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What Brand of Exhaust do you prefer?

  • Flowmaster

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· Pure American Muscle
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I have Hooker headers into dual 2.5 pipes down to an H pipe and then through 30 Flowmaster ser. and on out. I think there is many great sounding systems out there I choose the 30's because of their classic muscle car sound. Not extremely loud but you can hear the RPM's and it rips when you stomp on it. :drool: lol.


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You forgot Hooker. Their Aero Chamber mufflers flow more than Flowmaster. They have a bassier sound, without all of the raspy sound of Flows. They get loud at the higher RPMs, and stay relatively quiet at cruise. The idle is a little loud at the resonating point, (900-1,100 RPMs).
 

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Hooker Aerochambers is what i run some of the best sounding mufflers ive ever heard. REALLY low tone at idle thats the only complaint sounds like a 12 inch sub goingn off at a stop light. But besides that like ont he hgihway theyre so quiet right until you punch it then they get down right nasty:evil: :pimp: although im temted to throw some cutouts on there just to make sure EVERY car alarm goes off not just everyother one like they do now:evil:
 

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2.5" front to back block hugger headers into header tubes and "Purple Hornies" glasspacks....I like it LOUD! Buddy always says..."see you there".....I always respond..."You'll hear me looooong before you see me"
 

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Dynomax headers, mufflers and a Summit 3" X-pipe. I bought the cheap stuff and it sounded great until I blew up the mufflers. That's no biggie, $40 for a new set and I'm good for a few more years or the next backfire.

Larry
 

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Flowtech Afterburner headers,2.5 exhaust into 40 Series Flowmasters.On the 79 Malibu
I have Summit turbo mufflers thru 2.5 on the 85 ElCaminoSS.Around $20.00 for each muff.Sound real decent too.
 

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I was running Hooker Aerochambers, I really liked them a lot. Once I put the blown engine in the Hookers were way too loud (for the street). I made the change to Borlas and I like them with the blown engine.

Naturally aspirated I really liked the Hookers. So I guess it depends on the engine. Price wise the Hookers are MUCH cheaper and have a very good sound. Borlas are expensive but have a nice sound as well.
 

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Noise does not equal performance (I am sure you already knew that). How loud a muffler will be on a car has a lot to do with how much air that engine is moving. A muffler that is loud on a 750HP big block is not going to sound the same on your 275HP 305.

If you want a loud free flowing muffler I would have to say, see if you can find the old 2 chamber Flowmasters. They are loud but, I don't care for the sound. The older ones had a better sound.

Borlas actually are not that loud. Their claim to fame is "Less noise without losing horsepower" When I say they aren't that loud I mean compared to some other mufflers. My Borlas are plenty loud but, that has a lot to do with the engine.

Royce
 
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