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no mufflers? yes or no?

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I finally got the sle/ssei exhaust for my SE but currently dont have much $ for the magnaflow mufflers i want so i was thinking temporarly get the exhaust put on with no mufflers and leave on the stock resonator but im not sure how it will sound what do u guys think?
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Leave the stock mufflers on them...
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Dont have thw stock nufflers haha see what im saying
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Unless you like loud exhaust I'd wait. While I have not personally heard a 3.8 without mufflers, I did remove the stock mufflers from my '93 Grand Prix w/ 3.4 dohc and it was stupid loud. That only lasted a few days before I couldn't stand it anymore and put mufflers back on it. Just my opinion.
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Had the muffler off of my SLE for a while after it was wrecked, sounded awful. It was cool to play with before they hauled it off, but I definitely would not drive it that way...
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It's not a good loud, it's a very crazy, bad loud...
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3800's without mufflers, don't sound good no matter how you slice it.
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Haha alright thx guys
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Well with all of that bein said im going to need mufflers i currently have 1 2.5 magnaflow muffler and i was thinkn i could just buy 1 more but then realized im not sure if a 2.5in inlet would fit the sle/ssei exhaust? Anyone know?
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Worst case is use one of the autozone adapter couplers?
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A good exhaust shop should be able to make it work. The question is are the outlets in the right places to make the exhaust work the way you want it?
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I belive so its offset on one side and center on the other
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It looks like magnaflow 11226
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I have my factory mufflers if needed. lol
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I have a pair of magnaflow 11226 going on tomorrow. Center/offset is what you need.
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How much?
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Dannyg420 wrote:How much?
Not sure if you're asking me or not, but they're all yours. We can meet up somewhere and you can take them.
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Really? Where do u live in chicago
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Sorry... Been away for a while. Totally missed this. I live on Harlem and Addison.
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