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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:38 AM
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Well, I got sick of trying to decide whether or not I want to drop the dough on exhaust, or wait until I have a little $$ saved away unless something else breaks.
I was down at the local exhaust shop, and got to talking to the guy, and 10 minutes and $20 later I walked out with a bent piece of 3" pipe and 2 clamps.
I hacked off the old muffler, and put the pipe in, simple as that.
It is still too raspy for me, I am thinking about putting in a glasspack to get rid of some of the raspyness. Will that do the trick?

Heres the links to the videos on youtube taken on my cell phone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFNt4z4nNmA

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

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZ-zVjxAv8

Let me know what you think...
Any other tricks to get rid of the snappy/raspyness?
 

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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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sounds good like mine
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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Sounds pretty mean - it is annoying inside?
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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man that sounds bad a$$.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by rssjib
Sounds pretty mean - it is annoying inside?

not too bad, a little drone at 45 ish. You guys dont think the raspyness is annoying?
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:51 AM
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i like it but its a video and only you, your neighbors, and passing cars really know what it sounds like.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:23 AM
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yea, i think it's too raspy. go buy a magnaflow muffler and stick it in there in place of the straight pipe. you don't even need a shop to do it.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by xfeejayx
yea, i think it's too raspy. go buy a magnaflow muffler and stick it in there in place of the straight pipe. you don't even need a shop to do it.
+1...you can get an aluminized 14" magnaflow muffler for pretty cheap...especially if you find a used one. I want to say I paid $80 for mine but I don't remember...it was under $100 though.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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I like it, sounds mean. But if it bothers you then you should throw a muffler on there. A nice magnaflow would sound good or maybe an at3030, but this kind of defeats the purpose of a "poor man's exhaust".
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Off_Road_Teacher
I like it, sounds mean. But if it bothers you then you should throw a muffler on there. A nice magnaflow would sound good or maybe an at3030, but this kind of defeats the purpose of a "poor man's exhaust".

I agree... buying an $80 dollar muffler does defeat the purpose. That is why I was thinking of putting a $25 dollar cherrybomb glasspack in there. I dont want to spend a bunch of money on it since i hope to eventually put duals on.

and thanks for the comments...
 
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