Can I make my TJ sound like a badass?

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cat-back.

Take a coffee can, spray paint it silver, and clamp it to the end of your exhaust pipe.

The bigger the coffee can the more powerful the result.

I think Mike has verified improvements of over 25%.

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50 HP gain.

Take a coffee can, spray paint it silver, and clamp it to the end of your exhaust pipe.

The bigger the coffee can the more powerful the result.

I think Mike has verified improvements of over 25%.

Actually...... go to you corner auto parts store and get whatever brand of "Cherry Bomb" style glasspack muffler they carry. You will get that 'growl" for about $20 + clamps

That is truly awesome. I will do that!

Get a flowmaster and a boom tube. Then you can drive by auto shops and watch the techs crack up. Something funny about the way that setup makes an I-6 sound.

I was hoping to stay away from those stupid things. I want a real exhaust, not a noisemaker attachment.

Usually people who want the vehicle to sound "badass" are all over those things.

How about actually focusing on real capability instead of just posing? It's a jeep, take it out into the woods and actually climb something instead of trying to impress the other nitwits cruising through the city.

And when you tear the exhaust off, it will sound 'badass'

The drone of my bigblock thru cherrybombs got old after a few minutes. While it may impress the boys in front of the highschool, I started wearing earplugs as my ears would ring after an hour or so. Putting good mufflers on made it much more enjoyable to drive.

I agree but he wants it loud.

If I was interested in wringing a extra couple horsepower balance with silence I would consider a standard construction "shorty" muffler which would be quiet at low/mid RPMs but a bit louder at wide open throttle. As I very rarely go to WOT I wouldn't hear much difference.

Power makes Noise, Noise doesn't make power. It's an I6 not a big block.

Then you should be listening to some of the muffler sounds.

I like the Dynomax 'SuperTurbo' high flow muffler's sound. It is quiet enough driving around, but put it in low and start climbing hills and lots of folks have mistaken the growl coming out of my 258 as a V8 sound.

But then I also have a straight pipe leading to the dynomax because my CJ7 doesn't require a cat.

Or you can put a V8 in it and have the 'real' sound...... ;-)

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

You can make it sound like a Bad Ass, but it's much easier to make it sound like a dumb ass.

The Borla is OK, as are Banks and Gibson. I have a Banks, possibly the nicest thing about it is the fit with the factory hangers, but suspect any good cat back system would be similar. Other than the fart can variants. I make no big claims of power boost as it came on the thing when we bought it. However, it seems to work and appears to be holding up much better than the original jeep pieces of exhaust all of which have been replaced since I got the thing.

If you ever see an I-6 with a JRE, Clifford, or Hesco badge, you might want to make sure that panty-assed pink Mucking Fustang of yours is well tuned first.

Pi-Eyed Piper proclaimed:

Oh BUT you must not forget the yellow stickers, they are good for at least

50 hp. A NOS sticker, in yellow is worth it's weight in rice!