Best exhaust set up with headers?

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by MrRaspberryJam

As some of you may recall I made a recent post about installing long tubes with a completely straight piped system and how it came out incredibly and obnoxiously loud. Well, I've now installed hi flow cats along with a magnaflow tru x-pipe and honestly now it's too quiet!!! I really don't mean to complain but i just want this to come out how I want it! What's everybody's recommendation as far as having a nice throaty muscle car roar with a loud but comfortable sound level? I'm thinking of just trying it without the x-pipe

My current set up:

SW long tubes
SW hi flow cats
Magnaflow resonated x-pipe (PN 11386)
K&N CAI

Thank you guys so much!

So you are now without mufflers? And im thinking your resonated xpipe is not a tru x. I would think your set up would be plenty loud is your muffler delete now. Im getting that exact resonator installed tomorrow. Do you have a vid of your current setup?

[MrRaspberryJam]

Originally Posted by 2010reddevil

Removing the x-pipe will hurt your exhaust performance and it will sound like shit. At least use an h-pipe.

What's the difference?

[MrRaspberryJam]

Originally Posted by JusticePete

Our clients are big fans of the BORLA system, headers to ATAK. ARH is outstanding quality. If you can go catless Holley Hooker Blackheart is nasty.

So if I used the atak system how would that make it louder? Would I have to take the cats off and just use the atak mufflers?

[MrRaspberryJam]

Originally Posted by rontammy0

So you are now without mufflers? And im thinking your resonated xpipe is not a tru x. I would think your set up would be plenty loud is your muffler delete now. Im getting that exact resonator installed tomorrow. Do you have a vid of your current setup?

I don't have a video yet but I can make one tomorrow morning. That's what I was thinking too but it's honestly the same sound level as stock

[BRN2SPD]

Originally Posted by MrRaspberryJam

So if I used the atak system how would that make it louder? Would I have to take the cats off and just use the atak mufflers?

I have the Atak, resonator delete, and the Longtube SW headers which are uncatted. Loud (good kind of loud) is an understatement. I highly encourage you to consider my setup. 427rwhp after the tune. No performance was sacrificed at all. Only thing I haven't tried is installing an x pipe

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by BRN2SPD

I have the Atak, resonator delete, and the Longtube SW headers which are uncatted. Loud (good kind of loud) is an understatement. I highly encourage you to consider my setup. 427rwhp after the tune. No performance was sacrificed at all. Only thing I haven't tried is installing an x pipe

Well the resonated xpipe is on...and it did tone it down volume wise for sure. But compared to the loud raspy high pitched sound I had before I'm ok with it. My car has a smooth low tone . I have a vid so I'll post it later on when I get home.....I can auctually hear the tires squell under hard acceleration now ....weird haha

[Redtail]

Originally Posted by MrRaspberryJam

What kind of headers do you have?

TSP

[2010reddevil]

Originally Posted by MrRaspberryJam

What's the difference?

Because ALL cross plane V8 engines benefit from a crossover, especially an x-pipe. This is a well established fact.

[MrRaspberryJam]

Originally Posted by BRN2SPD

I have the Atak, resonator delete, and the Longtube SW headers which are uncatted. Loud (good kind of loud) is an understatement. I highly encourage you to consider my setup. 427rwhp after the tune. No performance was sacrificed at all. Only thing I haven't tried is installing an x pipe

Do you have a video you could send me? That's a set up one actually been considering but I would like to hear it. Do you have the axle back or catback? I like it loud but not to the point where you can't have a conversation with the person next to you

[MrRaspberryJam]

Originally Posted by 2010reddevil

Because ALL cross plane V8 engines benefit from a crossover, especially an x-pipe. This is a well established fact.

I know it sounds stupid but right now I'm focused more on sound than performance. What's gonna be replacing it IS an x pipe it'll just be custom and completely straight through with no chambers or resonators

[Magna_Flow]

Originally Posted by MrRaspberryJam

I know it sounds stupid but right now I'm focused more on sound than performance. What's gonna be replacing it IS an x pipe it'll just be custom and completely straight through with no chambers or resonators

Another thing to consider is the tone difference when you switch. Unresonated X pipes are notoriously raspy, especially with LTH's. Not that its a bad thing, but is not always the sound some people are aiming for.

[BRN2SPD]

Originally Posted by MrRaspberryJam

Do you have a video you could send me? That's a set up one actually been considering but I would like to hear it. Do you have the axle back or catback? I like it loud but not to the point where you can't have a conversation with the person next to you

PM me your number and I'll send you a couple videos. I'd post it here but idk how to

[NSM1010]

I know this discussion was a while ago, but anyone got LTs with a resonator delete? Ive got a res. delete and thinking about long tubes. Gonna be a good sound or no...