guys know better.

I hate the sound of a choked HP engine, and nothing speaks louder of that condition than glasspacks. Period.


hmm...that i did not know DR. J so whats your suggestion on mufflers?
flowmasters or none at all?
 
Personally, I prefer turbo mufflers. Specifically, I use Walker DynoMax reverse-flows, specifically Super Hemi Turbos... they have large internal flow tubes and aren't particularly loud until you get on it. As I get older, I have more appreciation for quiet. I like the sound of Flowmasters, in fact the best-sounding muffled car I've ever heard uses 3" 3-chambers. But, I don't use them because they weigh so damned much (as do most chamber-style mufflers) and because they cause a lot of in-car resonance at certain speeds--the loud, almost buzzing hum of your eardrums--which I hate.

If shopping for turbo mufflers, the one thing you want to look at is the internal tubes. Thrush Turbos, for instance, may have 2½" inlets, but they neck down to 2" internally. Not good for flow. Summit has inexpensive mufflers with large internals, as do the aforementioned DynoMaxes (be they Hemi Turbos or not). Look for a note that says something like "inlet size maintained internally."

Also, though no one ever seems to think about it, any muffler with a fully-welded case is going to be heavy. Unless you're prone to putting your distributor in 180 degrees out, I've never really understood the concept of a fully-welded muffler. Crimp-case mufflers occasionally come apart in a backfire, but I've never seen one blow out any other way.

If you like that blatty glasspack sound, then I'd suggest Merit/Goerlich XCelerator, Edelbrock UltraFlo, or Borla XR1 mufflers. Straight-through design to get that farty tone, but no internal baffling or louvers. They start out fairly mellow but burn out in fairly short order and get loud. Those designs really resonate inside the car, too, and all are fully-welded monsters.

The exhaust system for the LeBaron will consist of headers, 3" X-pipe, necked down to 2½" afterwards with Flowmaster reducer cones, Walker 17748 Super Turbos, 2½" tailpipes into modified Merit 2½" tractor mufflers that look suspiciously like Hemi resonators, with 2½" turndowns at the bumper. Quiet, and it'll flow better than I need.
 
At this point, I'll use the coated TTI's on the Satellite, along with 3" mandrel bent pipes(no, I don't need 3, but it does sound excellent), X pipe, and probably the Hooker Aero Chambers. I used this combo on my 65 Belvedere, and got none of the tinny, hollow Flowmaster sound. The resonance, however, was there, and could get a bit annoying at times. Although I've never personally used them, I hear very good things about Dynomax Ultra Flo mufflers. That may be a good item to investigate.
 
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headers,exhaust & mufflers do y'all use or plan to? I am thinking TTI since I have an A body and everything I've read shows that it fits great, and in the correct position. I also plan on using Cherry Bomb Vortex mufflers, I had one on my 98 Ram with a 5.9, (single inlet dual out with 2.5" tailpipes and 3" tips)and it sounded awesome. It had a nice mellow idle, but it would scream when I hammered the throttle.

I'm going with MW manifolds,with electric cutouts on the dumps.That will be 3".Rest of the system is going 2.5" w/ a one piece welded dynomax turbo and TP's to the bumper. Should be fairly quiet until I hammer it w/ the dumps open! Every car is unique in its' needs. Hopefully trial and error doesn't take long and use all the cash you have.
 
Go with the tti. Do yourself a favor and buy the entire system from them in 3" diameter with the x-pipe. Just installed one of these systems on a 70 Dart and it's very nice indeed.


LOL. I second that. The TTi stuff was so nice I slept with it. Too bad it was only 3" or more might have happened. :shifty:
 

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