Muffler quiz

[Lenz]

Well Marc, somebody's gotta wanna run Flowmasters   It would seem that there are several good choices but none so disliked as the Flow"turd"master.

Thanks for the additional audio and vids gentlemen.  I'm picking up a subtle but negative vibe from Joel that may only be eclipsed by the fact that Ross apparently tried them on everything he owns (except the washing machine?) before he gave up and put them on the shelf. 

I checked out the Hooker Aeros too, apparently the pick your poison view isn't far off the mark so long as one avoids the reflective design.

Gotta say too, less that a mile from my house there's a guy with a '66 Nova running a 383 sbc.  He had a bunch of parts on a trailer out front and I spotted a pair of mufflers welded up to some straight stainless with header flanges.  Saw $20 written on one.  Got close enough to see they were Flowmasters, didn't ask him why he took them off the car......

[cjshaker]

Got close enough to see they were Flowmasters, didn't ask him why he took them off the car......

This isn't multiple choice....you only get one guess.

[plovett]

I RUN 2" HEADERS, 3-1/2" PIPES, 3-1/2" DYNOMAX BULLETS, AND TURNDOWNS.  MY X-PIPE QUIETS IT DOWN A LOT.  WHAAAAAT DID YOU SAY??

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paulie

[plovett]

And here's the ugly cat idling out of the parking lot with the 3-1/2" bullets.  The video is over 3 years old, but my Cougar has the same setup today.

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[Lenz]

Nice vids Paulie, a tad loud for my purposes but your co-pilot seems to like the decibels right where they are. I did notice a lot of cars on the return road at the strip tho..

[plovett]

I did notice a lot of cars on the return road at the strip tho..

That's pretty funny right there.   

[fryedaddy]

you guys are making me feel bad about my flowmasters on my car,i have the loudest ones,whatever they are50s 30s i dont know but the muffler shop said it was their loudest straight thru version.i got them many years ago when flowmasters were cool,because some of these newer mufflers was not out yet

[turbohunter]

you guys are making me feel bad about my flowmasters on my car,i have the loudest ones,whatever they are50s 30s i dont know but the muffler shop said it was their loudest straight thru version.i got them many years ago when flowmasters were cool,because some of these newer mufflers was not out yet

Hold strong brother. Let the force flow...........master :-)

[plovett]

I'm not as down on Flowmasters as most. 

The trick, in my opinion is to size them big.  I like to do that on exhaust anyway.   You could even neck the pipe up at the muffler and neck it down afterward, if you like the sound.  Or just make the whole system big.

JMO,

paulie

[turbohunter]

I'm hoping that's the key Paulie.
Along with cross pipe and all the way out the back.
I'll certainly let you guys know if it's a total failure at around 2k rpm.
I'm not proud.
To my ear you can't beat them at idle and wot though.
Though the Borlas sound pretty darn nice also.

[cjshaker]

A person likes what they like, and there isn't anything wrong with that. I don't mind the sound of Flowmasters, and I likely wouldn't have spent the money to change them on a regular street car, but the drone inside was just TORTURE!

[plovett]

but the drone inside was just TORTURE!

nah, torture would be me in the passenger seat for 1000 miles of Drag Week.   blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  Sometimes I just can't shut up no matter how many times you hit me.  What dya' say, Doug?  We could talk about our feelings for hours......

[cjshaker]

We could talk about our feelings for hours......

Suddenly those Flowmasters don't seem like such a bad idea.

[fryedaddy]

i guess at least i can say i have 3 inch flowmasters,3 inch x pipe and 3 inch out the back,where it belongs

[plovett]

We could talk about our feelings for hours......

Suddenly those Flowmasters don't seem like such a bad idea.

Hey, I have LOTS of feelings.  Hot, cold, hunger, pain.  Actually that's all of 'em.