Anyone using a Hooker Aero Chamber muffler on the 3" single shot?

[Chris Taylor]

I am thinking about using a 3" Hooker Aero Chamber muffler on a 3" single shot exhaust system for my T. I have installed several Hooker 2 1/2" systems on TB's and the system is not loud. I want a quite muffler that flows good on a single shot system. Any ideas.

 

[JRSGN]

Chris,
I have the ATR SS with the aero chamber. It's LOUD. Not as loud as the Pit bull, nor the drone but its loud. It's somthing you'll get use to . I had no choice. Hope this helps...Jim

 

[Chris Taylor]

Jim,

I have 3" single shot with a two chamber Flow Master on my GN and the drone is bad. I don't drive the GN much so I don't mind it. I drive the T daily. It has 2 1/2 exhaust with Flows on now and the drone is very bad. Just looking for ideas. I don't think there is a good flowing muffler that is not loud on a single 3" system. I think I will go wiht the Ultra Flow oval welded muffler.

 

[JRSGN]

Chris,
I had the 2 1/2 hooker with the super comps (1st owner ) & I'll tell ya if i known better i would have done the same thing. The drone kinda (I said kinda) takes the fun outta driving. Thats just me. When i get out of driving it my fillings feel like there gonna fall out. I thought i would get use to it but when ever i talk (or type) about it it gets me thinking.....Good luck on your choice...........Jim

 

[wantaturbobuick]

I probably sound stupid, but what in the %$#@ is drone? I am assuming that it is the annoying deep resonating rumble of performance exhaust systems.

 

[Two Lane]

And you are correct in your assumption!

Actually, drone is OK, as long as you've got your 100W Walkman
on max. volume...then you'll never notice it!

 

[tacordes]

i have the answer

i figured out a way to make my annoying sounding 3 inch single shot with a two chamber flow master sound good....... drive the car for a few days with an open test pipe, then hook the exhaust back up.... boy oh boy the flowmaster sure does sound good now..... : ) hahah.... well once i get all the important things for my car... the 3 inch single shot is going to go..byebye.....

 

[bruce]

Originally posted by Chris Taylor
I am thinking about using a 3" Hooker Aero Chamber muffler on a 3" single shot exhaust system for my T. I have installed several Hooker 2 1/2" systems on TB's and the system is not loud. I want a quite muffler that flows good on a single shot system. Any ideas.

I have an ATR Single shoot,a nd with the ATR muffler it was too loud.
So I replaced the ATR muffler with a Ultraflow.
Better but still a lil loud.
So I put the ATR muffler where the cat would normally be.

So with both mufflers, it's pretty guiet, and flows all the air I need to move (60 series turbo).

 

[Chris Taylor]

I just ordered the Ultra Flow muffler and the 3" single shot from Troque Tech. I was looking at a Race Bullet muffler and was thinking the same thing about using it wher the cat. was.

 

[Two Lane]

If you have to use two mufflers on a "Single" system, what exactly is gained?

A few pounds from a few less feet of exhaust pipe?

I've heard quite a few quiet dual exhaust systems, including my own. Thank goodness they don't have that bark & cackle "6-cylinder Chevy split-manifold" sound that I've heard from some "Single-shot" systems.

So, if you need 2 mufflers with a "Single-shot" in order to make it tolerable , shouldn't it be renamed?

 

[quickbrick]

anyone using borla mufflers? hows it sound? is drone bad?

 

[CaPPY]

I have a 3" SS Borla in front of the ATR SS 3" Crossflow (Pitbull) dual system. It's a little louder (inside) than the 2 1/2' Hooker setup with the Aerochambers. Once you get out of the 2000-2200 range it quites down a lot.

The quietest SS aftermarket system that I've ever heard was around '91-'92 at a car event. A guy had a 2 1/4" mandrel bent SS dual exhaust. I think it may have been ATR's before they went to 2 1/2" SS duals. There was no drone. It sounded like the stock system inside, but had a throatier sound outside.

I don't believe that a 3" system in our cars can be drone free, unless you muffle it to death. As the pipe gets larger in diameter it developes a different and deeper tone. Going from 2 1/4" to 3" pipe is like going from a trumpet to a tuba (deeper tone).

I'm OK with the sound at this point, as long as I can keep it over 2200 rpm on the long hauls.