Was wondering what other guys are running on their straight eights. My 52 buick special needs a new tailpipe/muffler. I have heard a few straight pipes and was surprised at how well and tame they sounded. I currently have the stock 40 inch muffler and i cant hear it running. What about the old cheap thrush, cherrybomb and dynomax tube gl*** packs??
I run single exhaust with a cherry bomb style muffler sounds good with a nice snappy gurgle on down shifts. with a little rumble at idle not to loud but no where near as quiet as stock.
I had a factory dual carb ,dual exhaust manifold off a 41 Buick on my 53 ,full length duals with 18" long gl*** packs and it was sweet sounding...
i like the sound of straight pipes, but porters sound very nice if you want to run a muffler. also split manifold with duals.
I have a 263 and a 320. I use a 2 1/2 ' single pipe of the 263. It does sound good and also is relatively quiet at idle. Normbc9
So i did a 2 inch single straight pipe. Did a car show this weekend and everyone was impressed with the sound and loudness for having no muffler. Its pretty tame at idle.
I have 2-1/4" out to 26" Smithy's. then all the way out. very quiet. almost too quiet. 263 milled .035" with 4 barrel carb.
straight pipes!! I ran straight pipe on my 48 super with a 248cid. sounded great. and was surprisingly quiet for having no mufflers. go straight pipe and you will be happy with the sound. nothing smaller than 2" pipe Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
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