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caverman · 02-04-2014, 07:59 PM

Bobby Gentry Muffler up in Denton would be good and reasonably priced. Also, you could talk to Lewisville Muffler on Mill St.

Homestar1217 · 02-04-2014, 08:03 PM

Caverman! I haven't seen you in forever! You should have come out on Saturday!

BravoMyles · 02-05-2014, 09:48 AM

I also had a v6 before my SS with obnoxiously loud exhaust too (not sure the brand, got the car used and never found out), so it's probably not as bad for me as with a lot of other people.

BUT, the AFM kicking in on the L99 with a muffler delete can be REALLY annoying. Fortunately all it takes is a little pump of the throttle and it pops back to normal, but being in traffic or in between stoplights there's not much you can do. It's tolerable, but one of those things that can become annoying after a bit.

Highway speeds I don't notice it, and I normally don't keep my music up like I did in the v6 so that's not drowning it out or anything.

Personally I'd rather have the muscle sound and deal with the AFM noise, especially since you said a tune isn't far away. It's not bad enough, in my opinion, to just not do the delete. I love the sound of the muffler delete, especially being as cheap as it is, so the AFM noise is something I'm willing to deal with for the time being.

It also crackles and pops A LOT. On start-up it pops a bit and when you romp it, it crackles a lot on decel. I absolutely love the popping, and get a ton of heads turning from surrounding cars.

Side note: Ordering my Borla Atak axle back this week, so I get to replace my muffler delete anyways!

caverman · 02-05-2014, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Homestar1217

Caverman! I haven't seen you in forever! You should have come out on Saturday!

Saturday or Sunday?

I thought I got an email about meeting up on Sunday in Southlake.

Homestar1217 · 02-05-2014, 05:05 PM

BravoMyles, thanks for your honest input. I will probably get the muffler delete soon, and I have noticed the popping and crackling with the factory exhaust. I loved that on my V6 too, it just sounds cool.

Caverman, we met around 6 Saturday evening in Southlake for old times sake after Cars and Coffee that morning. Half the people who said something about coming didn't show though! I'm just not seeing as much interest as we used to.

aggieguy13 · 02-06-2014, 12:40 PM

http://youtu.be/_Rf-xumCixY

Ls3. Stock manifold. Solo cats. Bbk off-road xpipe. No mufflers

jshaf · 02-25-2014, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Homestar1217

I was planning on keeping the ginormous resonator on for sure. Just a muffler delete. I just need this thing to make some noise for now. I am planning on eventually buying a Solo Mach XL cat back system, so this just has to last me until that point. This thing is way too quiet though, I need some noise!

that is sort of my plan, I have a used Solo axle back with J-pipes that go on in the April, if I don't like it I will go Mach XL or SW retro chambered catback sometime next year!

Homestar1217 · 02-25-2014, 08:02 PM

I think I've convinced myself to go ahead and skip the muffler delete, although I love the sound. And I just can't get over how much these cat backs cost, I mean it's ridiculous. So I think instead of spending a hundred or two now and 900 outrageous dollars later on, I'm going to plunk down $450 for the CNT Racing 3" cat back and just be done with it. Then I can use the money that I would spend on the Solo later to buy some 1-7/8" headers instead :-)

62nalide · 02-26-2014, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Homestar1217

I think I've convinced myself to go ahead and skip the muffler delete, although I love the sound. And I just can't get over how much these cat backs cost, I mean it's ridiculous. So I think instead of spending a hundred or two now and 900 outrageous dollars later on, I'm going to plunk down $450 for the CNT Racing 3" cat back and just be done with it. Then I can use the money that I would spend on the Solo later to buy some 1-7/8" headers instead :-)

Good choice!

YellowL99 · 02-26-2014, 02:17 AM

did a cat back exhaust, xpipe and went with dynatech exhaust. Parts and labor in total cost me about $440.

DuhKoDuh · 02-26-2014, 12:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/user/DuhKoDuhCantrell/videos check my videos.

