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Old Mar 1, 2005 | 11:39 PM
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Alright, on a scale of 1-10 for LOUD being 10 and quiet quiet being 1, rate each of these mufflers, and do the same for tone(in your opinion most muscular) and flow(10 being best flow and favorite tone), i've only heard bullets in person i'd give them like a 7 maybe in loudness, course i havent heard a dual exhaust bullet system when it wasnt idling, maybe a 8 for tone and 10 for flow.

also feel free to add your own preferance of mufflers too

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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 12:44 AM
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I prefer sweet thunders in sound. I have yet to hear any in person, so I cant rate them .
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Look into the FloPro Twisters. They are a little quieter, but really deep and very free flowing. That's what I'm going with.
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 03:17 AM
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My duals, with 12" bullets, and dumping at the side, make mothers hold their children just a little bit closer.....
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 06:22 AM
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Bullets-
LOUD: 9
TONE: 8
FLOW: 10

Haven't heard anything else in person.

Originally Posted by MachoCamacho
Alright, on a scale of 1-10 for LOUD being 10 and quiet quiet being 1, rate each of these mufflers, and do the same for tone(in your opinion most muscular) and flow(10 being best flow and favorite tone), i've only heard bullets in person i'd give them like a 7 maybe in loudness, course i havent heard a dual exhaust bullet system when it wasnt idling, maybe a 8 for tone and 10 for flow.

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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:17 AM
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The xs series from Borla were rated in the top two for quietness. I think the Ultra FLow dyno max mufflers were the quietest.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:19 AM
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Bullets:
Loud: 8
Tone: 9
Flow: 10+

BTW this is based off of my 18" bullets.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 01TAFlyer
Bullets:
Loud: 8
Tone: 9
Flow: 10+

BTW this is based off of my 18" bullets.
same here.
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Originally Posted by matts22
Look into the FloPro Twisters. They are a little quieter, but really deep and very free flowing. That's what I'm going with.
I've had the Sweet Thunders and Moroso Spiralflows which are DAMN close to the FloPros and Borla XR-1's. My ratings:

Sweet Thunders:
VOLUME: 7.5
TONE: 9
FLOW: 7 (chambers do not flow like bullets)

Spiralflows:
VOLUME: 6
TONE: 10 (like Borla XR-1's, my fave personally)
FLOW: 8
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Originally Posted by bull99ls1
FLOW: 7 (chambers do not flow like bullets)
What if you reversed them? So the little openings are facing towards the back of the car?


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Originally Posted by psykoTA
What if you reversed them? So the little openings are facing towards the back of the car?



Dunno....just put them on the way the arrow drawn on it was facing. Haha, never even asked myself that.
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borla XR-1's here, they sound deep as hell at idle and part throttle, and wot they scream! Almost like a ferrari but deeper with that signature LS1 sound.

tone: 10
loud: 8
flow: 10

Edit- greatest thing of all about them, NO INTERIOR RESONANCE! My brother with the 1-7/8's qtps and g5x4 even has no problem at all. No rasp, just pure sex
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