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Old May 5, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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Have 1981 46,000 miles looking to change muffler only,

other than stock, not much you can do with 190 hp

magnaflor or flowmaster or need help on decision

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Old May 5, 2012 | 12:29 PM
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both mufflers are a good choice .my choice is the magnaflow .now would be a good time to replace the cat .the cat that you have was not good in 81 .the ones they have now are a lot better .
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what would you use for cat
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Originally Posted by RONS 81
what would you use for cat
Stock replacement. The cats they make now have very little restriction.

I would go with flowmasters. I have long tube headers, true dual exhaust with no cats. I'm running magnaflows and they are very quiet
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I have the Magnaflows, straight duals front to back no cat as my state does not test; they are really quiet, almost too quiet for a corvette.

They are brand new, I'm kind of wishing I had the Flowmaster 40's for a little meaner sound.
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I put Flowmaster 40s on my 81 along with a free flowing cat (the old pellet style is very restrictive) and am very happy with the sound.
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