Dmpsix · 04-20-2014, 10:04 AM

I had a quick question about this.

With doing a muffler delete, do they attach a plain ol' pipe in place of the suitcase looking muffler ?

I went to a local muffler shop and they quoted me like $80. They said they'd do it and weld on a piece of cheap looking pipe in place of that muffler and it kinda disappointed me.

I am definitely a newbie but I just wasn't expecting some construction looking metal pipe on the bottom of my car lol.

Or should I hit up a more reputable shop like Lethal Performance here in SATX and see what they say?

Atti2de · 04-20-2014, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Homestar1217

A tune is probably not far off. My uncle has the complete Vector kit for his G8 GT, as far as I understand it the hardware is the same for the Camaro, so I would just need to purchase a tune from them and load it in ($300).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dmpsix

I had a quick question about this.

With doing a muffler delete, do they attach a plain ol' pipe in place of the suitcase looking muffler ?

I went to a local muffler shop and they quoted me like $80. They said they'd do it and weld on a piece of cheap looking pipe in place of that muffler and it kinda disappointed me.

I am definitely a newbie but I just wasn't expecting some construction looking metal pipe on the bottom of my car lol.

Or should I hit up a more reputable shop like Lethal Performance here in SATX and see what they say?

For $125 I will sell you my old exhaust with muffler delete and resonator removed. That way you can keep your stock exhaust if you want. The exhaust is sitting in the back yard right now ready to be installed. From the cats back, simple swap for you and free shipping since you are local

Homestar1217 · 04-20-2014, 10:18 AM

Yeah. It would be some cheap pipe. I got quoted $200 from a muffler shop here in Grapevine to do mine, which I thought was a bit ridiculous. You've got to understand most the time people want a muffler delete it's because they want to spend as little as possible. If you wanted a good quality pipe and tip you could get the Doug Thorley muffler delete kit for $200 and put it on yourself to save the labor.

I ended up spending $450 on a CNT Racing 3" cat back system, which looks great. One of the mufflers rattles but it's got a warranty so no problem there. It's got a good sound, not loud enough to wake the neighbors but much much better than stock. I've probably got as much drone as a muffler delete though, it's not exactly a tuned exhaust like Solo, but hey it was $450.

02-04-2014, 07:59 PM	#15
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02-04-2014, 08:03 PM	#16
Homestar1217 Technology Specialist Drives: 2014 IS 250 F Sport (Not named yet) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 867 View My Garage	Caverman! I haven't seen you in forever! You should have come out on Saturday! __________________ I eat Rice for lunch :-) (Can't really say that anymore!) 2014 Lexus IS 250 F Sport - Bone stock!

02-05-2014, 05:05 PM	#19
Homestar1217 Technology Specialist Drives: 2014 IS 250 F Sport (Not named yet) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 867 View My Garage	BravoMyles, thanks for your honest input. I will probably get the muffler delete soon, and I have noticed the popping and crackling with the factory exhaust. I loved that on my V6 too, it just sounds cool. Caverman, we met around 6 Saturday evening in Southlake for old times sake after Cars and Coffee that morning. Half the people who said something about coming didn't show though! I'm just not seeing as much interest as we used to. __________________ I eat Rice for lunch :-) (Can't really say that anymore!) 2014 Lexus IS 250 F Sport - Bone stock! Last edited by Homestar1217; 02-06-2014 at 03:26 PM.

