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resonators/cats on x-pipe to muffle rasp? HELP!

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Well, when I first bought my '99 GT in Sept., the first mod was an x-pipe...fine - sounds great (on its own), and noticable power bump....then I welded some Flow 2s on and WHOA - MUCH louder than I wanted, though it did sound nice...just too damn 'big'!? Soooo, I took the x off and kept the Flows, as they're welded in and I didn't want to start from scratch - ie new straight thru mufflers, etc....my question is, I love the power gain from the x but I need a little more peace, especially cruising on the highway...the drone! What I'm thinking of doing is getting either 2 resonators welded in either near the mufflers end or the headers, whichever is more practical, or 2 generic/basic cats....will this significantly lower the overall volume when put back in or should I just forego the x if it's too much?? If the stock exhaust were a 4 in noise levels, a 6 with the x only and a 9 with the x and Flows, where would this alteration put the noise level on a 1 - 10 scale?? Any help or experience alterring these pipes is MUCH appreciated. Todd
 
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todzilla said:
Well, when I first bought my '99 GT in Sept., the first mod was an x-pipe...fine - sounds great (on its own), and noticable power bump....then I welded some Flow 2s on and WHOA - MUCH louder than I wanted, though it did sound nice...just too damn 'big'!? Soooo, I took the x off and kept the Flows, as they're welded in and I didn't want to start from scratch - ie new straight thru mufflers, etc....my question is, I love the power gain from the x but I need a little more peace, especially cruising on the highway...the drone! What I'm thinking of doing is getting either 2 resonators welded in either near the mufflers end or the headers, whichever is more practical, or 2 generic/basic cats....will this significantly lower the overall volume when put back in or should I just forego the x if it's too much?? If the stock exhaust were a 4 in noise levels, a 6 with the x only and a 9 with the x and Flows, where would this alteration put the noise level on a 1 - 10 scale?? Any help or experience alterring these pipes is MUCH appreciated. Todd
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If its too loud for your taste , weld some cats on the X and it will tone it down
 

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why don't run run a differnt set of flows. I see the point about cats but they are not free. then there is the pain of installing them. I would just change out you mufflers. that is my .02. you will be able to sell your flows. just get some 50 series flows and put a nice cut on the 2 chamber flows and off them on ebay. I think the cost of this would be the most minimal.
 

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I'm gonna price out some cats versus new mufflers, taking into account the labor rates for the re and reing and then decide if this is feasible...to get 2 new mufflers installed will most likely be in the $300 range so I'm not super happy with that idea...I think 2 cats or resonators wouldn't be too cheap but it's gotta be less than 3 bills!! We'll see. Thanx for replies and advice. Todd
 
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