Getting a deeper more powerful sounding exhaust note .

[Shayne]

I'm looking at Flowmaster silencers or mufflers as Americans call them . I don't think they sold the 90 series in the USA but they do offer mufflers for a 1996 Toyota Tacoma . The only measurement they state 2.25 which i assume is the diameter of pipe in pipe out it accepts .

Would this fit a 1996 swb 90 without to much trouble ?

 

[Chris]

From memory when I made Lil Blue's exhaust, the dia of the section was 2.25". I had to space it a little to fit 2.5" pipes on there.

Chris

 

[Shayne]

Cheers Chris i didn't want to contact them while being way off the mark is all .

 

[Shayne]

Flowmaster or Magnaflow ..... any opinions ?

 

[Euan McGilp]

Shayne,

Nearest equivalent vehicle in the US is (I think...) the 4Runner. Std was 2.5" OD (2.5" ID on Muffler) on exhaust pipe. WASP have Dodge Flowmasters in stock apparently: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flowmaste...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35c70a31f2. You will need the 'staggered' inlet/outlet to match (nearly) the original offset of your mid silencer - & maybe a length of extension pipe as the flowmaster should be shorter than stock Toyota (certainly on LWB - not sure on SWB).

Hope this is of use. Much cheaper alternative may be: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_t...&_nkw=turbo+muffler+2+1/2"&_sacat=0&_from=R40 6 choices here!

NB: Have used Thrush mufflers on 350 Chevy, 440 Chrysler & 350 Pontiac V8s & all sound good but not deafening drone on motorway.

Cheers,

Euan

 

[Shayne]

Thanks Euan i lent my truck to a mate today so i can't get under it to have a look or take any measurements the Thrush sounds good on google vids but its likely shipping will make it only slightly cheaper than magniflow which is stocked in Europe . Google vids also suggests to me magniflow sounds better than the flowmaster .

 

[Chas]

Why don't you have a word with Charlie at ProSpeed in Cardiff http://www.pro-speedexhausts.com/ he'll make one to sound just how you want it.

 

[Shayne]

Surely thats gonna cost Chas ? And i'm baffled how to explain the sound i want ........... erm .......... brum brum lol

I spoke too soon , just had a good look at thier website and its worth popping in before i order something from half a world away .

Thanks Chas

 

[Chas]

Surely thats gonna cost Chas ? And i'm baffled how to explain the sound i want ........... erm .......... brum brum lol

My 3" system, one big box, side exit in front of rear wheel, about three years ago cost £480 IIRC, maybe you could take a soundtrack of the sound you like so he could hear it.

EDIT.
Behind rear wheel not in front

 

[Shayne]

I'm not looking to wake the nieghbours i would just like are more distictive sound which suggests the truck has more power than it really has . The Mufflers i've been looking at would cost around a 100 quid .

 

[Chas]

Mine does have a nice tone, makes you boot it and open the window when you go through tunnels but a muffler for £100 sounds good to.

 

[Shayne]

Was the £480 for a full system ?

Theres nothing wrong with my exhaust , in fact its in good nick , i just can't help thinking my truck should sound as mean as it looks

 

[Chas]

Yes it was for the full system.

 

[Shayne]

Prospeed sounds promising then coz Magniflow want around £300 for cat converters , full system is prob £500 , so maybe prospeed can knock up a muffler for £100

 

[Chas]

Prospeed sounds promising then coz Magniflow want around £300 for cat converters , full system is prob £500 , so maybe prospeed can knock up a muffler for £100

Mine was for the diesel, no cats, Charlie makes his own mufflers and packs them according to what sound you want.

 

[fridayman]

Why not just cut out the big box altogether? I did this on my 2.5" system - it was significantly louder and sounded quite good when you gave it a boot full. My 3" system now has a very free flowing muffler (my wife can stick her arm through it) and it is much quieter than the 2.5" with only resonator.

 

[Chas]

When Charlie did mine I asked for it to be no louder than standard, it isn't but it has a lovely throaty sound.

 

[Shayne]

Why not just cut out the big box altogether? I did this on my 2.5" system - it was significantly louder and sounded quite good when you gave it a boot full. My 3" system now has a very free flowing muffler (my wife can stick her arm through it) and it is much quieter than the 2.5" with only resonator.

I considered removing the silencer but i'm inclined to think the resulting sound suggests you need your exhaust fixed rather than anything else . I wonder if i could get the packing out of my silencer thus turning it into an echo chamber instead . I like an exhaust to sound like the gases are under extreme pressure and a tuning shop somewhere has tried its very best to silence the roar without much success .

 

[Shayne]

Prospeed didn't even want to discuss a muffler it was 270 for a side exit rear end or 400 and something for the 3 inch full exhaust ........... TEMPTATION !

Damn if there was actually anything wrong with my standard exhaust it would be a no brainer but 400 quid to sound nice seems a bit extreme .

 

[Captainoversteer]

I've chopped the big centre box out of my 80 and replaced the tailpipe with a bit of 3" stainless pipe. Sounds fantastic,a bit louder than standard al.ost a v8 bellow when under load at WOT.