How Loud Are Your Cars

[dstryr]

I have 2" Dougs to 3" exhaust and magnaflows out to chrome tips and it is just too loud.  The shop guy talked me out of the Dynomax super turbos w/23" cases that I thought I would like and wish I hadn't listened. 

Don't get me wrong, the car sounds awesome but to drive that ungodly loud thing isn't a pleasure any longer.  One night last summer I left the house at 10:30 pm for a 15 minute cruise and 1-1/2 hours later I pulled into the driveway and called it a night.  After 60+ miles with the windows down driving next trucks, cars, and jersey barriers my left ear had taken so much abuse that I have lost some hearing.  The sound of the exhaust reflecting off the the barriers and vehicles was too much for too many miles.  

I'll likely go with the super turbos this summer. 

[oldschool]

i'm with ya dstryr. loud exhaust is just fatiguing.....that is horsepower i will gladly give up.

[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.

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?

it was the hoa

[Cooter]

Been my experience with HOA's, they want to call the law on someone with a loud car, but just take a peek behind their closed, quiet doors one time....

[RIDGERACER383]

I got 3" pipes with Warlock mufflers and it wakes my neighbors up whenever I start it.They sound great with a real deep tone.I have really low compression too which is a factor for the loudness.

[Chryco Psycho]

Huh , What did you say

[Cooter]

Rememebr too, that the size of pipes makes a huge difference in how loud a certain muffler/system is as well.

[werner]

I have a 528 hemi, 3" TTI exhaust with X pipe, no tail pipes.

Have the 3 " Dynomax Ultra flo's

Love them. Not too loud at start up but you know there is 600 hp there. When you go to W.O.T she's loud

No drone in car at hwy speeds and with the over drive on hwy you can actually hear the stereo

Believe they flow 3 times the cfm than the 50 series flow masters

[Brightyellow69rtse]

440 .055 over with cheap old hedman headers, 3" summit dual exhaust kit with x pipe. dougs electric cutouts (most fun thing ive ever added to the car id do it again and again and again) full length tail pipes and dynomax welded ultraflows.    any performance application should use ultraflows imo. they sound great and i actually have a picture of me holding a baseball bat through the muffler.

[71ChallengeHer]

I have Doug Headers on my small block. 2 1/2 in exhaust with Flowmasters. Running out the back with stock tips made to fit the 2 1/2.   Yes, is loud and lumpy. Sets of car alarms.     I love it. Sitting at lights, people have no idea what I have under the hood. If it's too loud, your too old.     It doesn't bother my neighbors, they love it when I fire it up.   

[oldschool]

{quote} If it's too loud, your too old.
if it's low on power, and not loud enough, your still to young to understand...

to me, nothing funnier than loud azz exhaust, and putting down 300 horsepower to the wheels, and thinking you have something.....spend  the money on some horsepower or gas or something

[71ChallengeHer]

{quote} If it's too loud, your too old.
if it's low on power, and not loud enough, your still to young to understand...

to me, nothing funnier than loud azz exhaust, and putting down 300 horsepower to the wheels, and thinking you have something.....spend  the money on some horsepower or gas or something

. Don't worry , honey . I have hp and gas money.  . And I ain't scared.  .   

[oldschool]

{quote} If it's too loud, your too old.
if it's low on power, and not loud enough, your still to young to understand...

to me, nothing funnier than loud azz exhaust, and putting down 300 horsepower to the wheels, and thinking you have something.....spend  the money on some horsepower or gas or something

. Don't worry , honey . I have hp and gas money.  . And I ain't scared.  .   

now how do i respond to that     

[BlaineKaiser450]

My plymouth with a pretty built 440 has shorty headers with 3 inch straight pipes exiting before the rear wheels. When you're inside it, it is pretty loud but, to me at least, not obnoxious. From the outside is another story though, you can literally hear it over a mile away if you are trying to hear it, makes some SERIOUS noise.

[mauve66]

{quote} If it's too loud, your too old.
if it's low on power, and not loud enough, your still to young to understand...

to me, nothing funnier than loud azz exhaust, and putting down 300 horsepower to the wheels, and thinking you have something.....spend  the money on some horsepower or gas or something

. Don't worry , honey . I have hp and gas money.  . And I ain't scared.  .   

i read it too fast and thought she said she had HP and GAS, i was going to suggest Beano or something....................

[red69superbee]

ive had the giant flowmasters on my car for years, i really like it cuz its quiet.Seems like they are 22x12x5 inches, kinda like a suitcase

[projectanimal]

2-1/2 inch pipes with flow masters.   

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=9uF6iL4vV_I&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9uF6iL4vV_I

[Paul G]

Quiet exhaust belongs on a Buick. Don't matter how much power you are making as long as it runs good and sounds good. Muscle cars should sound good whether you make 250 hp or 550.

As for the op' question. I run long tube headers with an x pipe through turbo mufflers out the back. I have Pypes electric cut-outs ahead of the x pipe. That is where they fit the best. It is really awesome to open the dumps whenever you want for a very loud time, then have a nice and low rumble when closed.

I would not use the Pypes brand again. Way to much trouble with them and they dont seal off completely.

[Fred]

Quiet exhaust belongs on a Buick. Don't matter how much power you are making as long as it runs good and sounds good. Muscle cars should sound good whether you make 250 hp or 550.

My thoughts exactly. 

[Mebsuta]

I have ancient 4-into-1 headers, Flo Pro triple chamber, 2.5 in pipes all the way out the back.  I'm happy with it.  When you're going, it's loud enough to rule out listening to music or chit chat, but all I want to hear is the motor and transmission anyway.  All I want to do is cruise and enjoy the night and not be bothered.  I don't know how much hp my old Road Runner has, no earthly idea what it would do 0-60 mph or quarter mile, don't care, and don't care what anyone else has.    

I have gotten compliments and insults.  I'm kind of scared of attention while driving or at a gas station these days because I never know what's coming, so I always hope people ignore me, and they usually do.  

[oldschool]

Quiet exhaust belongs on a Buick. Don't matter how much power you are making as long as it runs good and sounds good. Muscle cars should sound good whether you make 250 hp or 550.

As for the op' question. I run long tube headers with an x pipe through turbo mufflers out the back. I have Pypes electric cut-outs ahead of the x pipe. That is where they fit the best. It is really awesome to open the dumps whenever you want for a very loud time, then have a nice and low rumble when closed.

I would not use the Pypes brand again. Way to much trouble with them and they dont seal off completely.

have you ever been smoked by a nice, quiet buick? i have. i could not even hear his car, over mine. noise will never make up for lack of power.

250 horsepower sure does'nt sound alot like a muscle car to me.how loud would you make that ?  

[Mebsuta]

You can get smoked by any sport bike or an old biplane. 

[mauve66]

You can get smoked by any sport bike or an old biplane. 

crop dusters???

[oldschool]

You can get smoked by any sport bike or an old biplane.  

huh?   

[jb666]

Quiet exhaust belongs on a Buick. Don't matter how much power you are making as long as it runs good and sounds good. Muscle cars should sound good whether you make 250 hp or 550.

My thoughts exactly. 

X2.. There's plenty of time for quiet when we're in nursing homes.. In the meantime, it's time to raise some Hell out there..

A buddy of mine has an '87 GN.. the thing is whisper quiet and goes like a scalded cat... But it should be like that.. it fits the car.

It's funny that I'd say this though, because (the past couple of years) every Harley that blasts by my house while I'm out there I want to throw a stick of dynamite at...   

I'm another one running Doug's cut-outs.. Although I rarely, if ever, open them on the street.. Sounds like a top fuel funny car...