hi all, i'm trying to make up my mind about what mufflers to get, leaning towards Flowmasters 40 series 2 chamber, i don't want ticket cop busting loud, but like the rap of the old days, any opinions out there, thanks Jerry
My guess for what you want would be loooong glaspack. 36 in or so. The flowmasters are
high performance and all and sound best on a big cu in motor. IMO
I use Magnaflows on my 460 Custom. They sound great and don't lose horsepower like other big brand mufflers.
Gerald, do a you tube search for Porter mufflers they should give you the old rap. Steel can filled with steel wool really a great sound.
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I have 40 series Flowmasters on my 57. I like the "tin-e" sound they make espeacially with a decent camshaft. :canada:
He's got a stock 312 and wants the old type sound. I'vae got a big motor also cam etc and I
like the flowmasters for my app but I don't think that's what Jerry wants.
not quite stock, has a mild 3/4 cam, if that means anything.
How about Smitty's mufflers from Mac's
theres smittys on there now
Jerry,
I'm not much to give advice on mufflers, I haven't done so well choosing myself. But, I will tell you this. I had glass packs on my 57 once. I thought they were the neatest things I'd ever heard, just like the good old days. Around town they were great. I'd make'em cackle every chance I got. Then I started taking more trips with the car. It wasn't as much fun sitting there listening to that cackle mile after mile. Choose a muffler for how you're going to use the car most. Jim
ok, thanks for all the advise, i have flowmasters on my 69 mach 1, and it sounds great, but thats a HP motor, my 312 is more of a around town type car, and Jims right about the noise, and then theres the wife factor, and guess who wins out 95% of the time, thanks again, jerry
very true on the sound over distance driven. the flowmasters have a drone that really gets to me after an hour or so. I know the magnaflow's don't do it as much yet are a straight through design.
Quote from: geraldchainsaw on 2011-11-16 07:27
and then theres the wife factor, and guess who wins out 95% of the time, thanks again, jerry
Back in the Navy days she was known as CinCHOUSELANT (or PAC).....
Gerald - Are you not happy with the Smittys?
"theres smittys on there now"
I had found a set of near NOS Thrush round mufflers, the painted ones with the bird I liked so well. I bid them up to $155, then gave up. They ended up selling for about $170, more than I was willing to pay for what was a $15 each muffler....Ebay sucks, man...
I remmeber buying a set of Thrush back in High School for $20. I put them on a '70 Mach1 and they drugg on the speed bumps. LOL
Quote from: JPotter57 on 2011-11-21 06:20
more than I was willing to pay for what was a $15 each muffler....Ebay sucks, man...
Bought my first ones in 1969 for $6.99 at G.I.Joes in North Portland. Seems cheap but I was working as a busboy making minimum wage $1.25 hour.
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Back in the day Corvair Turbos were the hot thing. Hot Rod/Car Craft/Popular Hot Rodding (one of those car mags) did a test of which mufflers gave the most HP on a given setup and still kept the law off your back. The Corvair Turbo won hands down! Thursh soon had a replacement for it at much less, can't even begin to remember the cost, but they are still around today.