Yes


From experience I know that removing the front mufflers only gives only a slight increase in loudness. I've never tried removing just the rear mufflers....but others probably have and will chime in.

Cheers
DD

 

No direct experience with this car. But, in theory, the V12 would be quite happy sans all four. Noisy, for sure, but not as much as one might think, if the exhaust was piped all the way to the rear.


In my lexicon. the front pair are mufflers and the rear pair are resonators.


My car is a lump. Early on in it's swap, it had no connected mufflers or resonators. Only "down pipes" from the manifolds. At low RPM"s not all that noisy. Up the Rev's and hear the roar of a heathy V8. No squawks from nice neighbors on it's initial victory lap. I kept the throttle light. Same for the voyage to the muffler place. No noise ticket!!!


So, pipe it as you please, either pair will work. To enhance, add an "H" or "X" pipe to ease harmonic resonance, and allow a Jaguar purr.


Carl

 

That's the most common arrangement and terminology although it's isn't unusual to find resonators in front. In some cases it comes down to 'packaging'.....what space is available under the car.

My non-expert understanding is that 'resonators' are more for fine-tuning the sound while mufflers do the lion's share of actual noise suppression.

On some older GM cars the resonators were called 'attenuators'. Odd.

I usually just call 'em all 'mufflers' and leave it at that

Cheers
DD

 

Mine is a 6 not a 12, shouldnt make much difference, i deleted my front mufflers and just kept the resonators, didnt nake a huge difference at all, has a slight growl.to it, but nothing untoward.... look back in my posts and theres a pic.of the straight pipes welded in.