mblouir
I need a hobby.
After a long deliberation of possibilities I decided to upgrade my dual 40 series Flowmasters. They had a nice idle, but weren't loud enough on the throttle for me. Bought the truck used and the previous owner changed the stock setup to true duals (no crossover) with dual SI/SO 40s.
After deliberation I decided on:
Maggie high-flow cats
X-pipe crossover
Twin Dynomax Bullets
I couldn't have asked for a better setup. It's exactly what I wanted. The idle is just as deep (if not deeper than) the Flows. It's a more aggressive idle, too. The big difference is on the throttle. Man this baby is loud. Not obnoxiously redneck loud, but a beautiful, deep loud. Driving around it's quiet off the throttle, but if I decide to let someone know I'm there it doesn't take much.
I couldn't say more for the guys that installed it. They did everything I asked them to and more. I forgot to mention that I wanted the crossover as close to the cats as possible and the mufflers as far back as possible. They hooked me up anyway (I figured they'd know to do that stuff anyway). They did a fantastic weld job throughout. The only downside is I've yet to install the tips (painting them now) and they didn't leave enough clearance between the pipe and the bumper for 3.5" tips. I'm going back Monday to get it fixed and to raise a ruckus if they charge me. Cool guys, though, and I'll be recommending them to friends.
It's loud outside but amazingly quiet inside. I get just a little bit of drone around 1800-1900 RPMs going uphill, but that's it. It's perfect. I've gotta say, though, the videos don't do the sound justice. My Nikon D90 is the only thing I have that takes video at the moment, but the built-in microphone is crappy. It sounds 5x better in person.
Before:
After:
Drive-off (~3k rpms)
Drive-off and Drive-by (road's a loop so it takes a minute to come back by)
Cold start, no rev (didn't want to wake anyone)
Cold start, revs, short drive off, HIDs in your eyes
Inside ride-along, windows up, no music
Inside ride-along, windows up, no music (cont.)
Gotta add, too, this was before I got my tunes for my programmer. I had shipped it off for custom tunes so when I got the exhaust installed I had no programmer. It sounds even better now that I have the custom tunes on.
After deliberation I decided on:
Maggie high-flow cats
X-pipe crossover
Twin Dynomax Bullets
I couldn't have asked for a better setup. It's exactly what I wanted. The idle is just as deep (if not deeper than) the Flows. It's a more aggressive idle, too. The big difference is on the throttle. Man this baby is loud. Not obnoxiously redneck loud, but a beautiful, deep loud. Driving around it's quiet off the throttle, but if I decide to let someone know I'm there it doesn't take much.
I couldn't say more for the guys that installed it. They did everything I asked them to and more. I forgot to mention that I wanted the crossover as close to the cats as possible and the mufflers as far back as possible. They hooked me up anyway (I figured they'd know to do that stuff anyway). They did a fantastic weld job throughout. The only downside is I've yet to install the tips (painting them now) and they didn't leave enough clearance between the pipe and the bumper for 3.5" tips. I'm going back Monday to get it fixed and to raise a ruckus if they charge me. Cool guys, though, and I'll be recommending them to friends.
It's loud outside but amazingly quiet inside. I get just a little bit of drone around 1800-1900 RPMs going uphill, but that's it. It's perfect. I've gotta say, though, the videos don't do the sound justice. My Nikon D90 is the only thing I have that takes video at the moment, but the built-in microphone is crappy. It sounds 5x better in person.
Before:
After:
Drive-off (~3k rpms)
Drive-off and Drive-by (road's a loop so it takes a minute to come back by)
Cold start, no rev (didn't want to wake anyone)
Cold start, revs, short drive off, HIDs in your eyes
Inside ride-along, windows up, no music
Inside ride-along, windows up, no music (cont.)
Gotta add, too, this was before I got my tunes for my programmer. I had shipped it off for custom tunes so when I got the exhaust installed I had no programmer. It sounds even better now that I have the custom tunes on.
