Exhaust sound

[V10SpeedLuvr]

I've got a 96' RT/10 and i'm pretty disappointed with the sound. Being 1 of poor Viper owners, I cant afford to do cat-back exhaust, headers and cats all at once. Is there a good muffler I can buy that will make the car sound louder and/or meaner? About the only thing I like about the stock exhaust is the deacceleration pops. What are some other suggestions to make the Viper sound more like a V10 without spending thousands of $$? TIA

 

[ruckdr]

I had just a Corsa Cat back as my first step with the stock cats and stock cast headers - I liked the sound. All I have done since is add the late model tube headers, still with stock cats, and I like the DEEP rumble sound.
So, do the cat back first. Just my thoughts.
Later.

 

[tim721]

just take the muffler off completely.

cheapest option by far, & many think it sounds great.

 

[Matthew Klinger]

Take off the cats, cheap, relatively easy, more HP, better sound, and cooler internal.

 

[Andy 98 RT/10]

Take off the cats, cheap, relatively easy, more HP, better sound, and cooler internal.

The stock cats are huge and extremely restrictive. I have hi flow cats and the sound is much better, extra power, and the side sills much cooler.

 

[Cal Cobra]

On the 96 RT, are the CATs welded or are they bolt ons?

Thanks

 

[Cal Cobra]

This guy has an excellent post on swapping the CATs for straight thru pipes, and it's only like $30 !!

http://vca2.viperclub.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB14&Number=404207&Forum=UBB14&Words=cat%20straight%20pipe%20auto&Match=And&Searchpage=0&Limit=99&Old=allposts&Main=403767&Search=true#Post404207

Cal

 

[Gus Strakes]

The '96 RT/10's are unique in that they have only the rear muffler from the cat back, and you can get a great improvement by just doing a rear muffler delete. Snake-oyl, and Random Tech (from Parts Rack) are two excellent options, cost is ~$600 plus shipping and labor to install. When I had my '96 RT/10, I put on the Snake-oyl, and the sound was great. I did the same with my '98 GTS when I had it, and the sound was not nearly as good.

 

[Matthew Klinger]

This guy has an excellent post on swapping the CATs for straight thru pipes, and it's only like $30 !!

http://vca2.viperclub.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB14&Number=404207&Forum=UBB14&Words=cat%20straight%20pipe%20auto&Match=And&Searchpage=0&Limit=99&Old=allposts&Main=403767&Search=true#Post404207

Cal

This is a great post on swapping them, but just a note, this was done on a header modified car, not a fully stock exhaust system... its slightly different. like 2.5 instead of 3" and you need atleast 24" (preferably 26"ish) pipe instead of 18".

 

[Jerry Scott[CO]]

Here's the sound you want.
http://exhaust.tv/cuttingroom/ferrarichick.html
Jerry

 

[JUCD VPR]

I just had B+B Headers and B+B header back system installed and it sound AWESOME no cats and man does it sound MEAN ! !

 

[NOTV8]

Here's the sound you want.
http://exhaust.tv/cuttingroom/ferrarichick.html
Jerry

Wow.... that lady really know how to drive a ferrari.

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Holy hell batman!! If my car could sound like that and I had her shotgun (or driving), I could die happy