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Muffler Poll
Drifting
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The internal MagnaFlow muffler is designed of stainless steel perforated core, stainless steel wool, and an acoustical absorbent material -- superior to fiberglass (which many other manufacturers use).
- Straight through design
- perforated core (usually with little bits of perforation hanging out in flow stream.. but not always)
- some sort of sound dampening material outside the core (in classic glass-packs this is fiberglass.. hence the name glass-pack)
Best I can tell a magna-flow has all those very same properties...no doubt they are a damn sight better engineered than cherry bombs or thrush header mounts. but they sure seem to match the description of a glass pack.
Albeit a much more expensive and better sounding glass pack than the glasspacks of yore
Last edited by fauxrs2; Feb 22, 2007 at 11:58 PM.
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I had flowmasters on my '78, and I have magnaflows on my '68. In my opinion having both of them, I think I am going to swap out the magnaflows on my '68 to flowmasters.. I like the rumble of the flowmasters better.
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who's got a pic of flow masters & do they look factory ?
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From: Sherwood Park AB
All these different types of mufflers and opinions. I'm sure they all sound different but good in their own way.
We should try to get some audio for each muffler. Idle and rev to 3000 rpm.
It is -20C here, my vette won't be starting.
We should try to get some audio for each muffler. Idle and rev to 3000 rpm.
It is -20C here, my vette won't be starting.
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whats resonance? is it audible? or is it just felt?randommj
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this just occured to me...sometimes i click on 'general' and i get taken to 'tech'. The dropdown box doesnt always have a choice between general or tech. I'm sure thats why many threads are started in the wrong section. I've done it.
That being said, I prefer Walker dynomax mufflers. Very nice tone at idle and around town but throaty when opened up.
That being said, I prefer Walker dynomax mufflers. Very nice tone at idle and around town but throaty when opened up.
Team Owner
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From: Columbia Missouri
Me too, I have side pipes on mine...but one of my other '77s had header duals with a pair of Magnas and man they sounded amazing. Super low at idle...lots of bass, and the growl only got better as the RPMs increased.
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It's a good thing there are so many choices of mufflers. Everybody's got a different opinion. There's no such thing as a perfect muffler (or a perfect "anything", for that matter).
It would be good if there was some way to measure these differences.
I like the Dynomax Turbo's. Mellow tone, not too quiet, not too loud.
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