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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 08:52 PM
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Quick Exhaust question

I tried searching so i thought id ask. I have a cherry bomb glasspack inlet and outlet are 2.5 (i believe). How would this sound on my 3.0? And is the 2.5inch piping good? Any ideas are helpful! Ive done alot of exhaust stuff on truck before but figured id ask before i tested.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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2.5 is more than your truck needs.
will likely sound quite loud with c'bombs, and probably nothing like you expect.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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When you say more then my truck needs you mean to much? And ill prob leave the cat on. I want sound but not overly done sounds. But i can also get some flowmasters..
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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i would go with the flowmaster and get 2.25" pipe and you will be good!
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:41 PM
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aight so 2.25 all around. Should i ditch the cat with the flowmaster or keep it?
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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Cut the muffler out, leave the cat, straight pipe, sounds similar to a Jardine exhaust on a 3.4 Tacoma.. OR cut the cat, put the glasspack about a foot behind where the cat was and 2.25" pipe all the way out, if you don't do either one of those your wasting money and buying into the whole flowmaster=horsepower mentality, so go ahead and enjoy the hollow sound of a coffee can that flowmasters produce. It will NOT sound like a V8 it will sound like crap.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Trustyrusty
It will NOT sound like a V8 it will sound like crap.
so does a straight pipe on a v6.

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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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Actually it sounds good.. My sisters is straight piped and it sounds very similar to the Jardine Cat-Back on my Tacoma.. Its just a gurgling sound, flowmasters sound hollow and ricey as hell on anything but a V8, and even then they sound like crap.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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i got a cherry bomb on my truck, its a little 2.4 and everyone said it would sound gay,but to everyones surprise everyone likes how it sounds. its got a nice idleing slight reving sound, but when u floor it, it lets everyone around u know u are lol. i definatly like the sound of my truck, o ya the longer the c bomb the quieter it will be id try to get the longest one and itll still be pretty loud, but in a good way, and dont go to big on the piping u neeed torque, i made that mistake.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Wonder how loud it'd be with no cat and a 12" glasspack.. Hehehe... I was thinking about straight piping my truck a while back..
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Actually it sounds good.. My sisters is straight piped and it sounds very similar to the Jardine Cat-Back on my Tacoma.. Its just a gurgling sound, flowmasters sound hollow and ricey as hell on anything but a V8, and even then they sound like crap.
i guess i have to respectfully disagree. I think the only way to get a nice note out of anything less than a v8 is to have a nice muffler. straights sound mean and loud on v8's, but on a v6 or 4cly sounds like a lawnmower.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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Look into spindle-tech.....
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:35 PM
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=3bGD8leO3zc

Kinda a okay video, you can kinda here how the glasspack sounds. I don't have my own (working) video camera, so I take what I can get...

Anyways, I like the way it sounds
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Trustyrusty
Cut the muffler out, leave the cat, straight pipe, sounds similar to a Jardine exhaust on a 3.4 Tacoma.. OR cut the cat, put the glasspack about a foot behind where the cat was and 2.25" pipe all the way out, if you don't do either one of those your wasting money and buying into the whole flowmaster=horsepower mentality, so go ahead and enjoy the hollow sound of a coffee can that flowmasters produce. It will NOT sound like a V8 it will sound like crap.
Ok i didnt say im looking for hp out of an exhaust on a 3.0. I made a chevy 2.2L 4cyl sound like the 4.3-5.3L motor so im sure i can work something out. Im just going to have to look at glass pack of flowmaster or such mufflers. And a straight pipe on a 4cyl, unless it has a turbo, will more then likely sound like crap. but there are a very small excepts. And that vid doesnt sound to bad. I just need to look into exhaust because i think i have a hole in it and trying to find why it baffles/ holds back some power while going and some jerking.

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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Its quite loud though. I set car alarms off if I really giver
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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Leave the cat on. They help a TON in cleaning up the emissions from our vehicles. EGR's and Cats. And in many states (and all Canada) it's illegal to run with no cat if it came with one.

And don't anybody chime in about how they hollowed out their cat. Congratulations - you just made 1 extra HP and increased your pollution 10x.

As for the muffler, I never liked glasspacks. Tried 'em on a few cars, never really "had it". Flowmasters sound pretty decent, 2½" in and dual's out.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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yea id go flowmaster 40 series with no cat. 2.25 out. I had a cherry bomb and it sounded ok but I like a little more low tone than loud. Go With The FLOW
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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I like the low for the truck i have my autocross honda for the loud lol. As far as the cat goes im in florida and they dont have emissions here, and for all i know it could be causing my prob but idk lol
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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My exhaust broke off just aft of the cat on my 3.0.

It was loud and sounded stupid.
Not loud and cool.
Not reasonable and cool.
Not quiet and boring like everyone else's.

It was loud and didn't sound like I had a big engine, it sounded like it is, a small engine not revved high, and annoyingly loud.

BTW, welding exhaust sucks.
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