My Resto-Mod Odyssey - '08 Tahoe LT3

[iamdub]

Good news. The exhaust note our rigs make is important to those of us who like what a V-8 sounds like. It's one of those things that are personal.

...And one of the reasons why we flip off the liberal pu55ies by disabling/deleting AFM. 'Murica.

 

[iamdub]

Well said. I'm dead-set on this muffler or the cheaper knock-off of it if I can find that brand and model number again.

I think this is it: AP Exhaust Xlerator #XS2589, promoted by @NGAneer (Thanks again, Matt)

 

[08HoeCD]

Good news. The exhaust note our rigs make is important to those of us who like what a V-8 sounds like. It's one of those things that are personal.

Definitely.

This simple muffler change, with a fairly mild but noticeable exhaust note, has completely changed the feel of this rig. Sounds and feels like a powerful but refined motorboat......if that makes sense. Lol

 

[NGAneer]

Well said. I'm dead-set on this muffler or the cheaper knock-off of it if I can find that brand and model number again.

Get the knock off. I'm 18 months into mine and it sounds the same with no rust. Got mine for $31 from amazon (warehouse deal).

 

[iamdub]

Get the knock off. I'm 18 months into mine and it sounds the same with no rust. Got mine for $31 from amazon (warehouse deal).

What's rust?

I'll keep an eye out in the Warehouse Deals, but I'm not expecting to have such luck and pay normal price when I'm at that point.

 

[tgui]

Good news. The exhaust note our rigs make is important to those of us who like what a V-8 sounds like. It's one of those things that are personal.

My mother in law's comment about my long tubes and stock exhaust was concern that my Yukon must be broken in some way.

...And one of the reasons why we flip off the liberal pu55ies by disabling/deleting AFM. 'Murica.

There are hypocritical liberals like me with loud exhaust and no cats

 

[08HoeCD]

My mother in law's comment about my long tubes and stock exhaust was concern that my Yukon must be broken in some way.



There are hypocritical liberals like me with loud exhaust and no cats

How are you passing emissions testing in NoVA??

 

[tgui]

How are you passing emissions testing in NoVA??

"So I've heard" VA doesnt do a sniffer test. They pull obd2 codes only. If someone perhaps has HPTuners, they might just tune their truck to report all is ok with their cats.

I heard a guy named tgui possibly knew a guy that had a highly modded STi with a single high flow cat and tuned out the same set of checks. It passed for 7 years.

It costs about $100 from HPTuners to let someone else use someone's setup if ever they needed help.

Pure conjecture of course.

 

[08HoeCD]

"So I've heard" VA doesnt do a sniffer test. They pull obd2 codes only. If someone perhaps has HPTuners, they might just tune their truck to report all is ok with their cats.

I heard a guy named tgui possibly knew a guy that had a highly modded STi with a single high flow cat and tuned out the same set of checks. It passed for 7 years.

It costs about $100 from HPTuners to let someone else use someone's setup if ever they needed help.

Pure conjecture of course.

Purely hypothetical, of course.....and simply amazing.

Yeah, VA hasn’t done sniffer testing in, what, 25 years?

 

[NGAneer]

What's rust?

I'll keep an eye out in the Warehouse Deals, but I'm not expecting to have such luck and pay normal price when I'm at that point.

Being that it's a Chinese "stainless" knockoff, I was skeptical that it would actually resist corrosion. So far, so good.