On my 5.3 I currently have short tube headers, no cats, true dualed with two 17in. glasspacks...yes its very loud and lately I've been thinking about switching it up again, I like the loudness and the crackling, but the packs make the crackle too high pitched. I have an H pipe and have thought about putting that back in ahead of my packs and would tone and even the sound down, even though I know it would eliminate a bit of crackle.

I also thought about maybe just a different muffler. But something that would be a dual in/dual out and something more of like a one chamber or race muffler design. I'm open to suggestions, but I'd like to keep it very loud while retaining some of the crackle yet.

Shawn

 

If you are thinking about putting the H pipe in anyway, try it first. You should gain some power and it may tone things down a little bit.

 

I'd tell u ditch the shorts and go LTs, they make great power. Im runnin a small case Magnaflow which I just recently got on, LTs, no cats and just that muffler. Its a step below from running the straight pipe like I was and it sounds amazing in my opinion without sacrificing my low end which I realized was suffering terribly. So I'd tell u to do the Magnaflow. I hate my flowmaster

 

Powersticks from www.classicchambered.com. EAD performance on Tech carries them.

 

I have a used spintech if your interested, pm me.

 

Post a sound clip of your current setup, I always thought it sounded good.