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03 sunfire exhaust question help!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:13 PM
hey guys

planning on upgrading my exhaust on my 03 sunfire and i have no clue what to go with. i'm looking for something that got a deep sounds and a little loud but not crazy loud, just planning on adding a muffler no catback or nothing. i been thinking about just a regular type magnaflow muffler and just add a 3 inch tip or 4 inch and then been thinking about a flowmaster super 40 or 44 doing the same thing as the magnaflow. what do you guys recomend? also been looking at the magnaflow mufflers with the tips added to them but not sure what the differance is between the (SS) or the (Race) means?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/MAGNAFLOW-RACE-MUFFLER-W-TIP-2-25-INLET-14X5X8-14851_W0QQitemZ330408019642QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item4cedda46ba

http://cgi.ebay.ca/MAGNAFLOW-SS-MUFFLER-WITH-TIP-2-25-INLET-14X5X8-14827_W0QQitemZ350320843170QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item5190bfd9a2

thanks.

Re: 03 sunfire exhaust question help!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:58 PM
Changing just the muffler will change the sound, but the sound itself will not be very deep. This of course depends on the muffler but I'm guessing you will hear more rasp than you want.

Also, the mufflers you're looking at have a 2.25 IN diameter. Your cars stock size is just over 2". That may affect the sound s well depending on the way the mufflers designed.

I'd honestly just spend the extra couple bucks on a cat-back exhaust with a muffler such as the ones above. I just got my 03 done at a local muffler shop doing just that.

http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=46&i=415711&t=415711

Hope this helps!


Re: 03 sunfire exhaust question help!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:17 PM
Stock exhust size is not over 2".





Re: 03 sunfire exhaust question help!
Thursday, March 25, 2010 5:13 AM
*under. My apologies

3rd gen's are 1 7/8's at stock


Re: 03 sunfire exhaust question help!
Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:45 AM
I went with a Magnaflow muffler for my '04 cav. Magnaflow offers a street and a race series of mufflers. Basically the racing mufflers are louder and are more towards people running shot or have turbos. I went with the street series muffler #14821. It has a nice deep sound all the way from idle to about 4,500rpm. It is quieter when you are stopped (obviously), but it really kicks in when you give it some gas.

Mine has a 4" tip on it. I paid about $152 for the installation on stock 2" piping. I don't have a turbo or anything so the street series was sufficient for me. I also didnt want to get a headache every time I go on a longer trip

hope that helps. I can post pics if you want








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