I have a 3.4L V6 and was wndering what you guys recommend as far as exhaust systmes for my truck. i want kinda a mellow tone, but do not want to sound like those lil honda civic's.

Thanks,
chad

 

Hey Chad,

Welcome to the boards! Your first stop should be to visit Corey's Exhaust Page . There's sound clips from other members covering a few different brands of setups.

Personally, I have an 18" Magnaflow and I love it.

 

Check the exhaust comparison on Corey's Exhaust Page . Give 'em all alisten, its really hard to go wrong with these engines, they don't sound ricey at all. I have a copy of the Magnaflow called the Xcelerator, it sounds a lot like the Magnaflow, but also very similar to the Jardine system, and I've been really happy with it.

 

Dang Tom, you were a couple seconds faster than me! Seems like this always happens on these exhaust questions...

 

Haha, I noticed that too. I was just getting ready to make a similar 2nd post, until I saw yours come in. Should we go for best outta 3?

 

Nah, Ill let you have this one.

 

Thanks for all ya'lls help....i just dont want my truck to sound like a pissed off bumble bee.. What do ya'll think of the flowmaster?

Later,
Chad

 

Welcome to the boards! Do a search on this topic. You will find a ton of info.

Click on my sig for another exhaust idea. I should have my sound bytes up soon, as soon as Corey accepts QT

 

Chad-

Flowmasters sound pretty good on these engines. Keep in mind that the 40 series is louder than the 50 series. Both are nice though, just depends on what you are looking for. The best thing to do is to call some local shops and see what they are willing to do for you. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy the muffler you want and then have a shop install it for you. Summit Racing has great prices on flowmaster and dynomax mufflers. Remember that exhaust pipe is measured by inside diameter, and your truck should have 2 1/4 inch I.D. pipe. Search and read some old posts about this as it comes up a lot and there is a ton of info on here about peoples impressions of different exhausts. Let us know if you have any more Q's.

Cheers,

 

I bought a Flowmaster 60 series. From what the muffler shop told me, they are made for 4-6 cyl vehilces, and are designed to cut out the "raspy" high pitched sound.

I also didn't want it to resonate inside the cabin when I am on the freeway, so that's another reason why I got the 60 series. Mine has a very low tone (v8 like) and sounds great around the city, and I cannot hear it on the freeway at all!! IMHO it is the best of both worlds.

 

I too have the 18" magnaflow system.It is great you can hear it and not soo loud.I love the exhaust like many other magnaflow owners on the board

 

Ok, would someone please tell me what "IMHO" means? This has been bugging me for a long time. I never asked because I didnt want to look stupid. Now I dont care if I look stupid. :confused:

 

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

 

Ok good, I thought it might have been something derogatory.

Thank you!

 

I am running full 2.5" Cat free w/ the Flow Master. I only have the little 3.0 V6 in my '95 4Runner but it sounds great. I am sure the headers also help to ad to the sound.

 

Tom's (mertztr) 18" Magnaflow has just been added to the exhaust sound page.

Also I now have the size of each file after the description so you will know what size the file is.