I have a 2003 Hyundai Sonata and I am looking to beef it up a bit with a turbo charger, some vinyls and a glasspack muffler. the muffler is my last step. What glasspack would fit my car best? And, is it easy to install? thanks in advance.

I dont feel like getting a cat back system i just want a muffler. Please suggest the best one and how much it costs. Thanks!

My muffler was disconnescted to the tail pipe and I got power on my engine. I have now 25 percent extra power. I also have now great savings on gas, about 35 percent.
What do you think happened? Is the muffler defective?

I own a gmc sierra 96 v6 4.3
i dont wanna make my truck sound like a ricerocket.
and i sure as hell dont wanna be obnoxious.
i thought about installing a glasspack muffler. but a friend of mine said the “core” was to small. i dont know what that means. but, what is the best value muffler i can buy that will make my truck sound better and a LOTTTT louder.

The Aero Turbine Muffler accomplishes four main things. It increases fuel economy, it increases horsepower and torque, it reduces exhaust gas temperatures, and it improves engine longevity. I will explain how it accomplishes all this through its design and inner workings.

The mufflers that come on most of today?s vehicles are full of baffles and restrictions. This creates back pressure on the engine that decreases performance, economy, and engine longevity. Aero Exhaust has created the Aero Turbine Muffler; this muffler has a straight through design and the inner workings of a jet engine. The muffler works like a jet engine to increase the flow of the exhaust as it flows through. This makes it so the engine doesn?t have to push the exhaust away. The aero turbine actually vacuums the exhaust away from the engine. Getting the exhaust away from the engine and letting it breathe freely dramatically increases performance and engine longevity. It also reduces exhaust gas temperatures which makes it safe to add other performance modifications and run more power. Most importantly is the economy increase, especially with today?s gas prices that are only on the rise. Thousands of users are experiencing huge increases in fuel economy on gas vehicles and diesels alike. Most are experiencing about a 15% increase in economy and there are even some getting up 25% better economy.

With the straight through type design of the Aero Turbine, most would expect it to be extremely loud. The swirling motion that the muffler adds to the exhaust as it flows through muffles the sound, and lowers the exhaust tone. So you end up with a deep throaty sound. It also comes in a resonated version, which has a built in resonator in the front of the muffler. Both versions have identical performance and economy increases, the only difference is that the resonated version of the muffler is closer to stock sound levels, although it still has a deep throaty tone to it. The non resonated version has more sound to it. The Mufflers work on all gas and diesel vehicles from cars to trucks and all the way up to even motor homes and RV?s.

Phillip Thorpe grew up in a small house in a small town in the small state of Rhode Island. He had two brothers, two sisters, two cats, two dogs, two fish, and one thing on his mind…

For as long has he could remember, life for Phillip could only be described as small. He didn?t play sports. He didn?t do magic tricks. He definitely didn?t have a girlfriend. Actually, Phillip didn?t do much of anything. He cruised through life under the radar?and that?s how he preferred it. When it came to picking teams for dodge ball, there was the overly obese kid who got picked last and then there was Phillip; not even last pick, not even a pick at all. In fact, if you went through the family photo album you wouldn?t find a single clear image of him?just cropped heads, obstructing arms and blurred faces.

On summer breaks, Phillip would go for weeks without leaving his room. And the whole time everyone was always too busy with their own lives to wonder, ?Where is Phillip Thorpe?? Little did they know, Phillip was diligently working on his special project?spending hours upon hours in the garage.

Since Phillip?s family was broken into pairs, every group had their own space. Phillip?s two brothers, Tim and Tom, had their own room with bunks beds and everything from basketballs to BB guns. Tara and Tonya had a pink and yellow room, daintily decorated with dolls and daisies. Even the cats and dogs had a section in the basement for their little litter boxes and puppy pads.

Life in the Thorpe household was loud?a little too much noise for that small house. Phillip was usually surrounded by screaming siblings, barking dogs, and yelling parents so even if he did want to say something, no one would hear him.

Birthdays came and went and Phillip awkwardly grew into his teenage years. But what was he always doing in that garage? Behind that paint-chipped, partly smashed dilapidated old garage door was Phillip?s workshop. Harold Thorpe, Phillip?s father, was a mechanic?and a packrat. He would bring home flawed spare parts and pieces that weren?t fit for customers and throw them in the garage. And these parts became Phillip?s toys. He would connect mufflers to steering wheels and mirrors to bumpers. A lot of his creations looked like something you would, and should, find in a dumpster.

But one day Phillip started making his own muffler?piecing together the biggest pipes he could find because Phillip knew one thing from having a mechanic as a father; the bigger the muffler, the louder the sound.

The time had finally come. Phillip turned seventeen. He could drive. He could escape his house of lunatics. He could have freedom. But on the day of his seventeenth birthday, there was no cake, no candles, no presents?there was nothing. His family had forgotten once again. ?Surely they will remember my 17th birthday,? Phillip thought. But he was wrong, they didn?t.

That night, when everyone had gone to bed, Phillip took the keys for his dad?s car and went to the garage. He pulled out his tools?saws and screwdrivers?and went to work on putting his muffler on his unsuspecting father?s car. He finally finished are 3am. Covered in grease and sweat, Phillip stepped back and marveled at his creation. He now knew what he had to do. Phillip slid those keys into the ignition and with a flick of the wrist a loud roar of the engine rung through the night. ?Wow,? he muttered, the only word that had left his mouth in years. He revved the engine, filling the air with a deafening growl. At this point, every light in the Thorpe?s house lit up. One by one, his whole family poured out onto the front lawn to see what all the commotion was. Phillip had done it. He had created the loudest muffler known to man. And boy did it feel good. This was the first time the family saw Phillip smile, ever.

