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rockhound72 · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: Pick my muffler

My 79 toofah developed a MASSIVE hole in it yesterday. It sounds like one of those fast and furious cars that I like to laugh at. Anyway. I am looking at Magnaflow, trying to keep cost under$80. I can do the work myself, I'm just not sure what to go with. I want the nice deep rumble like a Porsche should have. I am open to your experience and wisdom.

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

944 exhaust fits, check out some of the systems available.

I like Magnaflow mufflers.

Deep rumble requires more displacement and/or a turbo

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Grenadiers · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:34 am Post subject:

Stefan is correct. I had a Magnaflow on a Mustang 5.0L V8 in my Jeep Wrangler years ago. Race car sound, chick magnet. A friend took the same muffler, and put it on the standard 4.0L six cylinder jeep engine. Sounded tinny. On a 2.0L engine? Prolly wouldn't work.
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SlayerSST · Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 212

p-talk · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 152 Location: Tucson, AZ

Several folks over in the 944 forums have found that if you add a resonator in front of a performance muffler, the sound is pretty good. It seems that a performance muffler alone is not enough. I suspect the 924 2.0 engine responds similarly.
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fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

That's what I have. A cat, a glasspack and then a generic "Super Turbo" muffler on the back (I blew the original "performance" muffler off the end of the pipe while trying to start the car, heh)

I think it sounds pretty good for a small 4 without being overly annoying, tinny, etc.
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1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

the_mad_electrician · Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 1073 Location: Central Georgia

All I had on my 77 was a generic turbo muffler. It sounded really good, if you could ignore the cloud of smoke around and inside the car.
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canyonblaster · Joined: 20 Aug 2012 Posts: 391 Location: Denver, CO, USA

Slayer - can you provide more info on the ANSA, or PM me? Thanks!
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flosho · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:19 am Post subject:

I run a 22" dynamax resonator into a dynamax bullet muffler, sound good.
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ras924 · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject:

As my car has been in the garage for way too long

I may have rose colored hearing aids, but I put a stainless Supertrapp on the end of mine and it sounded great!
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