Whats the best sounding muffler on a flathead v8

Its time for exhaust on my 35, I know what smitty's sound like on one but there's alot of mufflers out there. Any body running something else?

 

run none

 

I think none sound really good

 

None! Flathead engines have asthma, so they don't need mufflers.

 

x 4 for none. Straight pipes only sounds good.



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none x5

 

None here....

 

Porters. Hands down!

 

I used Smitty's back in the cave days.

 

1" 3/4 straight pipes with pencil tips. You wont be sorry!

 

I just switched from Smithys to Porters. Really like the sound of the Porters, but actually run with my lakes pipes open 95% of the time. Even at that I still can't get a warning ticket for loud pipes.

 

Cast iron black pipe 1-1/4" - 1-1/2" front-to-back assembled with assorted elbows and never-seez. And not just for flatties either.

Jack E/NJ

 

Porters!

 

Straightpipes.......

 

I am running straight pipes on my V12 32 Ford the louder the better.

Frenchy

 

In the south east area lots of rodders used 52 chevy dump truck mufflers , The outlet had a larger size than the inlet. Also had next to no inside but were stock so the local police would not give you a much shit. My favorite set up was no muffler but flex pipe that ended about the back seat area or exit in front of the rear wheels.. Later came scavenger pipes.

 

The oldschool rodders in Sweden would say copper pipes with o mufflers, suppose to give it a nice tone.

 

I'm running 12" Brockman glass packs. They sound great on stock and modified flatheads.

 

I was going to mention Smithy's as well. good sounding steel pack and as mufflers go they just scream flathead.

 

Brockman Mellow tones. Steel is louder than glass packs until the glass burns out. Then their just about like straight pipes.

 

None!!!! I had smittys on my T modified, The muffler was 2/3 of the whole exhust system(being the car is only 10' 8" long) I ended up taking them off and now run straight pipes.

 

What’s a muffler?

 

Anything will sound just fine. But, here's a chance to educate me as to why I need Porter or Smitty mufflers vs the $28 Walker glasspacks I ended up using. Thanx in advance

 

Straight pipes on my 40 but if I was ever going to put mufflers on it they would be Brockman Mellowtones

 

I know this thread is over a decade old but someone please explain the use of cast iron pipe for exhaust. I didn’t know this was a thing.

 

None,again

 

They had to when they started using quadratoilets on intakes.

I tried my flathead with straight pipes, it didn't "do it" for me. Smitty's out the back with 1.75" pipes (stainless, not cast iron).

 

brockman mellowtones here

 

Mufflers?! Haha!



https://youtube.com/shorts/C2F91yiyOc0?si=_BQPBFTGyoU4wq3N

 

Someone really signed up here to post what's a muffler on a 13 year old thread?