i need muffler help!!

[TyJ]

Anybody running magnaflows?

I have some ready to go in, I was told they are the quietest out of all the major brands, and I like the sound

[AllenKarber]

Originally Posted by manimal

I myself(no offense to ANYONE!) cannot stand the soound of glasspacks. They remind me of a clapped-out old ford. But to each his own.
I like the Flowmaster 50's,super 40's,and the Dynomax race Magnums. Hooker AeroChambers sound very nice also. Good Luck.
-Lance

Yeah, I HATE glasspacks! They're way too "poppy" IMO.

[Ol'Rover]

my friend has cherry bomb glasspacks on his '78 MustangII 30t Ford... i help him work on the car, but i hate it. Sounds like a popcorn maker.

[Stocker]

After reading several negative comments about glasspacks and snap, crackle, pop -- I need to add something, and ask a question . First, I am old school all the way. My truck has had 36" glasspack blanks for at least 20 years, and before that I had the same mufflers on a full-size Dodge van with a 318. Both have had a deep quiet mellow V8 burble (can't even call it a rumble) and never a hint of cackle. I agree those who say the cackle is too annoying and is not what I want to hear.

So -- what causes it? Short mufflers? Cheaply made mufflers? Poor quality packing? Gotta be something going on here... all glasspacks are most definitely not created equal.

[Ol'Rover]

the lenth of the glasspack will affect the sound, shorter will have popping and crackling, since you have a longer set, its probably better, packing probably has somthing to do with it also.

[samwise68]

the longer the glasspack, the mellower the sound. My truck has a nice babble at idle, in my opinion, and can be loud, but even when I down shift and let it rap off, there isn't any "crackling", as some have said.

-shrug-. I like the sound, I think it's fairly traditional and "period correct", if that was ever an issue. But, to each their own.

-Sam.

[68Stepbed]

The only glasspacks I've ever heard that I liked were Smithy's. A friend put some on his 53 Ford with a stock 302 and it sounded real nice. He just put a new set behind a Flathead and said he hates the way the new ones sound. It's like they're made different than before.

[Ol'Rover]

the new ones are made much cheaper, and unfortunatly not as good quality.

[dznucks]

when i first had my glasspacks put on they were true dual the whole way back and they did pop like everyone is saying. i dont remember the exact length but they are short, i'd say 20". I later added an H-pipe and that eliminated the popping.

but they were never really loud, they were just deep and mellow.

[fnoblitt]

i've had flowmasters,turbo mufflers,glasspacks and i like the sounds of all of them. but this time i thought i'd try something differant, and put on a pair of magnaflows. they aren't as loud, but sound great to me and with the windows up ,it doen't dround out my radio.

[JAKES 68GMC]

Thrush turbos sound great behind headers there a nice sound cheap. I get compliments all the time on how my truck sounds. I have it routed past the rear axle, it dumps before the rear bumper. And, without and padding or carpeting in the cab, its pretty quiet overall. I hear the rear-end whining more than the exhaust. My friends say it sounds nice and loud when she goes by though.

[boundstaffpress]

Sorry no sound clips from me, but my favorite combo I've had was 350 with a set of Dynomax SuperTurbo mufflers with 2.5 pipe and an H pipe. It had a very nice low thoaty even tone. When I mashed the throttle, it really roared, but when I was cruising through my neighborhood late at night, I didn't worry that I would cause a disturbance.

[AllenKarber]

Originally Posted by boundstaffpress

Sorry no sound clips from me, but my favorite combo I've had was 350 with a set of Dynomax SuperTurbo mufflers with 2.5 pipe and an H pipe. It had a very nice low thoaty even tone. When I mashed the throttle, it really roared, but when I was cruising through my neighborhood late at night, I didn't worry that I would cause a disturbance.

I have the same combo on my '64 except no H-pipe. The mufflers are dumped right over the rear axle. The Super Turbos do have a nice low rumble at idle and cruising. They're nic and quiet,but they really ROAR when you hammer down on it. It's not too loud or "crackly" at all.

[PanelDeland]

the best sounding truck I've ever owned was a 74 LWB with 30 in glasspacks and pipes run out under the rea bumper.It had them run out ahead of the rear tires but the sound was unbalanced.once i had the run out the rear it was much better.If you dump under the truck expect more resonance since there will be some echo.