Your opinion on mufflers for 86 350?
 

Hey guys, my 86 has a pretty strong engine with an agressive cam and all that, but after the 3" collectors on the headers, it steps down to like 1 3/4" pipe and then goes thru some glasspack type mufflers, then dumps before the axle.

I like the dump part, but I'm going dual 2 1/2" pipe and wanted to know what mufflers would sound good but not break the bank. 40 series flowmaster?

I dont know. I need 2 1/2" single in and out mufflers of some sort, and wanted your opinion. Thanks!

heres a vid of it running now.

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/x...4x4/th_114.jpg

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super 40 flowmasters sound nice. so do the 44's

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flow master super 10s
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FLO-842518/

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Spintech's sound great and have a much better reputation for flow than flowmasters do. The sportsman series are comparible in sound to 40 series flows but don't have the "tinny" sound associated with flowmasters.

Everyone is going to have an opinion on this though so you will just have to pick one and go for it. My friend has a very hot 350 in his truck and is running 40 series flows and it sounds really mean! I just don't like the "tinny" sound when he gooses it.

I went back and forth on this as I am building a motor for my truck right now and will be doing exhaust soon. On the one hand I knew how good my buddies truck sounded but also knew I wasn't crazy about the WOT sound. One the other hand I found these fairly new Spintech mufflers that everyone that has tried them seems to be raving about them. I have never actually heard them in person just on Youtube. They sound incredible though and have awesome reviews. I decided to take a chance on them. I personally went with The Prostreet 6000 series Spintech which I am guessing is comparable in volume to a 1 chamber flowmaster. The Prostreets are very small mufflers only measureing 4"x6"x12". As I said earlier the Sportsman series may be more up your alley. Good luck man!

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I would stay way from Flowmaster, because you want to dump. Dumping the exhaust cause a bit of droning from any exhaust system, and flowmaster drone bad enough to start, it'll drive you nuts. I have Thursh welded mufflers, they are the same design idea as the Flowmaster super 40's and sound similar, but they don't drone or have that tinny sound.

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Never heard the 44's before....any difference in sound?

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I'm running a single 3" exhaust and cat into a Flow 40 muffler with the 3" inlet and dual 2.5 outlets dumped in front of the axle and love it,deep agressive sound :metal:

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heres my truck. hot 400sbc with flowmaster 40s
my pop corn maker ;)

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Nice, couldn't tell if they were dumped? Also what's the specs on your cam, and your exhaust? Headers etc?
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For actual better exhaust flow, Magnaflow!!

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Flowmasters, with a cross over pipe, if you don't already have one. Flowmaster is the king of all mufflers.

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LOL I actually have a massive Stainless dual 3" in and Dual 3" out under my '01....I like it.

dexter: would adding a crossover pipe help me?

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Love your idle man!!! I hope mines lope sounds that good.
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http://thumb13.webshots.net/t/50/650...3zAvaLF_th.jpg

I'll put up my setup against a Flowmaster setup any day. For power with an identical engine, I'll blow it away.

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400sbc worked up some.. with
long tube headers into 2.5 pipe dumped before the rear end. no x or h pipe.
.503/.510 lift Elgin cam

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Flowmaster super 44's

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I vote spintechs as well, I put them on mine and they sound very throaty without the drone and they are dumped

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I have a bid of my truck with a lopey idle and a 3 in system with x pipe and purple hornie dumps ile post the vid. I'm on an iPhone so getting a phone vid to here will take time
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you have no idea how long it took to get this from my phone to here lol.
hope you guys like it my truck is just at the threshold of overloading the microphone on my phone so sound isnt as good as it really is

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/j...t=IMG_0057.mp4

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I've never seen the tach on that part of the instrument cluster before......good idea!

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If you want a good cheap muffler get a Full Boar... they are pretty much the same as a flow master. I have a set on my 86 K10 and I love them and I am going to put a set on my M1009 with the 6.0 and it should be making well over 400hp.

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Thanks it's a harbor frieght tach that cost 12 bucks and has like 8 colors. Took alot to get it in there though.

Has anybody on the forum have a video of there spintechs?
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man it never fails I stop by the site and I end up reading a post and deciding to drop money on the same thing lol.

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Magnaflow or DynoMax. They are a straight through muffler and will make more power than a Flowmaster OR spintech. Plus they sound GREAT.

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I'm thinking about changing over to magnaflow mufflers from my flowmasters
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