yeah that thing is damn loud...
i dont know if i could stand it really... i like to be able to hear my music over the exhaust note
my exhaust is loud... but a fair bit quieter than that
as for the welding its funny... every so often i throw on a face sheild and do a few welds for buddies
and its so true that the more you do it the better you get at it... if i had really tried i could have cleaned up alot of those welds
but i was in a serious rush so near the end i got sloppy...
I have seen alot of guys at muffler shops do their welds, and they are the biggest bunch of hack jobs i have seen, cranking up the voltage and spool rate so they can do it faster, but in the process melting and thinning the metal around the weld, just turn down the voltage and spool rate a bit i find that works well and still gets plenty of penetration and go slowish to make sure your welds dont thin out
im sure jon volk would cringe at the site of me welding let along a hack job muffler shop, jon your welds deserve and award