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RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 4/28/2006 7:52:16 AM    74scamp   Posts: 1240 Joined: 1/25/2006 From: Los Lunas, ,NM Status: offline So, you think the droning is coming from the Magnaflow resonators at the tail pipe (I think those are the resonators)? What would you think is the fix for that? dave (in reply to Hemifyd) Post #: 16

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 4/28/2006 10:54:03 AM    IXLR8   Posts: 376 Joined: 12/27/2005 From: Katy, TX Status: offline Has anyone opened a dialog with the manufacturer of the aftermarket exhaust? It seems in the manufacturers best interest to come up with solution to the drone problem. I would hope that they have resources to look at the problem that far exceed anything an individual can come up with. Without feedback, negative or positive, they will continue to make/sell the same system. With positive feedback they will sell many more systems. Nothing speeds improvement like negative feedback. _____________________________ I feel a need... a need for SPEED !! GMG Daytona Only insecure people list mods... (in reply to 74scamp) Post #: 17

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 4/28/2006 6:41:45 PM    mnboy   Posts: 714 Joined: 1/27/2006 Status: offline I called Magnaflow about it. The rep was quite cold and said they have heard about it before. I told him they need to modify Magnaflow's site to mention the DRONE PROBLEM in the 5.7 during MDS mode. He basically ignored my comment and said other folks who have bought Borla or others, have switched to Magnaflow because they are the quietest on the market, especially for the 5.7, is what he said. Also, he said they would not refund money, nor, did he indicate any help in anyway. I told him his attitude was horrible. Dead silence from him. Meanwhile, I have tore off the Magnaflow muffler (their Tru-X muffler) and replaced it with the stock resonator. Better, that DRONE is much quieter now. Has anyone tried Flowmaster 40s as the mufflers and Magnaflow's as the resonators? Remember, the stock resonator is in the front and the mufflers are in the back. Magnaflow is the muffler first, then the resonators in the back. By the way, if anyone wants the pretty chrome 2 1/2" Tru-X muffler from Magnaflow, give me an offer... < Message edited by mnboy -- 4/28/2006 6:44:22 PM > (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 18

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 4/28/2006 8:20:52 PM    74scamp   Posts: 1240 Joined: 1/25/2006 From: Los Lunas, ,NM Status: offline So it would appear that the Magnaflow, Tru - X muffler is the culprit here? I wonder what would happen if you didn't use the "X" pipe? Any thoughts on that - anyone? Possibly the length of the Tru - X mufflers has something to do with it. I'm not engineer, so I have no idea of the length of the sound waves of 8 cylinders vs. 4 cylinders, but it seems that that must be part of the problem. There's got to be a way, cause the stock system didn't do it. dave (in reply to mnboy) Post #: 19

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 4/28/2006 8:26:55 PM    Hemifyd   Posts: 61 Joined: 4/23/2006 Status: offline The Magna flows are actually quiter than a Flowmaster 40 hence I went with the Flowmasters. I personally use to run open headers back in high school so I like it loud but the combination of the trunk and the MDS makes it unbearable (okay I am getting older). But try adding a small non-restrictive glass pack ( I think they make a 6") in place of the stock resonator or do like I did and add a 12" after the Magna muffler. Make sure you use a silver galvanized muffler so it doesn't look cheesy. Good luck selling the Magnaflow tips on eBAY. (in reply to mnboy) Post #: 20

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 5/1/2006 11:10:39 AM    mnboy   Posts: 714 Joined: 1/27/2006 Status: offline Thanks for the tip. I am now thinking of running Flowmaster 40's in front and those now very expensive Magnaflow chrome tips in the back. My current set up is the stock resonator in front, with the M/Fs in the back -- the MDS resonation is MUCH quieter now, and actually overall quieter than the stock Daytona system. I'm happy the MDS sound is now quieter, but the whole system could be a touch throatier. (I know, I know, I should have left it stock...) quote: ORIGINAL: Hemifyd The Magna flows are actually quiter than a Flowmaster 40 hence I went with the Flowmasters. I personally use to run open headers back in high school so I like it loud but the combination of the trunk and the MDS makes it unbearable (okay I am getting older). But try adding a small non-restrictive glass pack ( I think they make a 6") in place of the stock resonator or do like I did and add a 12" after the Magna muffler. Make sure you use a silver galvanized muffler so it doesn't look cheesy. Good luck selling the Magnaflow tips on eBAY. < Message edited by mnboy -- 5/1/2006 11:13:53 AM > (in reply to Hemifyd) Post #: 21

