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Old 05-24-2012, 12:24 AM   #1
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Flowmaster

Well now that i got the headers put on and installed my new remflex gaskets it sounds all good but i noticed that the welds around the out let pipes on both mufflers are starting to crack and i have a few cracks in some pipe so time to install a new system, i plan on running 2 1/2 inch like i have now, i got the super 40s flow masters on there not and there not to loud for me, i did some research and i narrowed it down to either the flowmaster super 44 or the original 40, it will be running true dual off long tube flow tech headers, whats your opinion?
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Old 05-24-2012, 12:31 AM   #2
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the super 44
If your like me and sometimes you dont come home from work till 1-3am
everybody will know when you get home lol
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Old 05-24-2012, 01:25 AM   #3
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If yours cracked why get more? I think its time for something new. there are very many other mufflers that out ther that are cheaper, flow better and dont sound like a fart can on a v8
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Old 05-24-2012, 06:27 AM   #4
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Re: Flowmaster

In my search for the tone I want, I ran many types of mufflers. I ran Flowmaster Series 44 on my 93 Silverado and of the many flowmasters I've ran myself and heard on other vehicles, those sound the best. They're also the only ones I know of (as of a few years back) that have round baffles and not just a mouse trap of flat peices.

But my personal favorite muffler (after going through ForzaFlow, Glass packs, Turbos, many kinds of Flowmasters, and traditional 3 tube design mufflers) are the Warlock Racing Mufflers. They have the perforated 3 pass tube design but are made of VERY heavy steel and have no packing. They are quieter on EFI setups but on carbureted engines they have such a classic tone. My dad put Hush Thrush mufflers on my Mom's 71 Buick Skylark (which has a carbureted 350) when she got it all those years ago and the Warlock mufflers are the closest thing I could find to that totally deep and full tone her car gives off. Not surprisingly I've since installed them on 3 different vehicles, but of course my 1972 Buick Electra with the 455ci engine sounds best. Maybe because its the only of the 3 that is carbureted (aside from having the most cubes). You can get Warlocks from Summit Racing, maybe other places too but I always got them from Summit.

But if you're gonna go with flowmaster, the series 44 I think have the deepest and best tone.
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Old 05-24-2012, 09:16 AM   #5
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I'm likein my 40 Flowmasters
I'm running 2.25 duals on a stock 2B 305
soon a 4B tho
quiet and loud lol best of both worlds...for now
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Old 05-24-2012, 01:33 PM   #6
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If yours cracked why get more? I think its time for something new. there are very many other mufflers that out ther that are cheaper, flow better and dont sound like a fart can on a v8
i would have to agree here!
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Old 05-24-2012, 05:15 PM   #7
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You should try Spintechs. They flow way better than flowmaster and have a great sound.
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Old 05-24-2012, 07:47 PM   #8
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i have heard spintechs in person, they have a nice clean sound.
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Old 05-24-2012, 11:02 PM   #9
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i went ahead and located a pair of 2 Super 44 Of Road Mufflers they are the ones wraped in dimond plate there is no difference in the super 44 and super 44 off road besides the case is there?
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Old 05-24-2012, 11:05 PM   #10
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Not for sure about the difference but i run super 44 and love them
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Old 05-24-2012, 11:13 PM   #11
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Not for sure about the difference but i run super 44 and love them
yeah i dont think there is much of a difference but the 44 off road is more durable and can take more abuse
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Old 05-25-2012, 01:05 AM   #12
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Old 05-25-2012, 02:12 AM   #13
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good ol' purple hornies. cant go wrong with glass packs
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