Phillip turned his head towards his parents, winked his left eye, and peeled off into the night; leaving that small town without ever glancing in the rearview mirror.

1. Your Magnaflow exhaust package comes with three pieces?a resonator, center pipe, and muffler section. The front resonator comes with a mounting flange that bolts right onto your stock catalytic converter. This part connects to a center pipe that is secured with exhaust clamps, which are supplied. And the rear muffler section joins together, exiting the car in the center of the rear bumper. Also, all the parts are stainless steel, which don?t rust or stain?nice job Magnaflow.

2. Now to the installation. You will only need a few common tools to remove your stock exhaust; no exhaust cutters are needed. Make sure you have help installing the system, it is very heavy and you will not want to drop it.

3. First, you will remove the factory skid plate/ heat shield from the chassis, which can be down with a socket wrench. Important?Do Not lose this piece as it will be re-installed after you install your new exhaust system.

4. Now follow the factory exhaust up towards the catalytic converter. You will now need to remove the mid exhaust mounting bracket from the chassis as well using a socket. Make sure you slip the exhaust hangers out of the rubber mounting brushings. Set this piece aside with your head shield as you will be reusing it also.

5. Now find the flange on the catalytic converter. It will have two bolts that you will need to remove. Be careful in this process because your whole exhaust system is only supported by two rear hangers on the muffler. This is where it will be handy to have a helping hand. Have your buddy hold up the front section of the system, otherwise it will crash to the ground.

6. You can now go to the back of the car and free the factory exhaust by removing the hangers from the rubber bushings. Congratulations, your factory exhaust has now been removed. You are one step closer to hearing your car?s new growl.

7. If you have gotten the factory exhaust off, you are pretty much in the clear. You will install your Magnaflow system in the reverse order of taking the old one off. You can start by matching up the resonator section with the flange to the flange on the catalytic converter and bolting them together. They slip the connecting pipe into the resonator pipe and clamp it down with the supplied clamp. This piece also connects to the factory chassis mount you removed earlier. Be sure to secure the hangers into the rubber bushings.

8. One more step. Connect the muffler section to the connecting pipe. The best way to do this is to slip the exhaust hangers on the muffler into the hanging rubber bushing first, then swing the rear section up and fit it into the connecting pipe. Then all that?s left to do is tighten down the supplied clamp. I would recommend making sure all your connections are tight and you muffler tips exit your bumper straight. Oh yea, and don?t forget to re-install that skid plate/heat shield.

9. You have just installed your Magnaflow exhaust system. Turn the car and make sure you don?t have any exhaust leaks. If everything is good, then you?re golden. Enjoy your Mini?s new throaty growl and boost in horsepower. Keep working on your Mini folks!

Driving could sometimes be an uncomfortable experience especially with road traffic, noise, bumps, and other distracting elements. It would even be a pain at some point if the car itself is the cause of the driving uneasiness. It is a good thing certain car parts were invented that address the problem of car noise and sudden jolts and jerks, such as the shocks, the mufflers and shock absorbers. General Motors(GM) has also installed the function of these parts to the vehicles they produce. In that way, they continue to be known globally as makers of luxurious and comfortable rides. The GM Muffler is responsible for decreasing the volume of the exhaust, thus it is commonly located near the rear of the car, as part of the exhaust system. It is also known as the ?secondary muffler? or the ?backbox? and is constructed in three layers. The first two layers are made with metal with a thicker and slightly insulated layer between them. Because of that, the body of the GM Muffler is allowed to absorb some of the pressure pulses. There are also the inlet and outlet pipes that go into the main chamber and are perforated with holes. The thousands of little pressure pulses then bounce around the main chamber, canceling each other out besides being absorbed by the GM Muffler housing. The attributes inside the GM Muffler are what help decrease the sound level in various ways. The basic muffler consists of a series of metal plates or tubes with multiple holes. These holes put pressure against the exhaust flow and therefore decrease the noise. A high-performance muffler contains a single large pipe with holes along the side. It helps decrease the sound a little and it rarely puts pressure on the exhaust, allowing it to flow freely. The other thing that helps provide comfort in driving is the GM Shock Absorber. This is a mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp the sudden shock impulse and disperse the kinetic energy. In layman’s terms, it absorbs the shock brought by the bumps that vehicles pass though on the road. Also, the GM Shock Absorber keeps the cars stable even after a bump. A broken GM Shock Absorber could result to car rolling or swaying when it is making a turn and when braking, wherein the front end of the vehicle tends to dive. If this is already the case, then it is high time that car owners need to replace it with a new GM Shock Absorber. This is also the same with the GM Muffler. When noise becomes quite unbearable, then the mufflers may already be in a bad shape. Remember, cars are people’s company on the road and therefore should be comfortable to ride and be with.

It is the signature sedan with y pipes to a single tip. I plan on changing to an h pipe later with dual mufflers, but for now I am just going to swap out the stock muffler for a better sound. I don’t want it to be loud at all, just a deep grumble and a little bite when I really get on it.

I am trying to figure out what kind of coating I should put on a car muffler for a homework question. The muffler is made from hot-rolled 1008 steel sheet.
I was just wondering how hot a car muffler got.
Any input or information is greatly appreciated!