02-06-2014, 12:40 PM	#20
aggieguy13 Drives: 2013 SS/RS VR 1LE Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: MCKINNEY,TX Posts: 1,278 View My Garage	http://youtu.be/_Rf-xumCixY Ls3. Stock manifold. Solo cats. Bbk off-road xpipe. No mufflers __________________ 2013 SS/RS 1LE VR-Backup System, SOLO Perforsance HF Cats, Muffler Delete, BBK Off-road X-pipe 2002 35th Aniversary SLP SS-Sold

02-25-2014, 08:02 PM	#22
Homestar1217 Technology Specialist Drives: 2014 IS 250 F Sport (Not named yet) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 867 View My Garage	I think I've convinced myself to go ahead and skip the muffler delete, although I love the sound. And I just can't get over how much these cat backs cost, I mean it's ridiculous. So I think instead of spending a hundred or two now and 900 outrageous dollars later on, I'm going to plunk down $450 for the CNT Racing 3" cat back and just be done with it. Then I can use the money that I would spend on the Solo later to buy some 1-7/8" headers instead :-) __________________ I eat Rice for lunch :-) (Can't really say that anymore!) 2014 Lexus IS 250 F Sport - Bone stock!

02-05-2014, 09:48 AM	#17
BravoMyles Drives: Blue/Black 2017 1SS Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 495 View My Garage	I also had a v6 before my SS with obnoxiously loud exhaust too (not sure the brand, got the car used and never found out), so it's probably not as bad for me as with a lot of other people. BUT, the AFM kicking in on the L99 with a muffler delete can be REALLY annoying. Fortunately all it takes is a little pump of the throttle and it pops back to normal, but being in traffic or in between stoplights there's not much you can do. It's tolerable, but one of those things that can become annoying after a bit. Highway speeds I don't notice it, and I normally don't keep my music up like I did in the v6 so that's not drowning it out or anything. Personally I'd rather have the muscle sound and deal with the AFM noise, especially since you said a tune isn't far away. It's not bad enough, in my opinion, to just not do the delete. I love the sound of the muffler delete, especially being as cheap as it is, so the AFM noise is something I'm willing to deal with for the time being. It also crackles and pops A LOT. On start-up it pops a bit and when you romp it, it crackles a lot on decel. I absolutely love the popping, and get a ton of heads turning from surrounding cars. Side note: Ordering my Borla Atak axle back this week, so I get to replace my muffler delete anyways!

02-26-2014, 02:17 AM	#24
YellowL99 Drives: 2014 Yellow L99 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: nowhere Posts: 545	did a cat back exhaust, xpipe and went with dynatech exhaust. Parts and labor in total cost me about $440.

02-26-2014, 12:06 PM	#25
DuhKoDuh Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS (Black) L99 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Pilot Point, Texas Posts: 2,185	http://www.youtube.com/user/DuhKoDuhCantrell/videos check my videos. __________________ Follow me on Instagram @C7Corvettes

04-20-2014, 10:04 AM	#26
Dmpsix Drives: Black L99 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,862	I had a quick question about this. With doing a muffler delete, do they attach a plain ol' pipe in place of the suitcase looking muffler ? I went to a local muffler shop and they quoted me like $80. They said they'd do it and weld on a piece of cheap looking pipe in place of that muffler and it kinda disappointed me. I am definitely a newbie but I just wasn't expecting some construction looking metal pipe on the bottom of my car lol. Or should I hit up a more reputable shop like Lethal Performance here in SATX and see what they say?

04-20-2014, 10:18 AM	#28
Homestar1217 Technology Specialist Drives: 2014 IS 250 F Sport (Not named yet) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 867 View My Garage	Yeah. It would be some cheap pipe. I got quoted $200 from a muffler shop here in Grapevine to do mine, which I thought was a bit ridiculous. You've got to understand most the time people want a muffler delete it's because they want to spend as little as possible. If you wanted a good quality pipe and tip you could get the Doug Thorley muffler delete kit for $200 and put it on yourself to save the labor. I ended up spending $450 on a CNT Racing 3" cat back system, which looks great. One of the mufflers rattles but it's got a warranty so no problem there. It's got a good sound, not loud enough to wake the neighbors but much much better than stock. I've probably got as much drone as a muffler delete though, it's not exactly a tuned exhaust like Solo, but hey it was $450. __________________ I eat Rice for lunch :-) (Can't really say that anymore!) 2014 Lexus IS 250 F Sport - Bone stock! Last edited by Homestar1217; 04-20-2014 at 11:29 AM.