diskfunktional
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I've NEVER heard those words come from somebody describing a Civics exhaust. Be it turbo'd, cammed, or stock. Not beating on you 1LoudLS just saying.
Cherry bombs
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I've NEVER heard those words come from somebody describing a Civics exhaust. Be it turbo'd, cammed, or stock. Not beating on you 1LoudLS just saying.
1LoudLS
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and 241ci is much smaller that 302ci (which is still small) which is much smaller than 350ci which is much smaller than any big block (which is where the term muscle car came from) so i dont think i was wrong in calling it a very very small V8
i'm not complaining about the engine (this time) or how the exhaust sounds (with a proper exhaust system) however saying that a LS sounds like a muscle car is completely misleading, and my main point is that straight through mufflers like C bombs and rice cannons are not "proper exhaust systems"
i do like how my car sounds with good mufflers and no factory resonators, but i'm not lying to myself about what it sounds like.
diskfunktional
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to the OP i would suggest looking more into the cherry bomb chambered mufflers if it cheap that you want. it will sound better than glass packs and not be deafening.
http://www.cherrybomb.com/products/turbo
http://www.cherrybomb.com/products/turbo
05 LS8
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And, i agree.
I'd just look at an x-pipe and a decent resonator/muffler. I wouldn't mind having more tone at 50%+ throttle and enjoy the somewhat mellow exhaust growl it has under acceleration. But I agree that the 3.9 V8 doesn't have enough mechanically to make that low rumbly tone when people think muscle car.
Tone is all a factor of exhaust pulse pressure, exhaust volume (cfm), and how you modify them down the pipe. This is why a civic will never sound like a 3.9L, and why a 3.9L will never sound like a 454. Can you make them sound similar at some point? Sure, if you try hard enough and accept degraded tuning, anything is possible.
I would think of the cylinder/piston like speaker cones. Say you have a 8", 10", and 12" speaker. If you take your finger and flick each cone, you get a different sound for each one. The act of flicking the cone would be like the exhaust valve opening in the head. That's the initial event that starts the whole thing.
Now, you can modify those tones by use of boxes, baffling, porting, bandpass, etc etc. And sure, you can find a point at which they over-lap some, but for the most part they will sound different. This is because each one produces a different amount of air displacement at different pressure levels.
So, that's my explanation.
Tone is all a factor of exhaust pulse pressure, exhaust volume (cfm), and how you modify them down the pipe. This is why a civic will never sound like a 3.9L, and why a 3.9L will never sound like a 454. Can you make them sound similar at some point? Sure, if you try hard enough and accept degraded tuning, anything is possible.
I would think of the cylinder/piston like speaker cones. Say you have a 8", 10", and 12" speaker. If you take your finger and flick each cone, you get a different sound for each one. The act of flicking the cone would be like the exhaust valve opening in the head. That's the initial event that starts the whole thing.
Now, you can modify those tones by use of boxes, baffling, porting, bandpass, etc etc. And sure, you can find a point at which they over-lap some, but for the most part they will sound different. This is because each one produces a different amount of air displacement at different pressure levels.
So, that's my explanation.
All this bickering. Glass packs aren't rice, they are Hill Billy! They belong on Chevy Custom Deluxes like all the ones I hear down here in Alabama.
Any muffler you put on this car is going to be tame compared to the popular V8s and sounds like a European V6 just different notes from manufacturer to manufacturer. Use one of those cheap :q:q:q:q cans or glass packs and cherry bombs and it will sound like its full of metal being ground up at a trillion RPM's. Do a search, it sounds like :q:q:q:q.
Any muffler you put on this car is going to be tame compared to the popular V8s and sounds like a European V6 just different notes from manufacturer to manufacturer. Use one of those cheap :q:q:q:q cans or glass packs and cherry bombs and it will sound like its full of metal being ground up at a trillion RPM's. Do a search, it sounds like :q:q:q:q.
I have cherry bombs on this:
See, now why would someone wanna put something that belongs on that on a LS?
diskfunktional
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Looks like you need a new roof I could give you a real good price on that
I could give you a real good price on that
1LoudLS
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some how im not surprised that the paint job cost about the same as the exhaust job.ROFL
diskfunktional
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Gun rack in the rear window will score you some major redneck points
skizot722
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I bet we could get a mullet fund going here at LVC. But it has to be the real deal; Kentucky Waterfall.
bearsfan39
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oh oh oh, don't forget a cb radio and some big ole antennas
Noooooo, go for a Skullet! It's the new Mullet evolution!
It would probably sound a lot like my 4.0L V6 ranger with a glasspack. Basically it sounds like like a rice cannon civic only deeper. I like the sound though so w/e. At idle and low rpm's it's somewhat rumbly. Rev it up and you get that blaaaahhhhblaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh sound.
If you want 'less ricey' sound I'd recommend removing the resonators, putting a 2 in 2 out magnaflow where they went and then removing the rear mufflers and running straight pipes out the back. Should sound good and mean.
If you want 'less ricey' sound I'd recommend removing the resonators, putting a 2 in 2 out magnaflow where they went and then removing the rear mufflers and running straight pipes out the back. Should sound good and mean.
1LoudLS
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i would actually think that the 4.0 would sound better than the 3.9 because of the larger pistons would give it a deeper tone
1LoudLS
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to get much more redneck, you would have to live in a matching trailer.lol