I'm going to put Smithy's on my Y-block in my A coupe. Smithy makes 3 different mufflers one 22in one 23 and one 30. Which one is the best sounding muffler. I know you don't what it's going to sound like till you put it on the car and fire it up ,but what are you using and what is your opinoin? I'm pretty much dead set on the Smithys ,but what are some other 50's style mufflers that ya like? Thanks Kennedy
I'm running a single 30 inch, sounds great but there is to much popping on deceleration....gets old real fast.
Thanks Chester Can the popping be decreased by putting dual exhaust with 2 seperate mufflers? On a scale 1 to 10 how loud is your car?
with 10 being the loudest how loud are the mufflers. What about the brockman mellotones? how do they sound? any literature on them?
When I bought mine, I was able to listen to a Smithy's, then the Brock... Less rappy in my opinion... http://www.brockmancustomparts.com/page2.html G.
Not real sure how load it is when you get on the gas as I am in the driver seat, but it is real mellow on idle....it's connected to a flathead.
In general: The closer to the engine, the louder the "rap" The shorter the muffler, the louder it is H pipe, or crossover makes it quieter, less rap The bigger the engine, or more HP, the longer you need the muffler, or it's too loud the smaller the tailpipes, the longer the tailpipes, the bettter the back-off rap I second the Brockman's...they sound the best....Brock himself will advise you on size for your engine, if you need it. He makes them in MANY different lengths, and with gl***, steel, or no packing at all. Great product, great people!
I had to remove the long Smittys from my flathead sport coupe....tooo quiet. Unless you want to see the logo when you are under the car, save some money and get a the shortest generic gl***pack that your local muffler shop sells. I think they are 12-14" body length. Noone can do an objective sound test. What sounds good to one will be too quiet to someone else. If you like a particular brand, that's cool but I'm not into paying for a brand name. BTW...my 34 P/U runs straight pipes. Hot rods are supposed to be loud.
I'm running a pair of 30's with 2" pipe on my 52. The mufflers are pretty much under the back seat, and the pipes poke out from under the bumper. It's a very mellow sound. I like it, but most HAMBers wouldn't because it really doesn't rap much at all. FWIW, I had some regular cherry bombs before (same arrangement as above), and the neighbors "mentioned" the noise. For a few weeks, i ran the cb's with turn-downs welded straight to the backs of the mufflers, and the neighbors complained the whole time... hmmm... maybe I should go back to that set-up!
Yea, a guy was in the shop Saturday looking over the 54 chevy PU I'm workin on. He ask "what kind of muflers ya got"? My reply was, "they about this long", holding my hands at about 16 inches lingth. They fit up under the truck and sound good and mellow. They are just mufler shop stuff.
Thanks guys I just got off the phone with Brockman he recomended the 22 inch muffler for my set up I think i'm going to use the Brockman's.
I used 30 inch long Smittys on my Chevy. Pipes were 2 inch off the manifolds (350 SBC) back through the mufflers, then 1 3/4 tailpipes. They were not loud at all. I'd say they weren't any louder than a lot of late mode,l new cars, like the Mustang GT and LS1 Camaros and such. No rap, no blat, nothing but real mellow. Overall, I was very disapointed. The old timers kept telling me how loud Smittys would get once they broke in. In over 20k miles, they never got anywhere close to loud.
Been using Smitty's off and on since '63, always liked them. I've always preferred the longer ones like the 30's which is what I'm using now. The longer ones have always had less of a "bark" and more "thunder', a deeper tone. Short ones are louder and raspier. Have never tried the Brockmans but this post has got me thinking about them. I know a few guys with late Mustangs with the 40 Flowmasters which are LOUD and sound like s--- to me, but then that's just an opinion. Don't personally know if the Flowmasters actually produce more power than a Smitty or Brockman does. But I prefer the "traditional" mufflers like the Smittys and Brockmans; personal taste which is what rodding is all about.
I have been a member on here for a while but this is my first post. I just put duals on my 54 Olds that is totally stock. I have used Smithys before but based on some of the stuff I read I decided to go with Brockman Mellow Tones. Big mistake for me. The Brockmans were gl***packs and were anything but mellow. If I were 16 I would love them because they were very loud and raspy. At 70 years old that is not the sound I was looking for. When the car came down off the lift at the muffler shop and I started it I could not believe it. So I replaced them with a set of 30" Smithys this week and got the exact sound I was looking for. It is just a nice mellow sound, The only thing about the Smithys is they leak a little bit along the seam. The muffler shop mounted then with the Smithy name on the bottom which put the seam on the top and they welded the exhaust pipe in. So it was not possible to run a bead down them with a Mig welder. It is hardly noticeable but they should not leak.
Im going with Smithys 26 or 30s on my Flatty 1948 Ford Coupe. I think it will sound husky but not Noisy.Hope Im right But anything is better than Gl***packs.
I had 22" Smithy's on my flatty powered avatar and it was waaaay too quiet! I ended up putting 12" Cherry Bombs on it and it sounds very mellow.
I ran 26" Smithys on my '59 Silver Hawk... sounded *****in', low rumble, not "brash" at all. B.T.W., I always thought Smithys were gl*** packs... the different shape of the can and different baffles is was makes the difference in sound quality. I'm running Porter steel packs on my Plymouth & I like that mello tone even better!
2.25" I/O 30"ers in my roadster. The blown flatty makes a sweet noise through these ceramic coated Smithys like Doc Severson blowing his silver Getsen.
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