Muffler on a 4 Cylinder?

I've been thinking about getting a muffler for my 2001 2.7L Double Cab Tacoma since I inherited it from my dad after he passed away last March. Does anybody have experience with a muffler on their four cylinder?

I've been watching Magnaflow and Flowmaster videos on Youtube, however, they've all been installed on V6 versions of typically newer or second generation Tacomas; bringing me into doubt about whether or not installing a muffler on my truck would even be noticeable. Anybody with some four cylinder muffler wisdom, please help!

Thank you,
asianfromthecongo

 

i just would not do it. i have the 2013 2.7 access cab Prerunner sr5, leave it stock they will not sound good

 

leave it stock

 

hey guys i had the Magnaflow catback system model number 16625 installed in my 2.7l double cab tacoma and it has a really great sound to it with added horse power and also installed a K&N air intake system, great combo!!! and no problems with performance wise.

 

Lovin my LCE header/Gibson catback setup............

 

hey the LCE header does it increase the exhaust sound level within the cab??

 

flowmaster 40 series. look it up

 

flowmaster super 44 or MBRP

 

Does gibson make a catback for reg cabs or was it custom?

 

Hi Asian,

Sorry to hear about your Dad... I drove my Dad's car for many years after he died, took good care of it, and it served me well.

I've done a lot of experimenting on my 2012 2.7 exhaust, and did dyno runs with 3 different 2.7 mufflers just to see how they would perform. While they were actually all pretty close, the Flowmaster 50 Series Delta Flow logged a slight edge...

RED: Stock 2.7 muffler
BLUE: Magnaflow straight through muffler
GREEN: Flowmaster chambered muffler

The stock exhaust system is actually very well designed for the 2.7, but if you like more sound just pick your favorite muffler and have it welded onto the stock pipes.

I'm presently running the Flowmaster because it had the best dyno test results, and this is how it sounds...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMv-imsBZLI

Greg

 

No

Yes, it was all bolt on plugnplay from midpipe back. Side swept, not dump after muffler. It was part #18805, this one............

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-1880...Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d45c967de&vxp=mtr

Wanna see somethin funny? Walmart even sells these...........

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gibson-18805-Cat-Back-Performance-Exhaust-System-Single-Side/36765621

And here is the Gibson site, they sell aluminized and full stainless. I went with aluminized. Part number for stainless = 618805

http://www.gibsonperformance.com/vehicle-search-results.php?division=Truck%2FSuv&year=2008&make=TOYOTA&model=TACOMA&liter=2.7


lowest alu I found was $268 shipped & lowest ss I found was $353 shipped

 

Flowmaster 40 or 50 series and the deckplate mod. $.02

 

Awesome.. Thanks. I had seen on autoanything that they had a reg cab one but then I couldn't find one on their website. I love Gibson sound, had one on my FJ and it was great. Best thing about a cat back is if it's too loud you can just put the old one back on

 

I took the deckplate off of mine.........

 

Truck should have come with a perfectly good muffler from the factory

 

You said should.........shoulda had seals that last more than 30k, shoulda had 4 leafs, shoulda had non-folding tailgate, shoulda had non-whistleing windshields, shoulda had non-caving motor mounts, shoulda had frames that don't rust thru in 90 minutes, shoulda had spiral cables that last, etc etc etc...................

 

They already do.
In dyno testing, the stock 2.7 muffler performs almost the same as Magnaflow and Flowmaster. The only big difference is the sound.


Greg

 

I got flowmaster 40 duals and LCE headers with 3.5" tips

 

Condolences. But awesome you got his truck. Flowmaster has a bit more sound but I like a more mellow tone like my magnaflow cat and muffler. Bias, yes. But i noticed on my 98' 2.7 that performance works well when the whole system is breathing freely, ie drop in k&n wth deckplate mod.

 

Thank you for all of the replies and sorry about mine being so late! All of you have been extremely helpful to me, unfortunately I've just been very busy recently, sorry.


Simply put, after tallying up the responses I have four definitive flowmaster recommendations along with two for magnaflow. Because I am looking for something that sounds good I'm currently leaning towards getting a flowmaster 40 series, possibly a 50, although, I'm still not all too sure what the difference is between the two. From what I can tell in tooter's post, the flowmaster 50 sounds amazing and with his data it's also encouraging to see that there is in fact a slight performance gain while using the muffler.

Again, thank you all for your help! Now I just need to figure out whether I should go with a 40 or 50 series.


asianfromthecongo