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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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Has anyone modified his Magnaflow mufflers to make them louder?
I think itīs easy to decrease the Helmholtz resonator effect by pressing a slotted tube into the perforated internal tube to bypass the sound absoption.
What do you think?

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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 03:09 PM
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Arent you increasing back pressure which is not what you want?
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Hi,

thatīs the question...

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/02muffler.asp

If you bypass the perforated straight tube inside it should be similar to a not existing muffler.

BR

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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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1. Your decreasing the inside diameter of the pipe, increased back pressure.
2. You are eliminating the expansion chamber that the muffler provides, increased back pressure and probably excess resonance.
3. If you dont want a muffler remove it and install a straight piece of pipe.
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Originally Posted by Convertibel1970
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Has anyone modified his Magnaflow mufflers to make them louder?
Yea 1 step, change to flowmasters and be done with it.
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Originally Posted by Tim H
Yea 1 step, change to flowmasters and be done with it.
LOL!!! Good one, TimH!!!


Scott
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Convertibel1970
Hi!

Has anyone modified his Magnaflow mufflers to make them louder?
I think itīs easy to decrease the Helmholtz resonator effect by pressing a slotted tube into the perforated internal tube to bypass the sound absoption.
What do you think?

Best regards,

Andreas
I got a set of 40 flubmasters (Flow-masters) you wanna trade these things are nice and noise they are only one season old three shows maybe 500 miles they look new but sound like the sixty's.I have a 75 Corvette.
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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Hi,

I would like to buy them...but I live in Germany!

Does anyone know a realistic Flowmaster muffler soundfile on Youtube???


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