'71VetteRacer

Okay, so my dad and I have Jet-Hot Sterling ceramic coated Hooker side pipes and headers in the mail, and we are in need of the mufflers or baffles. I've only heard bad things about the hooker slip in tube mufflers. I've then heard only good things about the turbo spiral baffles....the only down fall I've heard about the spiral baffles is that they are not all that extremely loud! I was hoping fo something maybe a little louder.

What's really the truly best baffles or mufflers for these side pipes?
BTW: I'm brand new to the forum, but have had a lot of fun working on my dad's '71 vette, and racing around in my my dad's '64 race car, so I kind of know my stuff......

Thanks for the help guys.

63mako

Hooker Maxflows.

Z-man

Define "best" - cheapest? least back flow? pleasing sound?

The spiral turbo baffles are pretty darn loud when you accelerate rapidly. I've got mine drilled with only a 3/8 hole in the cap, but I'll bet they're not legal in any State! The only thing louder is open pipes...

'71VetteRacer

I would probably say that best for us would be mix between awesome sound, and best flow.....

sperkins

My sweet thunders are plenty loud.

redcruz1120

When I first installed the STS baffles they were not loud at all,..Then came the 1/2 drilled hole in the caps and it was a totally different game!!! I love my hookers,now!

speedreed8

http://www.classicchambered.com/clas...html#corvettes

panic

On my opinion, there is no 'best' muffler for hooker side pipes if you're over 450/500hp (but open mufflers), anyhow the best compromise flow/sound is this shorty guy pictured below:






Unfortunately, you won't find it on sale because i designed it myself for my 550+hp engine ...about three years ago.

Lee H

My STS Baffles routinely set off car alarms. That's probably loud enough for most applications.

'71VetteRacer

Okay, so what I'm getting at so far is maybe getting the sts sprial baffles, and then if they're not loud enough for my dad (I love them loud!) then maybe we'd drill a small hole in the the cap right?

Thanks for the help guys, kinda don't know where I'm going with this one.

MakoShark72

Just a 3/8 inch hole makes that much difference?

rosslato

i did the same

tmacb

Where have you found is the best place to purchase the STS baffles?

Lee H

Only one place to buy them. www.spiralturbobaffles.com

63mako

He wants loud and freeflowing. Hooker Maxflows fill the requirement (2 1/2 straight through) for almost $200 less than the baffles if you buy them with the headers from Jethot.

'71VetteRacer

Man, too many decisions! spiral baffles with drilled holes in them versus the max-flows....
Anyone have sound clips of the max-flows, I have a clip of the spiral baffles and they sound pretty sweet, and was hoping for a comparison.

btw, are these the max flows?
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

63mako

Yes, those are the ones. I can't believe the 23% power increase over open headers, But some guy on here did a comparison on the dyno to open headers with a huge bigblock and didn't see a noticable drop in power. Think there is a sound clip on here too. The nice thing about the augers is they are tunable by drilling the holes. I know a lot of big HP cars use them but I had other places for my $200 and loud is good for me.

redcruz1120

You can also just remove the cap entirely if you want them "LOUD",But I would really recommend you start by drilling the 3/8 hole then if youre still not satisfied drill a bigger hole.The cap on my baffles is basically a freeze plug tack welded on the end of the baffle closer to the engine side.

1ARACE

I am in the process of installing STS baffles, but I shot this short video today of how it sounds with Hookers (not sure what baffles are in it at the moment) for a before and after comparison. For the next video I will get closer and behind the sidepipes for better sound quality, so turn your volume up!!

Once I pull the side pipes, I'll try to find out what baffles are in it, but here's how it is now:



I plan to shoot more video at idle/rev, and a quick run down the road, then the same with the STS installed for comparison in the next few days...plus a bonus footage.

Also, I uncapped the STS completely, so i'm curious myself how it will sound.

Best I can give you at the time.

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www.youtube.com/69Stingray427

Z-man

The 3/8 was just an arbitrary size I chose. I figured I didn't want to run them totally capped, but was afraid to go the full uncapped route either...