Muffler comparisons

[FF1899]

Ok currently I have a carven progressive muffler and I love the sound and volume to me is perfect. However neighbors and the girlfriend are annoyed due to my random work schedule. Sometimes not home till 3 or 4Am and other times warming it up to leave at 5Am. So I need to quiet it down some. I was thinking about the magnaflow 24" because I dont want the stock one back on. I want noise but not overly loud, say like dead in between the carven and the stock. Want better flow then stock too. Nick recommends the mach 40 solo and I know he knows what hes talking about but I'm looking for opinions they just have to be the same direct fit type as the carven. Like solo vs magnaflow 18 24 flow master ect. Very interesting in hearing opinions!

 

[stateofdade]

They'll live. Full delete. Lol

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[Buddy]

I know I've touted this before, but look into Pypes. A friend has it on his truck, muffler kit. Stainless, priced right, and not crazy loud idle. It sounds really nice on throttle.

 

[MAJ_Charlie]

I previously had the Flowmaster FLOW FX Direct Fit muffler before I went to the Carven Progressive.

 

[MidwestJ]

They'll live. Full delete. Lol

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[MidwestJ]

Edit: Double Tap

 

[William Hastings]

Borla pro xs!

 

[blackbetty14]

Stock. Then put an electric cutout before the muffler for wide open greatness. Seriously... you could even build a 2nd exhaust off the cutout. I do this on my turbod firebird. Full catback for driving near home and i open it up when I want to get frisky and enjoy the sound. Best of both worlds. Of course the cutout frees up exhaust backpressure and I gain 2psi and 50+Rwhp but that’s eating your cake too.

 

[FF1899]

Stock. Then put an electric cutout before the muffler for wide open greatness. Seriously... you could even build a 2nd exhaust off the cutout. I do this on my turbod firebird. Full catback for driving near home and i open it up when I want to get frisky and enjoy the sound. Best of both worlds. Of course the cutout frees up exhaust backpressure and I gain 2psi and 50+Rwhp but that’s eating your cake too.

Thought about this also. I gave a qtp on my camaro. I just dont want to have it coming out from under my truck when I want it loud. I wish they had a bypass kit to route to a tail pipe or a muffler with a bypass on it. I would build my own but when I got rid of my shop I sold the tig along with some of the other equipment. Man I miss those days and it would have been so much cheaper then a muffler to begin with

 

[FF1899]

Borla pro xs!

This is exactly what I want but the dont offer a direct fit. No shops local do stainless pipes though and I dont have the equipment anymore. I live in Syracuse so 6 months a year the salt is so bad it kicks dust up like a dry dirt road! Working with exhaust for years steel pipe is not an option for me unfortunately

 

[William Hastings]

https://www.ramforum.com/threads/borla-muffler-install-pics-and-video.108632/#post-1574176

I followed this, made a couple changes. The borla is 304 ss, the only extension pipe i found was 409ss. No steel or aluminized garbage. All parts can be purchased for about $220. The only down side to this set up is the missing hangers on the muffler. But its very secure without them. Down the road i will try to find a 304 extension pipe. But the 409 should last along time. If your seriously considering it, i can try to post more info. I live outside philly, no stranger to the road salt and brine sprays

 

[FF1899]

https://www.ramforum.com/threads/borla-muffler-install-pics-and-video.108632/#post-1574176

I followed this, made a couple changes. The borla is 304 ss, the only extension pipe i found was 409ss. No steel or aluminized garbage. All parts can be purchased for about $220. The only down side to this set up is the missing hangers on the muffler. But its very secure without them. Down the road i will try to find a 304 extension pipe. But the 409 should last along time. If your seriously considering it, i can try to post more info. I live outside philly, no stranger to the road salt and brine sprays

Any pix once installed? Is the width of the outlets far enough apart to allow the tails to line up? Finding that pipe is my issue. No shops around here go stainless

 

[William Hastings]

I didn't take pics installed. The outlets were the same as the stock center to center. A second set of hands at the back of the truck helps, get it close, tighten everything up, then u can adjust your tips wherever you want. The part that required playing around was the extension pipe. I believe i had to cut mine to 15 1/2 ", had it at 16, and i wasnt comfortable with how far the rear hanger brackets were into the rubber hangers. I also ended up replacing the lap joint clamp with a standard 3" clamp, took my ext pipe belled end, used a cutting wheel on a grinder to make 4 slits in it, then clamped. Just like the inlet side of ur carven.

 

[blackbetty14]

I did a 18” maxflow muffler swap for less than $100. 409SS and an extension with clamps. It was a single 3” inlet and dual 2.25” outlets. I knotched the outlets to accept the stock tail pipe aligners dnd ran that got a year or
Two. Eventually sold it as it was too loud/drone for a dynomax catback with a 21” muffler which I preferred as a DD car. I took it off when I upgraded to an 18 Laramie and never put it back on. That catback was 409SS and 2 winters in NJ with enough salt it was like driving on roads of baby powder. It took me 2 hrs to remove the exhaust with the tailpipe stuck in the muffler. 409SS is poop and I don’t touch the stuff. It’s 304 or aluminized and it gets creakoted. The salt is brutal here as well.

I still rock stock 1.5years later but with 5” carven tips which made it alittle deeper. If I do exhaust on this truck it will be a cutout with a seperate borla style muffler for fun. Or remove the stock muffler back and do a rear mounted turbo and let that be the muffler. Just cost too much for the 18 PCMs and tuning and my truck is only 1.5 years old and I’m not voiding the warranty lol.

 

[FF1899]

Has anyone had the solo mach 40 of heard it? I think that will be my closest bet for an easy install

 

[Nick@GotExhaust]

The Solo 40 bolt in muffler kit will be your best bet for a direct bolt it. It is higher quality than the magnaflow kits and will done less. Sounds awesome and loud enough to let you know its not stock but not obnoxiously loud at all

 

[William Hastings]

Where i got mine. Cut, 4 slits, done.

https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/w...geId=partTypeList&actionSrc=Form&searchTerm=3"+stainless+exhaust+extension+pipe

 

[gdawg55]

Has anyone had the solo mach 40 of heard it? I think that will be my closest bet for an easy install

I had the Mach 44 (muffler only) which is a longer version of the Mach 40 muffler. It sounded good and was made really well. It was almost too quiet, but had a nice tone. I'd say the Mach 40 is what you're looking for from reading your first post.

I can also recommend the Flowmaster 50HD. This is what I currently have on my truck. It comes in a direct fit model called American Thunder. It sounds great and has the perfect volume and tone for my liking. Noise wise, I would rate it along the lines of the Magnaflow 18", Borla Pro XS, etc. No cabin drone either.

 

[FF1899]

Mach 40 ordered.

 

[Reddington]

Mach 40 ordered.

Interested to hear your thoughts on this as I have a Carven Progressive and ran into the exact issue as you - wife hated cold starts at 5:30 am. I loved it. She wins. But stock is just too quiet. Solo has a shop 20 minutes from me and I am thinking once spring comes I am going with either the 40 or 44. Please report back on how the cold starts early am go.