New to the forum, we just picked up a Denali 5.3L 2020 and I have been going mod-happy. I wanted a meaner exhaust sound too, and just tried the AFE muffler delete pipe. We tried the truck for a day and went back and put back on the stock muffler/flapper until I can find an aftermarket muffler to put in place of the stock. The drone on the crew cab was quite intense around 1500 and under a load, even my wife that is hard of hearing didn't like it. Kids in the back definitely didn't. Sounds great from the outside though, a bit like my camaro SS with the pops on deceleration, etc.
So now I want to find something that is about 1/2 between the two and without inside drone....
Got the Rotofab CAI installed, hard tonneau cover, gm rubber mats all around, and much improved underseat tray. It's a shame that GM thinks that tray is even worth mentioning, it hold very little and is so flimsy. So my hunt for a more aggressive exhaust tone continues!
) as I don't want to toss them in the trash.
I plan on finding someone local that might want my stock parts (intake/airbox, underseat tray) and afe muffler delete so they don't take up room in the garage, but will be watching this thread to see whether there are more suggestions for exhaust. The Borla ProXS sounds like it should be at the top of my list right now.