I just got my flowmaster muffler off of my previous car and I'm going to put it on the avenger but was wondering what all I should take off. Should I just do a cat-back or should I just go ahead and get it all cut off and have the put the muffler in place of the cat-converter and then put in a Y pipe and run duals out the back (I like the look of dual exhaust but I know that doing a true duals setup wouldn't be the best for the car). or should I just cut off everything starting with the cat and then just run a single pipe to where the stock muffler is and simply have them put inmy new muffler that way I don't have to worry about having to replace the cat down the road (emissions tests aren't around here so who cares).

 

I know for a fact that running straight pipe on the 2.0L I4 will hurt it because there isn't enough backpressure. But If you have the v6 I think you can Im not 100% tho.

 

i have a flowmaster on a 2.0 and on a 2.5.... good on the 2.5, but OMG not on the 2.0 imo. just to reiterate... OMG NO!... but, just my opinion.

 

So basically I should just switch the mufflers. Oh and what about the resonator should I go ahead do a cat-back and just have them cut it off and go single outlet pipe. oh and what about the flowmaster on the 2.0 did you not like (I have a 2.0with acustom cold air intake I made myself) was it the sound or what? I am planning on just doing a cat-back and taking out the resonator and I will have a stock looking tip put on so it keeps a more sleeper look.

 

the 2.0 is my daily, and it couldn't sound more like a honda. it resounds from the buildings with no individual cylinders or growl at all. just a loud bwaaaaaaa with a gentle wheeee of a tin can. it's horrible, really horrible. in all fairness, i am an old man, and never liked the sound of a four cylinder. don't much like the six, but they can be acceptable. it's the only shame i feel in owning this particular avenger, it is obnoxious and i do hate it.
no offenses to anyone who has one or likes the sound of this. but even the 17yr old of the house finds it laughable, so it's not just a matter of me being old.

 

But what exact setup do you have on it. and is it possible to get rid of the annoying sound part at all.

 

My buddy has got a 2.0 5 speed Venge. His exhaust is blown out before the second catalytic converter. It isREALLY LOUD andsounds like absolute ****. Seriously,if you want the power without the sound,something like a turbo muffler from Thrush or Dynomax would work good. The one on my car isnt at all loud while cruising, but really screams when I got it floored. Hope this helps.

 

thanks for the recommendation. I will keep that in mind when I get the money to purchase a newer muffler for the venge, but as for now I just need to know what setup I should use that way when I get a newer muffler it will just be a simple swap of mufflers, just out with the old and in with the new. Basically I am going to put on the flowmaster anyways even if it sounds like crap because the stock muffler has a whole is in along the bottom, and I have the flowmaster jsut laying around. So I want to know what all I should take out if any that way when it is time for the magnaflow or whatever I get, I can just pop it on and go. Hope thats a little more clear.

 

Check its like this for a NA 2.0L go 2 1/2 cat back Exhaust system. Word around here is dat the magnaflow gives a good amount HP without that horrible ricer sound that Mopaul mentioned.

 

So then I should go ahead and take out the resonator thing and then put on the muffler.