Race bullet muffler users

[281pony]

im looking to get some "quieter" mufflers then my flowmaster 2 chambers.

im looking at the race bullets after reading alot of positive feedback. i have a couple questions. is part #289-24215 the right number? 2.5" inlet/outlet, 16.5" length?

how do you guys mount them? do you even put a hanger on them? ive never bought mufflers before, so do they need to be taken in and have extensions and hangers welded on or what?

if anyone has a first hand comparison between 2 chamber and these mufflers sound i would appreciate it also. im looking to go from basically abnoxious loud to just a nice sound. be able to hear my cam at idle and hear it nicely as the throttle opens. if not the race bullets, then magnaflow.

331 stroker, 1 5/8" bbk headers, 2.5" o/r h-pipe. thanks

 

[jaidedeye]

i have the 2.5 inch ones and they sound great. kinda quiet at first. but after a couple of weeks of breaking them in...WOW. nice and mellow but throaty when cruising. but when you nail it, they come alive.....awsome choice and great choice in my book. might wanna consider either the 2.5 or 3 inch.

as far as mounting goes, well the muffler shop had to do some minor pipe bending and stuff. not too bad. cost me 50 bucks to have both installed..

 

[281pony]

thanks for the input.

i think ill probably get a set, you have a 302 still right? i know strokers naturally get a deeper type sound, so im hoping it will be about perfect for me.

they welded on extensions then or did you buy those flowtubes with it and they bent them to fit? im confused as to how you recieve the mufflers.

do they have hangers from the box? do they have the extensions to reach the mid-pipe?

 

[jaidedeye]

your car will sound really awsome with them.

they just welded exrensions on the ends of the new mufflers. seens how they are a straight through design, they have to install them at an agle, wich to me is good because there will be more ground clearance.....the mufflers dont come with hangers, no biggie though because they are light enough that the really dont need them

id get under my car and take a digi pic of them but we got damn snow last night and even though mt car is in the carport the snow got all over it..

 

[rubberneck]

i have 2.5 dia 16 1/2 inch race bullets. they arent any louder than flowmaster 2chambers at cruise below 3500. when you stand on the gas though, they are outragously loud and sound awesome. i bought brand new flow tubes and chrome tail pipes. these are too loud with turndowns.

 

[281pony]

looks good, thanks for the pics.

the 70 dollars cheaper per muffler then 3 chambers and magnaflows should make up for having the extensions welded on.

i think ill try them out. how much do you think they weigh a piece? ill probably get a hanger reguardless, just curious, my flowmasters are probably close to 15-20 a piece.

 

[rubberneck]

they are very light, for a muffler

 

[Look Its Aaron]

I went from 2 chambers to the race bullets and honestly if you are looking for quieter don't go with the bullets. They are alomost as loud as a 2 chamber.

 

[jaidedeye]

they are quieter just crusing around.....the drone was cut in half in my car......flowmater muffs are garbage IMO

 

[txplayboy001]

Go with the 18"

 

[UnderPressureGT]

I went from 2 chambers to the race bullets and honestly if you are looking for quieter don't go with the bullets. They are alomost as loud as a 2 chamber.

yep im with what dipshyt said!! lol

if u want quieter i wouldnt do it!! the drone for me is almost unbearable.. they vibrate the whoel car and are intensely loud!!! i probably have the loudest car in town.. if you guys dont believe these are loud, you could call my mother up and ask her.. she has to go to the hospital because her hearing severely got worse after she got in my car.

Here is my car ont he dyno... theres no way you can tell me these are quiet mufflers lol.... http://www.joesboostedstang.com/files/Dynorun.MOV

 

[1991GreeNLX]

yeah i also have DYNOMAX R-B got em from jegs.Shopped arounr the best price.Extensions yeah youll need them they sound OK to me not to loud maybe its cuz i havent heard them from outside. I should let someone take around the block to really hear them.

 

[SM0k3]

I went from 2 chambers to the race bullets and honestly if you are looking for quieter don't go with the bullets. They are alomost as loud as a 2 chamber.

lol yea thanks to your car i think im sold on those mufflers your car sounds effing sweet!

 

[281pony]

well this is my situation with the noise, the term quiet is hard to put. most people think i want a damn stock sound, NO that is not what i want. i still want it far from stock.

i went from my old engine. i went to a 306, edelbrock heads/intake, comp cam (282 at the time), and thats the only things i changed. my idle sounded like 2500 rpm's before. people 5 houses down the street were walking over to see what the hell it was

i only drove it once before the thing was found screwed up, but it was even worse driving. it was just obnoxiously loud at any rpm. i want it toned down just a little bit. especially since im going up to a 331 now, and out of the two strokers ive seen idle, it will be much louder.

race bullets are quieter in the car? outside the car? like i said, i have bbk 1 5/8" headers, and an offroad h-pipe. i know an h-pipe has that deeper sound, so im thinking of going with an x-pipe as well.

just want it a little quieter, before my car could be heard 3-4 blocks away by many people. i want to go back to that, now its probably twice as bad, before my 331 has even run

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Damn this might be the first thread i've ever read where "race bullets" and "quiet" were used in the same sentence without "ARE NOT" inbetween them. I'd say a lot of it has to do with whether or not you're running dumps or not. I know they're super loud with dumps, but could sound much quieter with tail pipe, i've just never seen anyone use tails with'em.

I just dumped my MACs and it sounds incredible...rumbles the windows at every house i go to, and sometimes sets up alarms just starting it up...lol I don't mind being obnoxious with my 'stang because i dont drive it that often.

 

[281pony]

ive read nothing except that race bullets are quieter mufflers then a flowmaster by quite abit. maybe i got them mixed up somehow?

i had a set of mac's on my car when i got it, and they were damn loud. i think almost louder then my flowmasters, but not at idle. ive also thought of just switching back to my mac mufflers and giving my cousin back the flowmasters like it was originally.

i have dumps, no turndowns, no tailpipes, just open exit muffler. might have to try the mac's before the race bullets if its true they arent quieter. damn i hate exhaust. wether its putting it on or trying to decide on it.

 

[jaidedeye]

if you go with 3 inch bullets they will be loud, if you go with 2.5 inch they arent really loud when cruising....