Need it as quiet as possible without choking the flow

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I backed it outta the shop yesterday to clean up some of the mess from the three-month havoc so I could get under it and measure for exhaust options. Went in the house for lunch and, next thing I know, it's storming with sideways rain blowing straight into the shop. Solid puddle on the floor half-way into the length of the shop. After squeegeeing the water out and blow drying the stuff that got wet, I had enough and parked the Tahoe and went inside.
 
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Not sure if vibrant ultra quiet resonators have been mention but they are awesome. Straight through design and they can survive any abuse. I suggest using a big muffler and then 1 or 2 vibrants to dial it down to your liking.

Looking for a cutaway of one of these. I found cutaways of the Corsa Touring muffler and it looks like it's actually more of a resonator design utilizing reflected wave cancelling. So far, the Vibrant looks like a glasspack (but maybe with steel wool or ceramic instead of fiberglass).
 

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I backed it outta the shop yesterday to clean up some of the mess from the three-month havoc so I could get under it and measure for exhaust options. Went in the house for lunch and, next thing I know, it's storming with sideways rain blowing straight into the shop. Solid puddle on the floor half-way into the length of the shop. After squeegeeing the water out and blow drying the stuff that got wet, I had enough and parked the Tahoe and went inside.
Excuses excuses. At least you have a shop. For the last 2 weeks every time I go outside to start working it starts raining on me. But finally we have a week of sun. Yay.
 

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i use a couple magnaflow mufflers
MPE-12773 - 30" long 4"in/out 7" outside diameter in same location as stock muffler
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MPE-14162
- 6" long 4"in/out where 3rd cat was

also dont know why i cant find them on magnaflow site anymore - I have a vibrant resonator new in the box somewhere in the garage if you need/want it pay for shipping or something i think its 3" or 3.5 in/out

i was thinking about putting another 6" where the stock resonator is behind the axle but its not to bad
 

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Looking for a cutaway of one of these. I found cutaways of the Corsa Touring muffler and it looks like it's actually more of a resonator design utilizing reflected wave cancelling. So far, the Vibrant looks like a glasspack (but maybe with steel wool or ceramic instead of fiberglass).

I believe you are correct. From my understanding the difference is that the Ultra quiet has a larger case and quiets substantially more than a bottle style. They are extremely well built and the polish job is mirror finish when new.
 
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i use a couple magnaflow mufflers
MPE-12773 - 30" long 4"in/out 7" outside diameter in same location as stock muffler
and
MPE-14162
- 6" long 4"in/out where 3rd cat was

also dont know why i cant find them on magnaflow site anymore - I have a vibrant resonator new in the box somewhere in the garage if you need/want it pay for shipping or something i think its 3" or 3.5 in/out

i was thinking about putting another 6" where the stock resonator is behind the axle but its not to bad

I can't pass this! Shooting you a PM...
 
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i use a couple magnaflow mufflers
MPE-12773 - 30" long 4"in/out 7" outside diameter in same location as stock muffler
and
MPE-14162
- 6" long 4"in/out where 3rd cat was

also dont know why i cant find them on magnaflow site anymore - I have a vibrant resonator new in the box somewhere in the garage if you need/want it pay for shipping or something i think its 3" or 3.5 in/out

i was thinking about putting another 6" where the stock resonator is behind the axle but its not to bad

So, basically 36" of perforated core/packed muffler. How was the sound inside?
 

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dont think i have any videos of headers and all the 4" exhaust. no drone, a little loud accelerating. cruising was pretty quiet

couple inside vids with the turbo and all the 4". turbo didnt quiet it down as much as i thought it would. my phone picks up the sound a lot better than the gropro vids

and also make sure the headers and pipe dont hit the frame anywhere,

 
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