magnaflow with no cats
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magnaflow with no cats anyone running it? i have yet to try the almighty magnaflow that everybody seems to like. i currently have the flowmaster 80 and i love it, but i just have to try the magnaflow.....i have pacesetters with no cats.
I have the Magnaflow (piece of ****) with headers and cats. It is loud, but sounds cool. it should flow better than the Flowmaster, but I would get something better. (GMMG, B&B, Corsa) you get what you pay for.
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I have Grot 1 7/8" LTs, no cats and the Magnaflow.
The sound is awesome at all rpm's, its nice and quiet at cruise, it sounds great at idle and it seems to be a high quality muffler
The sound is awesome at all rpm's, its nice and quiet at cruise, it sounds great at idle and it seems to be a high quality muffler
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
I have the Magnaflow (piece of ****) with headers and cats. It is loud, but sounds cool. it should flow better than the Flowmaster, but I would get something better. (GMMG, B&B, Corsa) you get what you pay for.
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I have he Magnaflow, LT's, no cats. Awesome, but I found out it sounded even better when I got most of it welded up and only used the clamps where the y-pipe meets the headers (slip clamps with RTV) and I believe the clamp right before it goes over the axle. This is so I can take it apart if needed. Welding the rest of the joints and welding the valve spring between the drivers side floorboard and y-pipe made the sound much more solid with less mechanical noise/rasp.
Originally Posted by Dal1as
I have he Magnaflow, LT's, no cats. Awesome, but I found out it sounded even better when I got most of it welded up and only used the clamps where the y-pipe meets the headers (slip clamps with RTV) and I believe the clamp right before it goes over the axle. This is so I can take it apart if needed. Welding the rest of the joints and welding the valve spring between the drivers side floorboard and y-pipe made the sound much more solid with less mechanical noise/rasp.
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I also have the Magnaflow, FLP LTs w/ OR pipes installed, and have a TR224-114 cam. It's got a freaking awesome burble at idle, and sounds like armageddon at WOT (in a good way 
). My only complaint is that at part throttle around 2k-2.2k RPM, the exhaust drones real bad. Very annoying until you get used to it... Besides that minor annoyance though, I couldn't be happier. 
Oh, and Davered00ss, I think you must've just got a defective muffler. I've had mine on my Z28 for 4 years now, and one on my Jeep for about 3 years. I haven't had a single reason to regret buying them. If you just got yours recently, try having it replaced under warranty. The Magnaflow is a darned good muffler.
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). My only complaint is that at part throttle around 2k-2.2k RPM, the exhaust drones real bad. Very annoying until you get used to it... Besides that minor annoyance though, I couldn't be happier. Oh, and Davered00ss, I think you must've just got a defective muffler. I've had mine on my Z28 for 4 years now, and one on my Jeep for about 3 years. I haven't had a single reason to regret buying them. If you just got yours recently, try having it replaced under warranty. The Magnaflow is a darned good muffler.
-BG
Originally Posted by Nightclaw
I also have the Magnaflow, FLP LTs w/ OR pipes installed, and have a TR224-114 cam. It's got a freaking awesome burble at idle, and sounds like armageddon at WOT (in a good way ). My only complaint is that at part throttle around 2k-2.2k RPM, the exhaust drones real bad. Very annoying until you get used to it... Besides that minor annoyance though, I couldn't be happier.
Oh, and Davered00ss, I think you must've just got a defective muffler. I've had mine on my Z28 for 4 years now, and one on my Jeep for about 3 years. I haven't had a single reason to regret buying them. If you just got yours recently, try having it replaced under warranty. The Magnaflow is a darned good muffler.
-BG
). My only complaint is that at part throttle around 2k-2.2k RPM, the exhaust drones real bad. Very annoying until you get used to it... Besides that minor annoyance though, I couldn't be happier. Oh, and Davered00ss, I think you must've just got a defective muffler. I've had mine on my Z28 for 4 years now, and one on my Jeep for about 3 years. I haven't had a single reason to regret buying them. If you just got yours recently, try having it replaced under warranty. The Magnaflow is a darned good muffler.
-BG
(GMMG, B&B, Corsa) you get what you pay for.
Magnaflow, Hooker, and Dynamax Ultraflow mufflers are by far the best flowing and cheapest mufflers on the market....
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Originally Posted by 1BadMoFo
you're the first person I've seen complain about droan with the magnaflow...
Last edited by Nightclaw; Aug 6, 2004 at 04:00 PM.
Originally Posted by Scotty-Z
Anyone have any soundclips of this setup? Yes, I've already been to LS1sounds.com...
Let me know.
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
I have the Magnaflow (piece of ****) with headers and cats. It is loud, but sounds cool. it should flow better than the Flowmaster, but I would get something better. (GMMG, B&B, Corsa) you get what you pay for.
I have the stainless 3.5 inch race magnaflow and picked up over 2 mph through closed exhaust vs a dynomax ultraflow 3 inch through closed exhaust. I also added Cats when I added the magnaflow
