Why does everyone say Flowmaster mufflers are bad?
Exactly and whats the deal with buy a cutout from everyone y buy a cutout if you can get the performance from a good exhaust system? Isn't the big theme with almost every LS owner to be able to drive on the street EXACTLY like you would at the track and still put down the numbers... I had a borla catback and it sounded great and flows way better than a flowmaster. As it has been stated if you want to go the cheap way out go for it but if you want to set your car up right from the front to the back flows shouldn't be anywhere on the list.
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I originally had a Flowmaster 40 on my 98 TA and it sounded pretty good until I cut the cats out and put long tubes on it and dropped in a hot cam. After that it got really raspy, which normally I like but it was so bad it just got annoying. Plus under full throttle the muffler actually got quieter as the rpms increased. So I switched to a Hooker Aerochamber, which is not a chambered muffler, but sounds just as good as the Flowmaster and doesn't have the irritating rasp. The Hooker also gets louder as the rpms go up. As for the power, when I pulled out of the muffler shop after getting it put on I actually felt a noticeable increase in bottom end torque, believe it or not. As for price, the Hooker costs about the same as the Flowmaster.
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Yeah its cheaper that's exactly what i said if your looking for something cheap then go for it I have dual 40s on my old 88 p/u sounds good, but there are much better systems out there if your looking to get sound and performance out of these cars.
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Amen. That's what I'm doing, except I'm going to take it under the axle and out back, like I did on my LT1. Sounds way better than the rasp you get with keeping a "stock style" exhaust setup, with the Y-pipe.
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i used to have a 3in x-pipe with the super 44's. sounded really good and super ******* deap, but it was really really loud and they scraped everything on the road
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Friend of mine switched from a FM 80 to a Hooker and reported the same thing. But he liked the FM sound better; Hooker was too quiet for him.
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Cool thanks for the info, its going on my ls1 powered Camaro. It has Hooker super comps, with 3 inch piping, H pipe, to dual Flowmaster super 44s dumped. I am not too sure how loud it will be, I might pipe it all the way to the back if its too loud. I will put a clip up when I come home after my deployment.
