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mulehead7 · 06-08-2013, 08:40 PM

About three weeks ago my neighbors had an exhaust intervention for me and my wife even threw in with them. Everyone said my MRT v2's were just too loud in the morning and I was waking them and their kids up. Realizing my only chance to make peace I changed them out and put the stock mufflers back on but now it seems like I'm driving a freaking Lexus. I don't even want to get on the gas now cause there is no roar when accelerating. Guess my mileage will be going up.

I cleaned the MRT's up, rebuffed the tips back to mirror and shipped them off to a new home in California.

I feel like a crackhead in rehab! I miss the rush of the exhaust note. How do the NPP's sound on start up? I'm kicking around the idea of a 2014 1SS. Or will that lead to another intervention?

PS: Sorry if you are a crackhead in rehab, I shouldn't make light of a serious situation. Actually, Camaro addiction can probably be worse! So there, I said it! The first step is admission, right? I wished I'd have just moved but I'd really miss my wife!

Dizzy82 · 06-08-2013, 08:46 PM

Too bad you sold them, I would have told you to F them and keep them on. I think if you installed the Magnaflow resonated x pipe it may have toned it down a little.

lscamaro · 06-08-2013, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dizzy82

Too bad you sold them, I would have told you to F them and keep them on. I think if you installed the Magnaflow resonated x pipe it may have toned it down a little.

It actually would have cut the volume down by about half

mulehead7 · 06-08-2013, 08:58 PM

When I first installed them the house across the street was in foreclosure so nobody was there to wake up and the other neighbors moved in about a year ago. It went from zero kids to four in a hurry. I've seen those women stressed out and it just wasn't right to add to their frustrations. Their husbands are all bigger and younger than me. Plus, I kept envisioning that movie where Farah Faucett beat her sleeping husband with a broom stick.

chicagobulls · 06-08-2013, 11:21 PM

Really I have straight pipes and my brother has an open engine on his car. No cats mufflers and resonators on his coupe turbo

Evil-Bee-NH · 06-09-2013, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mulehead7

When I first installed them the house across the street was in foreclosure so nobody was there to wake up and the other neighbors moved in about a year ago. It went from zero kids to four in a hurry. I've seen those women stressed out and it just wasn't right to add to their frustrations. Their husbands are all bigger and younger than me. Plus, I kept envisioning that movie where Farah Faucett beat her sleeping husband with a broom stick.

Resonated X-Pipe like lscamaro said it will half the sound and get rid of any lingering rasp. Some people have found it gives it a deeper more appealing tone on takeoff. Personally i woulda ignored everyone and kept them they don't like it they should buy some ear plugs.

Can't_C_Me · 06-09-2013, 04:13 AM

A option if you had a tune would of been to ask to have the high warm up idle deleted. This is only used to warm up the cats and the car will operate fine without it.

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DarkneSS · 06-09-2013, 08:17 AM

This is why I've always loved the cut out route. You get the stock sound to keep neighbors happy and when you pull out of the block you can unleash the beast. Even the nicest mufflers for this car will never turn as many heads as cut outs. With my cut outs open most people I drive by turn their head.

J_Vibe92 · 06-09-2013, 09:01 AM

got any vids of the cut out

DarkneSS · 06-09-2013, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by J_Vibe92

got any vids of the cut out

06-08-2013, 08:40 PM	#1
mulehead7 stubborn as a ... Drives: '94 Trans Am Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: K.C. MO Posts: 464 View My Garage	exhaust intervention About three weeks ago my neighbors had an exhaust intervention for me and my wife even threw in with them. Everyone said my MRT v2's were just too loud in the morning and I was waking them and their kids up. Realizing my only chance to make peace I changed them out and put the stock mufflers back on but now it seems like I'm driving a freaking Lexus. I don't even want to get on the gas now cause there is no roar when accelerating. Guess my mileage will be going up. I cleaned the MRT's up, rebuffed the tips back to mirror and shipped them off to a new home in California. I feel like a crackhead in rehab! I miss the rush of the exhaust note. How do the NPP's sound on start up? I'm kicking around the idea of a 2014 1SS. Or will that lead to another intervention? PS: Sorry if you are a crackhead in rehab, I shouldn't make light of a serious situation. Actually, Camaro addiction can probably be worse! So there, I said it! The first step is admission, right? I wished I'd have just moved but I'd really miss my wife! __________________

06-08-2013, 08:46 PM	#2
Dizzy82 Drives: 2011 1LT/RS A6 RJT SuperCharged Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 87114 Posts: 3,503 View My Garage	Too bad you sold them, I would have told you to F them and keep them on. I think if you installed the Magnaflow resonated x pipe it may have toned it down a little. __________________ Power is worthless without control. *The 2nd* protects the 1st.** BMR sub frame brace, BMR tunnel brace, LSR sways, LSR CM ca & tl, Sphon ExD el, GM tower brace, Megan EZ Streets, Goodridge Stainless Steel Braided brake lines, PowerStop D/S rotors & pads, Doug Thorty Ceramic Shorties, Magnaflow x-pipe, MRT V2.0, KICKER PowerStage sub & amp, Infinity speakers & tweeters, Viteese Throttle Controller, Viteese Paddle Shifters, ACS T2 Splitter, ACS T2 Ports/Quad LED lights, VDI kit, Havoc diffuser, IPF ECU/TRANS tuned, IPF/KPE Supercharged. 364RWHP/297RWTQ

06-08-2013, 08:58 PM	#4
mulehead7 stubborn as a ... Drives: '94 Trans Am Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: K.C. MO Posts: 464 View My Garage	When I first installed them the house across the street was in foreclosure so nobody was there to wake up and the other neighbors moved in about a year ago. It went from zero kids to four in a hurry. I've seen those women stressed out and it just wasn't right to add to their frustrations. Their husbands are all bigger and younger than me. Plus, I kept envisioning that movie where Farah Faucett beat her sleeping husband with a broom stick. __________________

06-09-2013, 04:13 AM	#7
Can't_C_Me Don't Sleep on My V6 Drives: 2016 C7 1LT Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Oxford, GA Posts: 3,596 View My Garage	A option if you had a tune would of been to ask to have the high warm up idle deleted. This is only used to warm up the cats and the car will operate fine without it. Sent from Galaxy Note 8 __________________

06-09-2013, 09:01 AM	#9
J_Vibe92 Drives: 2013 Mustang 5.0 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 1,788	got any vids of the cut out __________________ Performance Mods: Vararam Intake, MRTv2.0 exhaust, Elite Engineering CC, Vmax Black Iceolator, Vmax Ported TB, OBX LT Headers w/ no CATS, LMR Tune Visual mods: Eagle Eyes w/5k hids, Custom Hood Spears, Heritage Grille, Stage 2 LED Dome lights,Transformer Emblems, PD Bezels, 19in Chevy rims with pirellis, Blue painted calipers, GM GFX Front Splitter, 35/20 % Tint, TailLight Tint(charcoal) 1/4 Mile: 13.65 sec @ 102.53 mph R.I.P.

06-08-2013, 11:21 PM	#5
chicagobulls one car wolfpack Drives: 2010 Camaro V6 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,226	Really I have straight pipes and my brother has an open engine on his car. No cats mufflers and resonators on his coupe turbo

06-09-2013, 08:17 AM	#8
DarkneSS Account Suspended Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS 6MT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Westchester, New York Posts: 3,715	This is why I've always loved the cut out route. You get the stock sound to keep neighbors happy and when you pull out of the block you can unleash the beast. Even the nicest mufflers for this car will never turn as many heads as cut outs. With my cut outs open most people I drive by turn their head.