Bill Putney wrote:
> Is he maybe meaning it's quieter than the original setup with the
> bad coupler?
My first impressions is that the 300m is now slightly quieter than it
was before the problems started with the coupler.
Steve wrote:
> > I think with the new Magnaflow that the car is now a little
> > quieter than original. The Magnaflow was installed
> > "backwards" but I don't think it matters.
>
> By the way, I'm surprised to hear that a Magnaflow is "quieter"
> than OEM, but then my experience is with the Magnaflow performance
> line.
You've got to keep in mind that there are 3 separate, muffler-like
objects in the exhaust path on the 300m (and presumably most or all
chrysler products with the 3.5L engine and LH body).
So while the magnaflow muffler is usually what most modded, altered,
or restored cars will have as their only muffling device, in my case
the Magnaflow 12258 is followed by the stock resonator and then the
stock tail-pipe muffler.
The magnaflow muffler is a 5" x 8" oval, with a body about 18" long.
The original OEM muffler was a 4" x 8" oval, with a body about 16"
long.
The magnaflow is (visually) noticably larger, but there is plenty of
space under the car for it.
The magnaflow was used backwards (2 inputs from the cat convertors, 1
output connected to the long exhaust pipe running to the back end of
the car where it connects to I think the resonator):
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd.asp?zone=main&id=6918
These are pictures of what replaced the defective factory OEM coupler
located about 1 foot from the left-side cat-convertor:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/203004879/Exhaust_Flex_Pipe_Interlock_Flex_.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/10645385/Bellows_Exhaust_Connector_For_Automobile.html
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