why are flowmasters so hyped up, i think they sound terrible, anyone else agree?

 

Yes..just like a school Bus!!

 

lol thats great

 

I didn't like my 40 series at all but I really do like the sound of the race 30 series, there not nearly as loud, have a great tone and hardly any interior resonance. To each his own I guess.

Mark.

 

I don't know about a school bus, but F'Masters aren't my favorite sound.
I kinda like that quiet tin can rumble that doesn't pop when you floor it.
I used to have a 66 327 Impala with 14 inch cherry bombs on it, once burned out they sounded great crusing around, but got loud and cackly when I would hit the gas.

 

My firebird sounds horrible with flowmaster, not to mention they are rotting away horribly, so they're not as durable as they could be. I've been told that the edlebrock exaust sounds great, anyone ever use it?

 

The 80 series that was on my stock '82 LG4 (2-1/4", cat) sounded great.

The 80 series that was on my hopped up 305 and 350 (3", cat and no cat) was just noisy.

 

I had a 30-series with a resonator, and it sounded decent, but it was a little restrictive. The backpressure went up to around 6-8 PSI at WOT. My 22" hooker maximum flow is actually slightly quieter even though its a striaght through design. That, and it doesnt drone at certain RPMs like the flows do.

 

been using the Edlebrock RPM catback form 1994 it sounds Good
or i would have swaped it out... Not into My Car sounding like a School Bus. with that ratty poping sound on Take Off.

would like to try a few others out..soon i can tell you they hold Up well.
even after Years on My Car the Muffler is still Like Brand New!
even the catback Pipes look only a few weeks old..the Muffler is all SS
pipes are aluminized (spelling)

 

i have cat-back Flowmaster American Thunder II system and it sound greate, it's loud and people are scared of my car when passing them

best regards

 

I got tired of Flowmasters as well.. I switched to Hooker Aerochambers and never looked back.

 

Well it would seem other people out there disagree with your opinion then. I was happy with my 80 series when I had it.

 

I and others liked the Force II system at first on a mild setup.

Once you start making serious power, the highway drone may get out of hand.

Anything with a tall converter, IMHO, will have a nasty, raspy drone at highway speeds (4500 RPM's or so) with the flowmasters.

There are much less restrictive mufflers out there anyway, such as the straight through Magnaflows. They have a much mellower tone (at 4-4500) and make more average and over all power.

Just my personal experience/2cents.

 

I had 2 4-=series on my 97 Tahoe's dual exhaust & loved them. Had a 40-series on my 92 RS & my wife's 90 RS....Loved them too.

Only reason I have Magnaflow on my GTA now, is because that is what was on there when I bought the car.

I've considered switching it out for a Flowmaster. It's just TOO quiet for me.

 

I had a Flowmaster 40 on my 350 Camaro and it was loud and had that rattle or truck sound that I didn't like. When I put new tail pipes on I went to the Magnaflow #14267, that is with 3" Inlet and 2.5" dual Outlets. Has a lot deeper tone and sound more like the old muscle cars. The power seems the same and the sound hasn't changed after about 2000 miles. Each his own I guess, but I like it and now I don't alarm the neighborhood in the mornings when I start it up.
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other than ***** cars its the worst sound

 

Yea not a fan of the Dronemaster myself. Unfortunately had one on my 88. I am a Borla fan, nothing sounds better in my opinion.

 

the 80 series i had sounded fine, it just had too much resonance over 3krpm and got annoying.

 

I've had my Flowmaster for a while (its been on there since I bought it) and I have 0 complaints. Its not that loud to me unless I get on it and then it screams...

 

I don't mind mine... It sounds GREAT at 2100 rpm... at WOT it screams though...

 

yea borla = best sound in the world

 

I've got a Magnaflow muffler on my 87' 350 GTA.....No complaints, been told that they flow better then Flowmaster......Don't know if its a fact or not!

A buddy of mine had Borla on his 98' 350 T/A, it sounded really nice!

IMO, the only way to really know what sounds best on our car's, is to compare side by side at a car show/meet using 2 fairly identical car's with different muff's!

 

Yeah I'm not a huge Flowie fan myself. I don't really hate them, but a lot of the cars I have been in with 40 series tend to have that drone problem and that just hurts my ears. I've got a set of longtube headers, 2 1/2" full dual pipes and a pair of Thrush Super Turbo mufflers. Yeah they're kinda cheap, but the car sounds awesome. Mild but solid at idle, and there just aren't words to describe WOT past 2500 rpms.

 

When I first got my Camaro, I reallyyy wanted a magnaflow, but I got a free Flowmaster crossflow(now i even have another spare, haha) and im glad i didnt get a magnaflow!

You can BARELY hear it inside the car at any rpm, and has a very nice tone outside, not too loud.

every i see that i have passed cant believe my engine is stock either

 

It just comes down to personal taste. I DO NOT like the sound of most borla or magnaflow exhausts. Every once in a while, I'll hear one that I do like though.

I had a stock 305 '92 that I put the flowmaster 3 inch 80 series setup on, with no cat. It sounded great and was not bad at all inside the car. My brother has the car now, and it still sounds the same and is holding up fine.

My favorite setup is the OLDER Edelbrock system. Not too loud, not too quiet, just a nice smooth rumble. I have installed on two of my cars years ago.

On my current car, I bought it with a really old Flowmaster crossflow (smaller than 80 series). It was loud, but sounded good, when the motor was stock. After modifying the car, it became louder and more raspy/rattly at higher rpm. So, I bough another Edelbrock system as in the past. Same part#, but came with a different muffler and long polished (very nice) tips. It ended up being even louder than the old style flowmaster. Sounds better, but it is not nearly as quiet as the old stlye. It sounds very racy.

