I got my muffler from napa, only $20 and it sounds alright for being cheap.
x2. I might have paid a little bit more...but not much. Mine usually sounds great. It's just when it sounds like angry bees that I know I should shift... but that's just about every 4 banger, right?
I need to get a cat though. I heard that Larimer County is going to start smogging again sometime soon. Also, it will help with that rich exhaust smell and the decel backfire thing. I hope anyway...
But yeah running over the muffler sounds ingenious! Haha... added to my memory bank of cheap fixes. Love those sorts of things.