[Landshark928]

I'm looking for a more aggressive sound. Not really louder but more grit. The opposite of the empty flow master sound. Here's my set up.

383 SBC Dart SHP Block. 10.74:1 Compression. Forged crank, rods, pistons.
Airwolf 220 CNC Heads (Flow 310cfm/220cfm@ max lift)
Lunati Voodoo Solid Roller 250*@0.050" / 0.604" lift
Ported and gasket matched Crosswind intake (FP1206)
Powerjection III Fuel Injection (TB Rated 930cfm)
Long tube headers 1 7/8 stepped to 2", 3.5" collectors
Collectors reduced to 3" into Magnaflow "X", then 2.5" out to dual Afterburner mufflers and turn downs in front of rear axle.


Here's a short video of her idling at 1000rpms. The afterburners are rated to flow well, and were cheap, however I'm not digging the sound. Would I loose much power ditching the X for straight duals? Or even purple hornies right on the headers?

Can't get video to embed... Here's the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufSPOCsjorc



Thoughts? Thanks!

[wwilliams181]

I like the borla stainless race mufflers.. nice sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0e4...feature=relmfu

[lakeroadster]

Not a fan of Flowmasters either

For me the exhaust needs to match the demeanor of the car.

I have purple hornie header mufflers with no tail pipes on my '69 SS Camaro. The wife and I really like the way it sounds... true to it's era. I put turnouts at the end of the muffler that help to direct the exhaust down and out to the side. Sorry, no audio clip..


On my C10 I built true duals using 30" long Cherry bombs with full length 2-1/2" tailpipes and long tube headers. Here is an audio clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYbRY...eature=mh_lolz

[Landshark928]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

Not a fan of Flowmasters either

For me the exhaust needs to match the demeanor of the car.

I have purple hornie header mufflers with no tail pipes on my '69 SS Camaro. The wife and I really like the way it sounds... true to it's era. I put turnouts at the end of the muffler that help to direct the exhaust down and out to the side. Sorry, no audio clip..


On my C10 I built true duals using 30" long Cherry bombs with full length 2-1/2" tailpipes and long tube headers. Here is an audio clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYbRY...eature=mh_lolz

The cherry bombs are closer to what I want. Nice and low growl with out the rocks in a coffee can sound. Sounds like it might be loud at idle, what do the neighbors think?
Thanks!

[lakeroadster]

Originally Posted by Landshark928

The cherry bombs are closer to what I want. Nice and low growl with out the rocks in a coffee can sound. Sounds like it might be loud at idle, what do the neighbors think?
Thanks!

Neighbors... who cares? Just kidding... I keep my foot out of it while in the neighborhood.

I took the video before the truck was warmed up so it was at a fast idle. When warm the cam is pretty prominant and it's not as loud. It's actually fairly quiet in the cab.

[techinspector1]

Originally Posted by Landshark928

turn downs in front of rear axle.

Cheezy.....

[Landshark928]

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Cheezy.....

Gas tank hangs down too low on passenger side to route a pipe that way. Battery hangs down on the other side preventing dual pipes with out more skills than I have. Turn downs are a temp fix. They also seem to keep the volume down a bit.

That being said, I'm not worried about cheeze. Let's be real, I have a Porsche with a SBC, Satin black paint with bright yellow checkered striping and a wing big enough to make a Honda jealous. I'm waaaaay past cheezy

[matts37chev]

keep the magnaflow X pipe
then finish with a short magnaflow muffler