64 belair 250 inline six, Straight pipe or glasspack?

Hi there again guys, the hugh-mungo muffler is blown out on this car, its a 64 belair with a 250 six, would it be really obnoxious to run straight pipe on this thing? really loud and sound like crap?

Or would a glasspack be better suited?

I dont have much expierience with the chevy 6 bangers,

Again, thanks for all your help!
Jason.

 

well i got a 62 Starchief & have had both a strightpipe & a reg muffler & a glass pack on it last summer its real low so keep ripping it off & stright pipe was way to damn loud muffler made it way to quite & robbed a lot of power & glasspack cherry bomb type made it right sound & didnt seam to rob power much buts its a 389 v8 6 cils sound great with a split manafold & dauls if you can do that but if just a muff go for a glass pack on a 6cil they sound wicked

 

What kind of sound are you wanting to get? I just ran a search for "exhaust" over on Inliners.org.

A glass pack on a stock system will lower the sound somewhat. A Flowmaster 40 w/ single in/dual out seems to sound like a mild V8.

Get some cast iron dual exhaust headers from Stovebolt Engine Co., then run one straight pipe, and one short glass pack as far forward as possible. You will be unbelievably obnoxious when you rap the pipes with this set-up.


Happy Motoring!

 

I've got a 60 bel air with a 235 _ 6 in it and I got the exhaust running straight out the drivers side front fenderwell right behind the front tire with a glasspack on it and its not that loud at all still ... sounds liek an old tractor pretty much

 

I think you can still get a header for that car...but not sure. If you can, run two pipes w/ one glasspack'd and one straight. The concept sounds stupid, but the sound is really cool.

If you can't buy a header for it, I'm pretty sure your cast iron manifold can be split.

 

i know the manifold can be split my dad did it to many trucks in 60-70s just takes a good welder .......

 

Isn't it supposed to be a 230 in '64? Looks just like a 250. Or, maybe it was replaced.

 

ya, its got to be a post 67 250 somone put in the car becuase its still got a dissconnected air pump with a plastic pulley and lines are still plumbed into the head. I guess it wont be so bad once i get all that crap out of there, maybe it will have a lil more power then the stock 230.

 

Better run a glasspack or 2. I had a straight 6 and with open exhaust it kinda sounds like a tractor. My friend has a 62 nova with a 6, and it has a split header, duals all the way back with glasspacks and it sounds bitchin.

 

on my 216 i ran straight and it sounded nice. dumped it out in front of the rear tire
tatts

 

go with the glass packs. sounds great on a six.