I need some help from the OEM experts. My 67 GTX came with what were identified as "Hemi Mufflers". I remember my first 67 (38 years ago!) had similar shaped mufflers and had a great mellow sound that didn't get in the way of the radio unless you punched it. The mufflers on this car are friggin' LOUD! Forget the radio, they bark at idle and go up from there with a bad drone at 35 mph and the threshold of deafness at 60 mph and above. Looking under the car, one has the pentastar, what appears to be a date code of 9-67 and PN's 22840 and 2781300. They look stock but definitely do not sound stock, at least compared to my memory. Here are my questions:
- What do these part numbers correspond to?
- Were there different OEM mufflers for the 440 and Hemi cars?
- If they were different, was the Hemi version substantially louder than the 440 version?
- Do they make OEM appearing mufflers with internal mods to eliminate the muffling part?
Any help is greatly appreciated.