Hi guys i am new to the club and am really sorry for starting another exhaust thread but I'm stuck!
I've gone through most of the available threads and visited exhaust shops but still can't decide. I own a TL ES sedan and want to change the rear muffler, besides performance gains I want loud and proud but definitly not a canon. I was thinking magnaflow race series (see pic), are they loud? If possible what sorta dB levels are they? Thanks.

ive got a cannon it looks nice and sounds great...... i highly recomend one.... ps if u get the cheap crap they sound and look crapppy! get one with heaps of insulation and muffling material these are usually very wide and longer in appearance!

Yea i know what you mean, but canon i definitly don't want cos i don't want to cut into my rear bumper and i don't think it will suit.

well this is what i did.... i placed my cannon on an angle

What size canon is that...5" ? How loud is it, ever been measured?

my magnaflow race series muffler goes on tomorrow morning so ill let ya know then lol i used to have a cannon on and as verada said they do sounds awesome if u get a decent one.

Excellent I can't wait to see what you say about sound, it would be great if you could post a recording! Go to this link and click on clip 1, this is what I would love mine to sound like even though I don't have a 3.8 engine...its from a new eclipse.

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd.asp?zone=Sport&id=1083

my cannon is a 2.5inch inlet and 4inch tip.... so its a 4inch cannon dude!

i havent measured it but it sounds like an f1 car wen it goes over 4.5grand frickin amazing... but mine is the 3.5litre... and u need to keep the stock piping and resonator for the good sound. as soon as u go changing the piping and removing crap.. ive found this in previous cars that they sound realy terrible

So if i did go for a canon what brand do you suggest, so that I don;t end up with a cheap and nasty. Magnaflow? X-force?

i got mine from autobarn. in queensland u can usually tell by the price not the brand. just and make sureits a fat chunky type! no a skinny type. the fatter they r the crisper and better quality the note is!

Oh ok, well my girls uncle owns car toys in south aust he said something about xforce, magnaflow being good and high quality mufflers. I should get them for close to cost price which is handy!

NoFx your inbox is full, would you be interested in selling your old vrx muffler to me? I'll pay the freight. Pm me and let me know, thanks.

By the way NoFx, if you could tell me the part number or attach a pic of the muffler you're getting that would be awesome.

just grabbed it, its a street series one, part number 14832.

This one? Now im even more on edge to know how loud and what sound it will make cos the race version is supposedly louder.

yep thats the one, the exhaust i had on before was incrediable loud, way too loud, sounded awesome but yeah i got sick of it after a few months. is your car auto or manual? auto's tend to drone if ur exhaust aint set up right so take that into account aswell.

Yea its tip-tronic, but im sure the boys down at exhaust techniques should do a good job. A guy i know had his R34 system done there, so if he could trust them with his very expensive import than I think I can do the same.

yeah mines tip tronic too and aint droney so should be sweet, well ill post up morrow with pics hopefully and ill try work out a sound file lol

Sounds sweet, too bad most shops don't carry dB meters cos id love to have it in writing. What is considered loud anyways? I had an mx6 with cat back and straight through oval muffler which everybody raved about, friends knew I was coming over cos they could hear the car a mile away! Wish I would have got it measured so I could compare.

I've got a twin cannon muffler that I just bought off eBay, and it sounds and looks awsome. I was in doubt about how it would sound before I got it put on, but once it was on and I heard it for the first time... Loved it and still do! I might take some pictures/sound clips of it tomorrow depending on the time I have to do so.

If you can do that for sure bro, id love to know the potential sound my car could make.

I've got one of those cheap cannons that i got from REPCO for $100, my cars is a 3.5l and and car sounds like a r33 skyline when i get up it.

Wow! What size canon is it? You should post some pics and sounds if you get time.

Pics and sounds in one! (Really only because I couldnt find an easy way to get a sound clip)

http://www.lordshaper.com/albums/l337/P1000356.mov

Holy sh%t it really does sound like a skyline. I think anybody who has seen this clip might agree FULLY SIK BRO! Did you fit it yourself, cos it looks really flush and pro?

Hi guys,
Here is my car with 2 twin magnaflow mufflers

Sweet as, i love em makes me want to do a double now! What type of setup have you got running and also do you have any sound files? Thanks.

At the moment it is doing 125db. This means that if you are if the back seat, be prepared to get a huge headache. I will get a sound file when I find the digital recorder.

Jesus thats loud! What is 92db like, is it loud or not too loud cos when i put the single magnaflow on the guy said that is the range it will be at

90 is the legal db range. When I first got the whole installation done if peaked at about 142db. (150 Breaks glass) If ever you would go for mufflers always go for magnaflow. If done right they sound just like a V8.

Nah, I didnt do it myself, I just got it fitted down the local muffler place. I'm really happy with the job they've done on it, and it was only $90.

Yea i've heard that 90 is the legal db range, but what are your opinions...is it loud? The exhaust specialist reckons its more than loud enough, i know by putting a canon on it will push it over. I want to push it over but prefer a non-canon muffler so I have a stock look but definitely not stock sound.

Hey THUGDOUT, are you still running the supercat twin pipes? Are they loud, legal etc?

With the setup like I have you will not have any trouble by the police, no matter how loud it is. My whole installation included the pacemaker extractors, comes to a total of $2000. It is turbo ready.

With the setup like I have you will not have any trouble by the police, no matter how loud it is. My whole installation included the pacemaker extractors, comes to a total of $2000. It is turbo ready.

Erm... No its not... If you add a front mount turbo you have to get rid of the extractors in favor of custom made ones. If you add a rear mount turbo you get rid of your muffler... either way you have to change your set up :D

i love turbo motors. as the turbo itself acts a muffler, you can run a very minimal system and keep it (reletivly) legal. often a cannon is all thats needed