Cat-back mufflers

[Tom Donohue]

I removed the center  muffler on my 91 TQA (#1 of 2), replaced with straight 
pipe and hardly notice any difference in sound.  Can't help with shops in 
NH, tho...HTH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
To: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Cat-back mufflers


> Kent McLean wrote:
>> My '91 200 Avants (both #1 and #2) need center and rear mufflers.
>> Looking to minimize the hit to the wallet, I have a few questions:
>>
>> * Can I replace just the rear (or center) muffler, and put a pipe in
>>  place of the center (rear) muffler? Will it reduce noise enough to
>> be "normal"?
>>
>> * I'm thinking this isn't something I want to tackle myself. Can
>>  anyone recommend a muffler shop in the Concord/Manchester NH area?
>>  One that will replace 2 mufflers with one?
>
> I removed the rear most muffler from my 5ktq long ago. It was obviously
> louder then stock, but not excessive IMO. Other's opinions or versions of
> excessive could vary. My car now has only 1 "glass pack" resonator and 
> it's
> a good bit louder then when just the rear muffler was removed. It's still
> not obtrusively loud by my standards.
>
> I'd bet that removing both and installing your local muffler shops
> recomended "quiet" muffler should be reasonable in both volume and wallet
> re-sizing. Obviously try one car first and wait a little bit to make sure 
> it
> really doesn't bug you.
>
> -Cody Forbes
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