mufflers what you running

I've got 2 1/2 dual exhausts with a crossover and a pair of 13" x 9" cheap turbos mounted right in front of the rear axle. Sounds good to me. If I want to race or just get attention I pull the caps off the cones on my headers.

 

Hi!

I would run straigt pipes, or gl*** packs on a flathead, but
had a pair of cherry bombs on my 49 ford, with a pair of echo cans
at the end. Sounded mellow on idle but where loud when i cranked it up on higher rpm`s. A friend used a pair of Hollywood deeptones
on his 324 Rocket, an that sounded just right!

Kjell

 

Cheap Turbo, had cherry bombs but the get to be a bit much on a 500-600 mi. trip. Could be a result of old age.

 

hey,

I am looking to change out my muffleers on my truck... the guy I got it from was running dual flowmasters... doesnt really suit the truck... it has a 302 in it I am gonna run full length headers , any suggestions for gl*** packs? noise is not an issue I want something that can be loud but cl***ic... HP is a bonus as well... a little help please. My old man said to run some smittys but I haven't read anything good about them as of late...

 

I've got Brockman mellowtones on my Y-block best sounding gl***packs ever heard ,and are made better ,but it all depends on your pipe size, your engine, ,and muffler location.

 

well it sounds like cherry bombs are the loudest around... loud is good... how are htey for HP?

 

running nothing on my stock 289. mello at idle , but plenty load enough when revved high

 

Dual flow masters on a straight six. Sounds very good.

 

i'd like to hear what anyone's running with a chevy inline?
i'm about to drop a 292 in a '53 chevy and wanting "loud" when its stomped, but just a good rumble at idle....any thoughts?

my orignal thoughts for the "loud when i want it" idea is, dumps,...just open when i want to lose my hearing.

 

59ab and no mufflers. Just using two sections of chain link fence post...

 

Ditto had a high compression 339 sbc in the early 70's with Cherry Bombs, previous owner, BAD *** sound, puked the motor replaced with a mild cam low comp turd and sound went to NO ***. I support your theory DR. G

 

Not the same series engine, but I had a Chevy 250 swapped into my '65 Tempest (don't worry, it was originally a 215), split manifold with duals, and just some cheap-*** muffler shop gl***packs, and it idled quiet. Get the R's up and it'd buzz a bit at the tailpipes, but the no muffler setup sounded like a Cessna taking off. My '84 DeVille with the HT4100 has split duals (2-1/4") with no mufflers, and it sounds like a mild Chevy small-block with small turbos on it. Tiny engines make tiny noises, even with 8 cylinders. The '55 is yet to be decided. The 265 stays, though.

 

The flowmasters sound a little too modern to me for an old hot rod. I have the Flowmaster Super 40s on my daily driver pickup. They sound okay, but they resonate with a big droning sound at certain RPMs.

For older hot rods, I like either straight pipes, gl***packs, or the old "Turbo" style cheap oval mufflers. The Turbos sound like a typical muscle car hot rod like you would have heard in the '70s. The gl***packs have a more traditional '60s or earlier hotrod sound to them. The neat thing with gl***packs is that you can tailor the sound by choosing the right length and diameter of gl***packs, or even run two gl***packs in series if you want it quiet. Short gl***packs with small outer casings sound pretty close to straight pipes, but just quiet enough that you won't get a ticket or get a headache. Long, large diameter outer casing gl***packs have a deeper mellower tone.

If you go on a long trip with Flowmasters, that obnoxious droning sound at certain RPMs kind of drives you nuts. If you go on a long trip with gl***packs though, the purr of the exhaust sounds like beautiful music, and you'll want to just keep driving and driving. With gl***packs, there aren't certain RPMs that resonate more than others, so it just sounds good all the time at any RPM.

 

I had cherry bombs on my coupe and now have flows well they are going bye bye I still have the hollowed out bombs and the flows sound like **** on my car the bombs sounded awesome moderate cam, 11:1, 355 sbc good note and obnoxiously loud.Gonna see how dynomax race bullets sound real soon too.Since I flanged the exhaust at the muffler I can do that and love it.

 

sbf, lots of duration ,2 chamber flows and 2''tail pipes. suits me.this is my car.

 

I have an exhaust bender and do a lot of duals in my shop. I replace a lot of Flowmasters for customers, they sound like **** 99% of the time. I like to add a set of what we call silver bullets as resonators with the flowmasters. I am ***uming they are exactly like the mello tone, gl*** pack style but with larger spiral cutouts to mellow it down a bunch. I use them as regular gl*** packs all the time and they are great mufflers.
Cherry bombs and flowmasters are both junk. Why even waste your money on cherry bombs, they don't do anything.
I also get what we call a turbo pack. They look just like a gl***pack but have two chambers in them. I have them on my big block '65 Galaxie and they sound awesome with 2.5" exhaust.
I will never run cherry bombs or flowmasters on any of my own stuff, ever. I install exhaust for a living so I hope that tells you something.

 

Purple Hornies right off the hedders with turn downs. Short and sweet.

 

What he said but they also sound good on a Ford 289/302.

 

I have had many sets of flowmasters and all have sounded different on each car with its own variables. I have a set on my 62 vette with ls6 supercharged 3" pipes duals all the way, sounds awesome. I have all types (chainers and traditionals) car guys that always want to know what I am running for exhuast because they like the sound (or so they say) and are suprised when its flows.