Mufflers
Hey fellers, I'm doin a pro-street build on my '69 & need ya'lls opinion on what mufflers to run. Right now I have dual 2" pipe off my headers into Flowmaster 40 series with tail pipes dumpin right behind the rear wheels at kinda an angle down. I'm runnin a .030 over 454, .525 lift cam Lunati 60201LK, old smog oval port heads I want to change, performer RPM with a 3310 vac. secondary and Flowtech headers from Summit. I've read that Flowmasters restrict alot & Dynomax or Borla is a pretty good flowin muffler. I'm wantin to run 3" pipe back to mufflers then a short pipe over the rearend turned down. I'm gonna run a full pos unit & keep my 3.73 gear. My truck will see the drag strip ever once in a while. If I find a set of 781 heads I plan on goin up a couple sizes on my cam, like the Lunati 60203LK & runnin a Hughes 2500 converter in my TH400. What do ya'll think?
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Bigger heads and exhaust should help. I took 3 inch flowmasters loose from my truck at the track one night and ran open hedders and it picked up a tenth in the eighth mile. I ran dynomax bullets after that! I am gonna run cut outs and 3 inch exhaust on my son's truck. It has a mild 454 and 781's.
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There are 2 mufflers I like. The first is a hooker aerochamber and the second is the warlocks.
The aerochamber is quiet yet flow great. Only problem is weight. The warlocks are like a flowmaster with the chamber design however, you can pull a plug out of them and they are a straight through design at that point. Basically open headers. I was running a 3" x-pipe with the warlocks and electric cutouts on them when I first got the truck going. Sounded awesome. I decided to shave some weight so I put dual cut outs right off the header, knecked down to 2.5" and hung some turbo mufflers right in front of the rear tires. Light, quiet but can be wide open in seconds. Posted via Mobile Device |
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I'll throw my .02 in. I'm currently running Dynomax Race magnums. They're similar to bullets, only bigger in diameter and quieter. They're a straight-thru type muffler. I picked up 1.5 tenths in the 1/8 just by going from 3 1/2 Flowmasters to these mufflers. My only complaint is how loud the inside of my cab is, but that's not the mufflers' fault. I have them mounted right underneath the cab and after a long cruise, my ears are ringin' pretty good. I plan on moving them back underneath the bed and this should quiet things down inside the cab.
Your plan for running 3" past the axle sounds like a good one, especially if you're going to drive it a lot. |
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I run Borla (what was then the Shootout mufflers) what are now the XR1 mufflers on my Super Gas car and did many passes with and without the mufflers over nearly 20 seasons for comparison, and there was no performance difference without them. From my experience, they have the best sound attenuation with the least amout of flow restriction.
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Nevermind on the above post, I just registered with that site & gonna contact that feller on the 781's. Thanks for your advise & imput djracer.
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I just talked to the feller on the phone & I got my heads for my motor. DJRACER, You are the Man!!
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I'm running a Borla muffler on my '95 shortbed Chevy and love the deep tone of this system. So if you go this route you will really enjoy it.
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This is the reason I decided to go with a Borla exhaust:http://revrods.com/Projects/57_Chevy/Default.aspx
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I ran 4" flowmasters
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40 series I believe
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Here's my 3" exhaust on my '63 chassis with the Borla XL Series mufflers. I went to the outside of the frame since my gas tank is located between the frame behind the reared housing...also, I wanted it to exit in front of the rear tires. But, it can be done inside of the frame rails. This allowed me to keep the entire exhaust above the bottom of the frame since my truck will end up pretty low. I wouldn't worry about an H-pipe, if that ends up being an obstacle, especially since on a 3" diameter system will put a tube pretty low for the cross pipe.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...p/Exhaust1.jpg ...barely visible... http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...711Sidejpg.jpg |
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I run 3" mandrel bent with an x-pipe and Dynomax Super Turbos. I like it, but it's pretty quiet. I used to run Dynomax Race Magnums, but they were louder, but make good power! .02
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borla is a stainless steel muffler ?
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I have a set of Flowmaster Hushpowers (3 1/2") their pretty loud for the street, I don't drive my truck a whole lot, so I don't really mind. I don't run to far past dark with it, my neighbors would get sick of me quick otherwise. ET wise couldn't tell you... Pretty pricey units is their draw backs... But, they do have a awesome low sound.
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