[djpelosi]

The best and cheapest exhaust mod you can do for a V8 is a muffler/resonator delete. It costs roughly $80 at an exhaust shop, and usually sounds better/louder than a $500 axleback. For what a good name brand axleback costs, you could find yourself a good pair of used headers or even new if you get TSP/OBX.

I myself run 2" Longtubes with no cats, no resonators and no mufflers and love the sound. Get compliments all the time, and it's not really as loud as you would think at cruise or idle either (except at WOT... then it's ear shattering from people next to me have said lol).