Originally Posted by Cyril Baldwin
You have to allow a break in period ( around 500 miles ) with the Magnaflow for the sound insulation to settle and a much better sound to the low end. I think there's an installation flaw with drunkiq why his Magnaflow is acting up like that or he should have been patient to break the muffler in. I bet drunkiq will also dump Borla if he judges the sound after it's being installed.
Plus, it only cost 60 bucks or a can of snuff to have a $100+ muffler installed and not as what drunkiq quoted.
As for me, I have to turn off the radio just to listen to the muffler sound when I'm accelerating...and that's fun for me
. When you're accelerating from 70 and up...the sound is not as audible anymore.
Right now, I'm happy with what I have ( and the rest of the Magnaflow'ers ) and even decided not to replace it with Borla muffler ( unless it comes with a catback plus more HP ) anymore. That's what counts and I feel sorry for drunkiq that he didn't get his ear's desire
It cost about $250 total for the muffler and to install the magnaflow and to reverse the whole process.
No there was not a problem with installation. It was perfect. He even measured ever part of how the tips where setup and got them right. Even the people at the shop thought it was ridiculas and suggested either a resonator or reversing it. I drove around quite a bit before I posted yesterday and am sure I made the correct decision for ME.
Yes, I would have yanked off the borla if it sounded like this too. In the feature I will only do catbacks as the process to reverse this install was pretty messy with the tips.
To each their own :wink: ,
-marc