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Exhaust droooooooooooooooooooooooone!

Ok guys I'm currently running 2.5 inch pipe with cats and mac prochambers and the drone at 40mph and 55-67mph is excrucitating! what I'm wondering is what kind of setup I need to run in order to eliminate drone.

Do I either need to buck up and buy a bunch of sound deadening or do you know of any type of ler that has little to no drone.
1987 Tbird 5.0 swap, go fast mods coming soon....

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Reply #1
First did you remove your sound deadener? Second what lers are you running? I ran my without a ler just cats, and it droned, but not as bad as I thought. I have a magnaflow on and it quieted the car so much, but its really really deep. Everyone seems to put Flowmaster on 5.0s, and personally these Magnaflows are awesome and distinct. Just depends on what specific sound you want, and what your are going to run as far as the whole system goes.
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2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

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Reply #2
Do you have tail pipes?If not,install some.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #3
I have bad drone since upgrading to 2 1/2" all the way back. Got no answers for ya...
11.96 @ 118 MPH old 306 KB; 428W coming soon.

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Reply #4
Exhaust from front to back:

Bkk shorty headers into a mac h-pipe with cats then into mac prochambers which exit through tailpipes that extend past the bumper.
1987 Tbird 5.0 swap, go fast mods coming soon....

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Reply #5
I wonder if wrapping the lers and h pipe in thick header wrap would help?
One 88

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Reply #6
Personally I'm looking for something that doesn't drone those are my only requirements.
1987 Tbird 5.0 swap, go fast mods coming soon....

 

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Reply #7
drone comes with v8's
theres your answer
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Reply #8
Dynomax Super Turbo's.
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Reply #9
Quote from: nirvanagod;171223
Dynomax Super Turbo's.


droned for me too...
11.96 @ 118 MPH old 306 KB; 428W coming soon.

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Reply #10
A MAC prochamber is just Mac's version of the "H-Pipe". With a little chamber replacing the crossover pipe. If you are only running that then you need some lers yo.
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Reply #11
Maybe a nonchambered straight thru ler?
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
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Reply #12
Flowtech Afterburners aren't bad (that's what I use).
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #13
this might sound silly, but try putting some higher(numerically) gears in the rear. "droning" usually occurs at a low rpm(1200-1800).
1979 Ford Fairmont
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Reply #14
Quote from: bhazard;171266
Maybe a nonchambered straight thru ler?


this would work, too. my truck had a glasspack on it, when i bought it, and it was quieter at cruising rpms, than the flowmaster i replaced it with.
1979 Ford Fairmont
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