~ Magnaflow Competition

[yeller1]

for you kiddies with a drone issue, here's what i did. I wanted the mac axleback and I knew they droned. So, I had some "J" pipes welded into my setup. They're adjustable so where ever any drone existed I adjusted until the drone was negated. Had a similar system on my G8GT with severe drone. Took care of it completely. Only cost about $150 and I got to use the mufflers I wanted. They do not change the sound of the mufflers. Here's what it looks like. You can see the adjustments (marker pen) I made on the last pic. Only adjusted by 1/8 " at a time.

 

[Nuar]

That looks pretty wild! lol!

Who did the work?

 

[yeller1]

It looks pretty busy with the h and side pipes but it totally works. A shop in Buffalo did the work. They specialized in G8's and Pontiac solstice. With how well they worked in my G8 GT I figured they could fix me up with the stang. In essence I could change to any muffler and if they drone I can tune it out. If I sell the car the h-pipe is styling with me.

 

[Nuar]

How much did a job like that cost you if you dont mind me asking?

 

[yeller1]

Sure, I mentioned $150 and its stainless pipe as well. Hope I didn't hijack the thread.

 

[Nuar]

oops. sorry, totally missed the $ posted earlier. Well worth it to get rid of the damn drone!
I dont think its a hijack. Lots of people with the Comp catback complain of drone, you just posted a way to fix that issue

 

[5PNTSLW]

Just and update, installed Lethal O/R X and it did not help the situation at all. 15 minutes and $40 bucks later a muffler shop had me straightened out, cut an inch or so off the x-pipe to move the pipes forward and my axle rubbing issue is gone, as well as my tips are now centered.

 

[Nuar]

Wow. Thats all it took? Just moved the whole catback back??
How did the pipe affect the drone?

 

[5PNTSLW]

Did not address drone at all, this was just to fix the fitment issues. My way of addressing the drone is to turn the radio up.

 

[Nuar]

Did not address drone at all, this was just to fix the fitment issues. My way of addressing the drone is to turn the radio up.

So the drone didnt change at all?

 

[5PNTSLW]

no

 

[Jedisalami]

put longtubes on your car and it goes silent, problem solved

 

[Chris_Red_V8]

That's really weird that mine didn't drone at all until I had done the cat deletes

 

[Nuar]

put longtubes on your car and it goes silent, problem solved

Longtubes are a very pricey mod, and a complete pain in the ass to install. Not sure If I would be able to tackle the job myself