 

well, i think the sound is ok, but the flow numbers SUCK....they are one of the most restrictive exhaust muffler on the market, I was shocked by that when I saw the numbers. Hookers have best numbers, starting with maxflow then aerochamber. The only ones that flowed worse than flowmasters were stock and believe it or not, glass packs.

 

got a flowmaster super 44, with a lt4 hot cam and 3 inch pipe. loud and mean. maybe you should try it and you wouln't complain.

 

I have a 3" flowmaster with a 2 chamber muffler. 15 years old....never an issue.

Time to switch to an SLP......until I can afford a Borla.

 

i love my american thunder cat back kit. made that little 305 sound like it should. dropped in a 383 and love it even more. i love the choppy idle i have and i dont mind town driving. sounds good inside the car and on a drive by its just another firebird on the road. it did get me a warning for noisy speakers once though. PIG looked like an *** when i popped the hatch and there was no sub

 

I put my 3" Flowmaster system on last winter and I really like the sound albeit, it can get a drone at some rpm's when highway driving, but when I go into overdrive and push the rpm down. It really gets peoples attention when you go to full throttle for sure. When I do a smokey burnout with the 406, it lets you know I am there. I just ordered a set of Hedman longtubes to take the shorty Hedmans off. I am going to wrap them to help bring the underhood temps down since these cars have very little room for heat to escape. I also odered a Magnaflow universal Y connector to tie everything together. I will have an exhaust shop make the connection from the collectors to the Y after I get it all figured out. Wonder how much the sound will change when done.

 

 

Very cool info.

Too bad no numbers for the 3" stuff, since that is what most people run.

 

true....that's just what they tested.....pretty much would be same results but of course with more flow.
did you notice the difference between the 2 1/4 and 2 1/2 straight pipe.....a ton of cfm....now imagine a 1/2" jump up to 3" or even 3 1/2" (I run that and couldn't see it fitting any larger)....

 

I have a Flowmaster American Thunder cat back (80 series muffler) 3 in. pipe with a Magnaflow high flow cat and I get compliments all the time. I like it allot. Hears a link to a page of all Flowmasters mufflers and it also shows the internal components. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...atAOJi8D1Awand And here's a video link to a 80 Flowmaster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDDJiJhEJJM&NR=1 and here's one to a Magnaflow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi40rYz2lPU here's one to a Powerstick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TkhsB3TGio&NR=1 and here's one to a Spintech http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w...ew_Exhaust.swf Heres Borla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfLbFlG2dQ Enjoy. By the way I did not like the Flowmaster 80 series muffler tips sticking out from the rear of my car so i cut them back about 3in. and they tuck in nicely now.Im also getting the rolled tips soon.

 

I like the sound of some Flowmaster setups, but Borla is my favorite sounding exhaust.

 

Flowmasters are my favorite and all of the best sounding cars that I've heard have had them. They flow good enough to support ALOT of HP, everyone thinks they need 1,000cfm for some reason.

 

I love the way my 80 series sounds... Its obnoxious with my headers, high flow, and 4in outs... Wouldn't change it for the world... Just a lil FYI, before I ran this set-up, I ran Borla... They're a lil over-rated and priced in my book... But that's just my

 

You can fit a 4", Mufflex makes one and a friend on mine has it on his 92. Sounds MEAN!

 

Exactly, I don't see any issues with the flow numbers on my flowmaster but I know I'm not pushing the limits of my system as of yet. Also, sound wise, mine really doesnt sound like a "typical" flowmaster. I like the way mine sounds and it gets better everytime I put something new on to increase HP.

 

Oh yeah....I'm running 4 inches of sewer tube if your wondering.

 

An exhaust that you can easily stick you arm down is pretty cool IMO.

 

 

4" is overkill for 99% of Camaros.......

From LS1tech......For instance, a 700hp engine may have a dyno-optimized 3.75-inch diameter collector. This diameter, in conjunction with the length used, results in the system “tuning in” at the desired rpm. But from the standpoint of flow, a 3-inch pipe from each bank would be capable of handling all of such an engine's flow requirements.

 

And firebirds too.

 

Agreed. But a single 4-inch wouldn't equal a true duel 3-inch system right?

Mark.

 

The lo3 92 Firebird I had in high school sounded good with the american thunder system. I think every ford probe gt in town thought I was running some big inch small block because the car sounded fast and they all wanted to race me. Then they all felt pretty dumb when they found out it was a 170 hp car with 160,xxx miles. Of course I was a little dumb for street racing, but thats another discussion. But my 92 B4C has a flowmaster muffler and I think I sound like crap. I was thinking about the Hooker catback. Has anybody tried it, what I sounds like? Ryan

 

Trust me, the car definitely falls into that 1%. The car the exhaust is on, it is warranted.

 

yes Just Like a School Bus!

that raspy POPPing sound of the Big yellow school Bus Pulling away!

 

that raspy POPPing sound of the Big yellow school Bus Pulling away!

Not all Flowmasters sound that way. There are some 9 and 10 sec cars around here that don't sound to bad at all with them. And I would know because my car would alway's be behind them,never in front of them.

Mark.

 

I honesty think it depends on the cubic inch of the motor, or the size of cam
as far as how things will sound. iv heard first hand my own cars, cars at car shows, race tracks etc. smaller engines like the 305 sound like disease trucks with a stock cam and a flow master. a 305ci motor with a stock cam configuration sounds more amazing with a glass pack style muffler but on the other hand a camed 305 will sound better with a flow master style muffler, but will also still sound great with a glass pack too.