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People with muffler delete AND HEADERS-- do you experience any drone at any rpm?

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#1 ·
Any at all?

Seems like most people with headers go with an aftermarket muffler instead of a muffler delete.

So, don't know how many are going to be able to answer this question.

For those who have headers and muffler delete: Do you experience any drone at all at any RPM?
 
#2 · (Edited)
I have Evolve Medusa headers and muffler delete and yes there is some drone but I'm not the type to be bothered by it. I actually love the range of noises the combination makes!
On highway speeds you don't really notice unless you accelerate; cruising not so much.

It sounds like the drone would bother you; I would suggest not deleting the mufflers.
 
#9 ·
Keeping the resonator will almost certainly eliminate drone. I was running headers to racing cats to SS X-pipe to no resonator to Eisenmann Sports, and while it sounded great, the drone was bad. I then had the X-pipe removed and added the stock resonators, which took care of the drone, but made it substantially quieter. If you run headers to stock cats to stock resonator to muffler delete, I'd bet you'll get the results you'd want.

...but running a tune plus racing cats would be that much better.
 
#10 · (Edited)
I had SS headers with stock cats/resonators and muffler delete. Thing sounded mean but I liked it a lot. Nice deep tone without any rasp. I've never really understood what people define as a "drone" compared to just a loud exhaust but certainly under load on the highway it's noticeable.

I liked it but was getting to the point where I was ready to put my stock mufflers back on.


Here's some videos of what it sounded like:

https://youtu.be/VhBnk0Vs1dY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqAzvnIYkgI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxWJXAfUPM



*Can someone help me embed videos? Not sure why I cant figure this out atm...
 
#11 · (Edited)
*Can someone help me embed videos? Not sure why I cant figure this out atm...
I can help with that unless you want to know how to write the code. Anyway what I did was open your link. I then found the share button under the video and clicked it. Just under that an embed button appears, click it. A new box opens and has text highlighted in blue, just right click and copy. If you click elsewhere the blue disappears but you can highlight the text again but some will be hidden so pull to the right farther than what you see.
Once you copy the text simply paste it into your thread or post. The last pic is what you see in your posting box.
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Here I did one, you do the others.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VhBnk0Vs1dY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
#14 ·
Slight variation on what you are asking for, but i run headers, sports cats, h pipe and stock mufflers.

So kind of the inverse of a muffler delete...

But it is completely civilized, i can't hear any drone at when on the motorway or when pootling around town. Sounds great when you want it too though :)

So that could be another option maybe.
 
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