Muffler Delete Question

[Boozefighter115]

I'm in SoCal, shop here will do muffler delete , and reuse your tips for $150, I did it... wasent that crazy bout the sound , had him put in flowmasters ... out the door I was $340.... and he threw in a t-shirt ��

[SSTessa]

Originally Posted by actor2120

Is it so loud that it would piss off my neighbors?

I have a 2011 SS LS3...just did a resonator & muffler delete 2 days ago. It sounds absolutely amazing. I'd be lying if I didn't say I was more impressed than I thought I would be. It's not too loud and there really isn't much drone. I will note that there does seem to be a power/torque loss though...anywhere between 2-2.5k and 3k. But after about 3500rpm it still seems very fast.

[MrChrisLS3]

Originally Posted by actor2120

Okay, I'll admit the reason I asked is because I went to a shop today and asked for a muffler delete. They deleted the back 2 mufflers and replaced the center car muffler with a Magnaflow muffler. It cost me about $500, and I honestly can't even tell much of a difference. Idling is still practically silent. Does anyone have any idea why?

Sounds like you have the same set up I have. The Magnaflow muffler is what folks here refer to as a resonated x-pipe, which is a fancy term for "muffler with an x-pipe in it". The purpose/effect of this is to eliminate drone and resonance in the cabin.

At first, I thought the same thing, it doesn't sound any different, but it is. Stand outside the car and have someone rev it a few times. It also seemed to me that after some time, it opened up a bit. Had it at the dealer today, and the porter gave it a couple of easy revs, yes, there's a difference for sure.

I went with this because I had the same set up on a '96 Vette. I'm conviced it's the way to go unless you are looking for that raspy wake the dead sound...not that that is a bad thing, just not my thing.

[Ramtruck04]

I had my mufflers deleted on my l99 cost$100 went back 2 weeks later and had cats gutted cost $60 sounds great just riding around town but on interstate sounds like some of y'all were saying electronics cutting off and on really annoying so I was wondering about the mid muffler or get a tune? Planning on long tubes as soon as tax money gets here

[InFiD3ViL]

Originally Posted by Ramtruck04

I had my mufflers deleted on my l99 cost$100 went back 2 weeks later and had cats gutted cost $60 sounds great just riding around town but on interstate sounds like some of y'all were saying electronics cutting off and on really annoying so I was wondering about the mid muffler or get a tune? Planning on long tubes as soon as tax money gets here

Well you are going to need a tune for the long tubes anyway (To disable rear O2s), so I would wait it out.

Just understand that with gutted cats, muffler delete, and longtubes...it is going to be incredibly loud. I did the exact same thing. I rode around with it like that for a few weeks, as under load it sounded freaking amazing. Like Nascar amazing, but it wore me down and was a bit too raspy for my tastes.

A lot of people install mufflers again at this point, but some love it like that.

[4T9erSS]

Will a tune be needed if going from hi flo to catless?

[Juiced1]

Originally Posted by 4T9erSS

Will a tune be needed if going from hi flo to catless?

Probably not, as long as the rear o2s are turned off you should be fine.

[Juiced1]

Originally Posted by Ramtruck04

I had my mufflers deleted on my l99 cost$100 went back 2 weeks later and had cats gutted cost $60 sounds great just riding around town but on interstate sounds like some of y'all were saying electronics cutting off and on really annoying so I was wondering about the mid muffler or get a tune? Planning on long tubes as soon as tax money gets here

Wait till you get the headers one before you tune like mentioned above.

[4T9erSS]

Originally Posted by Juiced1

Probably not, as long as the rear o2s are turned off you should be fine.