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 5/1/2006 5:19:13 PM    hemi2456   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/10/2006 Status: offline I take it you are happy with the Borla, did you get the system with the resonators or without? Thanks (in reply to Daytona RT) Post #: 22

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 5/2/2006 3:47:30 PM    Lateral-G   Posts: 142 Joined: 6/5/2005 Status: offline I put a Borla on my '05 Magnum and was very happy with it. It hurt to see the nice, stock mufflers and resonators being tossed out but I did gain about 10hp in performance. There wasn't much of a sound increase and no noise at highway speeds. I've since traded the Magnum for an '06 Daytona Charger. The Daytona's stock exhaust sound is a bit throatier than the Borla's on the Magnum and as you know of course, the performance is superb on the Daytona. I don't think I'd ditch the stock exhaust on the Daytona. If anything I'd get some more stylish tips but that's about it. IMO the DC engineers knew what they were doing with the exhaust so I plan on leaving things as they are. FWIW my Daytona Ram has a Borla exhaust (stock from Dodge) and has a really deep sound. You know it means business. The nice thing is that it too has NO droning noise at highway speeds. -G- (in reply to hemi2456) Post #: 23

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 5/3/2006 2:47:22 PM    MangoInTX Pat & Amandas Wedding Fund Contributor Posts: 2728 Joined: 4/10/2006 Status: offline Mine has Corsa with same result 0 drone. I went through cutting resos/Blastin Bobs (11db)/swapping muffler, droned at each mod until I put Corsa on. (in reply to Lateral-G) Post #: 24

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 5/8/2006 11:40:50 AM    mnboy   Posts: 714 Joined: 1/27/2006 Status: offline My only experience with Corsa was on my son's '03 ZO6 Corvette -- and they were great! Good looks, but the SOUND was INCREDIBLE , especially when you'd get on it. Talk about smiles! However, here (hear) I go again, the highway tone was abit too much for me -- I wouldn't want to take it on a long, long trip. But CORSA makes a great system... You guys are right. I wish I could ride with you guys with your different systems -- hearing would be believing, instead of dumb sound clips from a $300 digital camera with a mini-microphone played through 2" computer speakers... For me, I'm running the stock "suitcase" resonator with the two M/F resonators with their 4" tips. It sounds good, has a very slight DRONE in V4 mode, but tolerable on trips. (With the stock system, you didn't hear the drone, but the stock system had a higher tone, not as deep as it is now). When I get on it now, it's has a nice deep throaty sound. It's a pretty good set up now. I get 28 MPG at 60, and a bit more than 23 MPG at 70, so it's not hurting my gas milage either the way it is now. < Message edited by mnboy -- 5/8/2006 11:43:27 AM > (in reply to MangoInTX) Post #: 25

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 5/8/2006 11:47:16 AM    mnboy   Posts: 714 Joined: 1/27/2006 Status: offline You are not the only one happy with Borla. Others have told me that too. Sounds like you made the right choice. I didn't, but have "made" it better. I'm happy for you. Like you guys say, it would be nice for all of us to get together and take rides to listen to each other's sounds. Do you have the 2 or 4 system? I noticed that Borla said the 2 system did not have the "bride seal of approval" -- LOL. < Message edited by mnboy -- 5/23/2006 9:41:45 AM > (in reply to Lateral-G) Post #: 26

RE: WARNING! Charger Daytona Stock Exhaust is just fine - 5/23/2006 9:46:33 AM    mnboy   Posts: 714 Joined: 1/27/2006 Status: offline What I ended up doing, so far, was to take off the Magnaflow muffler and replace it with the stock Daytona resonator. Now I have three resonators and no mufflers. I get 28 MPG at 60 and in three runs with my accelerometer I ran a 14.07 at 105.8 which includes a Jet 2 stage and a K&N CAI with fresh air intake from the grill. Little by little... (in reply to mnboy) Post #: 27

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