Hi,
The answer to your question falls into the "personal preference" category.
For most folks, the best approach is to buy a complete system and bolt it
in. If you're not up for doing the job, a good muffler shop or any
competent mechanic can do the job in an hour or two.
Now, as for the sound, the stock system is fairly quiet. If you go
aftermarket, there is a lot of truth to the "too loud" or "it drones"
reports... I ran a Monza setup for years. It was def too loud. I had to
wear earplugs on long trips. Even so, my ears would ring for days after a
road trip.
If you read this list often or you've been on it very long, you'll know
that I am an advocate for custom exhausts. A custom muffler shop can fab a
complete system from mild steel or stainless and with a simple "turbo
style" muffler, it will be quiet when you're cruising but can "bark just
right" when you tromp on it. And the installed cost will be cheaper than
buying a full system from one of the British Car suppliers and paying
someone the labor to install it. My personal preferences are 2.5" I.D.
pipe from the collector back, but even 2.25" is fine except when you're
going for max power.
Call around and find a custom muffler shop and have them quote you the
job. You'll be surprised. Really.
My one criticism of custom jobs is that they tend to add too many bends to
get around things, you're installation may be different. But other than
that, I'm totally sold on the idea. I've been using nothing but custom for
about 15 years.
Oh - if you can, get the shop to install bolt-up flanges as opposed to
slip fit connections for the pipes. This way, you can unbolt sections to
do stuff like remove the diff. of get better access to the tranny. It suX
big-time when you have to remove the entire exhaust system to get at
things. And whatever you do, don't weld the pipes together!! If you do,
you'll be sorry. Trust me on that.
Regards,
rml
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