How Loud Are Your Cars

[JMF]

I'm interested to know what exhausts you have on your cars and how loud they are etc, every car I have I always think I want it louder but anyone who hears them from the outside think they are really loud

Anyone have exhaust cutouts? Been thinking of getting them for my Challenger but the cost has put me off so far

[GOTWING]

My dead stock 440 4bbl. superbird has 3" TTI full exhaust with Dyno max mufflers and factory tips. It's a little louder than stock.

[Cooter]

I have Flowmasters on most of my rides and are by all rights LOUD. However, I did a little different on the 70 Challenger clone and went with the Magnaflow 2 1/2" system and mufflers. It's ok aat idle, but loud and raspy at WOT. Don't think Magnaflow is all that IMO. Flowmastewrs sound better at WOT, but these are better at lower RPMs.

[68X426]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,81920.0.html

My 505 Hemi has 3" TTI exhaust, Dougs electric cut outs, and Dynamax Super Turbos. Best of both worlds: when cut outs are closed, the Super Turbos are dead silent, and everyone is disappointed that you can't hear the motor. When open, the loud roar ( plus / minus 110 decibels ) of the Hemi sets off car alarms and makes women freak out.

The cut outs are the best money I've spent, in terms of fun for the buck.

If you're going to burn money, might as well hear it. 

[oldschool]

i say the quieter the better. loud exhaust doesnt make up for lack of horsepower......

[68X426]

loud exhaust doesnt make up for lack of horsepower......

The second part is absolutely correct. I'm assuming that the op JMF has the horsepower, and isn't talking about a rice rocket with a fart can exhaust.

[ottawamerc]

I am just rebuilding my 71 440 6 pack R/T. The exhaust was an area that I was not sure how to build. I wanted a relatively quiet interior but also wanted it to sound proper out the pipes (let everyone know theres over 450HP in there). So I left it to my buddy at the speed shop to design it for me, he put in Magnaflow #50 welded mufflers and a 2 1/2" stainless steel pipes. I have to say he hit my request its perfect. Oh also up front its a set of Hooker tuned ceramic headers with 1 3/4" primaries.

[lasvegas69charg]

mine is too loud and has horrible drone. Hoa sent me a letter stating I can't start my car until 8am weekdays and 9 am weekends. Its 1 3/4" headman headers, flowmaster delta 40 3" h-pipe exhaust kit.

[Cooter]

i say the quieter the better. loud exhaust doesnt make up for lack of horsepower......

This true, but a quiet muffler also causes a lack of Horsepower.

[oldschool]

i say the quieter the better. loud exhaust doesnt make up for lack of horsepower......

This true, but a quiet muffler also causes a lack of Horsepower.

it is a fine line. there are alot of things that cause a lack of horsepower. you have to decide what losses are worth it......

[bill440rt]

I have Flowbastards on my '68 (H-pipe system). They've been on there for about a decade. They have a nice, very agressive, almost "metallic" sound at idle & sound great WOT. However, I couldn't take the drone anymore. At 35-50mph (around town cruising speeds) it felt like my head was gonna explode. Chris (Just6T9) turned me on to a set of Magnaflow resonators that I just added in. Voila! Same aggressive tone yet without the drone.
I have Dynamax Ultra-Flows on my '69 (X-pipe system), I prefer them much better vs the Flowbastards. Nice, throaty sound yet not too loud. No drone, either.

[mopar0166]

dougs headers exhaust cutouts , work awesome !   

[lasvegas69charg]

I have Flowbastards on my '68 (H-pipe system). They've been on there for about a decade. They have a nice, very agressive, almost "metallic" sound at idle & sound great WOT. However, I couldn't take the drone anymore. At 35-50mph (around town cruising speeds) it felt like my head was gonna explode. Chris (Just6T9) turned me on to a set of Magnaflow resonators that I just added in. Voila! Same aggressive tone yet without the drone.
I have Dynamax Ultra-Flows on my '69 (X-pipe system), I prefer them much better vs the Flowbastards. Nice, throaty sound yet not too loud. No drone, either.

bill, did you just add resonators to your 68 or replace the flowmasters? If so where did you place them at? I have horrible drone that gives me a headache and makes my ears ring, but it does have a great sound.

[oldschool]

bill, do you have a pic of the resonators installed? thanks

[mauve66]

 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

See my resonator thread here....

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,90603.0.html

And for the record, towards the end of the season I took the resonators off & swapped the tailpipe sections back on....for a little more street volume....and to match the Cragar's I put on

I like the fact with the SS band clamps I can swap out the reso's in about an hour if I feel frisky LOL

[oldschool]

beautiful car 6t9 chgr! i might have to try me some. i bet being that far back, theres hardly any more backpressure......

[Fred]

i say the quieter the better.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree. For me, half the fun is driving it, the other half is hearing it.        

[oldschool]

for me, the fun is making a ton of power, without the noise. it can be done.....

[Fred]

Ok, it doesn't have to be so loud as to wake the neighbours but it does have to sound good.

[GPULLER]

mine is too loud and has horrible drone. Hoa sent me a letter stating I can't start my car until 8am weekdays and 9 am weekends. Its 1 3/4" headman headers, flowmaster delta 40 3" h-pipe exhaust kit.

Looks like its time to go house hunting! 

[bill440rt]

bill, did you just add resonators to your 68 or replace the flowmasters? If so where did you place them at? I have horrible drone that gives me a headache and makes my ears ring, but it does have a great sound.

bill, do you have a pic of the resonators installed? thanks

Yep, like Chris I just added them in at the stock location where resonators would normally be on a Hemi car.
I have a 2-1/2" TTI exhaust, and had to enlarge the pipe ends on the reso's just enough to make the connections. I too used band clamps. I don't plan on swapping them out again to re-attach the straight pipe sections back in, so I might change out the clamp to the "step-type" band clamps for a more secure connection.
It has the same throaty, aggressive sound at idle yet no drone at cruising speed. I did not notice any big loss of performance.

[Dino]

I love the sound mine makes throughout the range but it is pretty loud, relatively speaking.  When this system falls apart I'll do what Chris and Bill did.

[Mick70RR]

mine is too loud and has horrible drone. Hoa sent me a letter stating I can't start my car until 8am weekdays and 9 am weekends. Its 1 3/4" headman headers, flowmaster delta 40 3" h-pipe exhaust kit.

Same exhaust I have except the headers are Hookers. It's loud but I've only got one neighbour who complains but he complains about everything. Also got exhaust cutouts so it's really loud when I want it to be. Who sent you the letter, Hoa?

[Cooter]

for me, the fun is making a ton of power, without the noise. it can be done.....

There's a little Chevy Duece here that you would swear has a stock 283 in it and it runs low 5's (8th mile, roughly high 9's 1/4 mile) when opened up, with header dumps at the track. Yet, on the street, it is as quiet as a "Mouse". We all laugh at unsuspecting idiots.