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11-09-2003, 01:54 PM
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 Join Date: May 2002
Location: mt juliet, tennessee, usa
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Flow(Masters?)
Well I wanted to replace the cheapass
parts store mufflers currently on my 69 C10 P/U with 350/th350. They are light guage metal and sound like it. So I bought a set of 50 series Flowmasters. There seem to be rather strong opinions on these mufflers but compared to the crapola that I have on now, they're an improvement. (They were on sale to boot) My question is...do I have to put a continous bead around each joint or can I tack weld each joint instead? Also...do they tend to run higher temperatures than other mufflers? Will I have to use heat shields? Jim Mt Juliet 
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11-09-2003, 02:48 PM
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Location: Seattle WA
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WXMAN1:
Not sure about the wld question....but I have 40's on mine that are mounted pretty darn close to the bottom of the bed....they get very hot...in fact if my bed was wood...I would either have them moved or have heat shields installed. I think it will depend on where you install them.
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11-09-2003, 02:54 PM
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Location: Lakeville Minnesota
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I have them on my 74 with approximately 4 inch clearance from the wood bed. No probs. I also was concerned at first. I don't know how much clearance you will have though.
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11-09-2003, 03:02 PM
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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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put a weld all the way around, or it will leak on you. As for spacing, a few inches should be fine. Mine is ~5" from my bed (not wood). I can feel the bed get warm when driving around, but not hot... But it does melt all of the snow out of my bed in the front half of my bed
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11-09-2003, 04:47 PM
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Formerly yellow72custom
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Location: Austin, TX
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My 40's are about 4-5" under my metal bed....no heat problems. No tailpipes either, the mufflers just end there.
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11-09-2003, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SOMERSET KY.
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I JUST BOUGHT SOME 40 SERIES FLOWMASTERS ON EBAY FOR $37 EACH. I'VE PREVEIOSLY (SP) BOUGHT THEM THRU SUMMIT FOR ABOUT $65 SO THIS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD PRICE. THIS GUY HAS A DUTCH AUCTION GOING ALL THE TIME, SO JUST DO A SEARCH FOR FLOWMASTER ON EBAY. JOHN
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