Flowmaster Muffler/Exhaust
I have a Flowmaster on my car and like it pretty well. Sounds freakin awesome in my opinion. I made good power with it too. It was on the car when I got it, so if I had to buy a catback to replace the stock unit, I honestly would go with something else just for the hp. But since I already had it, I'd rather spend the $300+ on other mods.
i have an lt1 with a flowmaster and i wouldn't have anything else, sure the flow may restrict 2 more horsepower or so than some of the other brands but a little restiction = a better sound. personally, imo i think its worth 2 horsepower for a great sound.
on an ls1 note, my brother has a 98 ls1 camaro and when he bought it, it had a magnablow on it, sounded pansy as hell compared to mine. so he bought an 80 series blowmaster (same as mine) and got a much better sound and picked up some hp too. doesn't sound anywhere near as good as mine but it sounds a lot better.
on an ls1 note, my brother has a 98 ls1 camaro and when he bought it, it had a magnablow on it, sounded pansy as hell compared to mine. so he bought an 80 series blowmaster (same as mine) and got a much better sound and picked up some hp too. doesn't sound anywhere near as good as mine but it sounds a lot better.
Speaking of sound. I put my 98 w/magnaflow next to my friends 98 w/flowmaster side by side. At the time we had the same mods. I would have payed someone $50 if they could have told me what the difference was. They sounded NEARLY identical. I wouldn't say the "flowmaster sound" is worth losing hp over. There are too many great sounding mufflers that flow good to put a bottleneck on your car. If sound is an issue check out www.ls1sounds.com.
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Originally Posted by Redneck Z
QUOTE: Flowmaster and cutout sound great--1-3 hp less than a straight through muffler--not much really,considering you get that classic sound..
From what I've seen it's more like 5-7rwhp on a stock car and 12-15+rwhp with heads and cam. IMO I think of a classic flowmaster sound on a mustang. The LS1's don't sound any more special with a flowmaster than they do with any other muffler out there. I'd rather have a good flowing muffler, so I don't have to drive around everywhere with my cutout open to bypass a poor flowing flowmaster. My car is loud with the cutout open and screams "please give me a ticket."
From what I've seen it's more like 5-7rwhp on a stock car and 12-15+rwhp with heads and cam. IMO I think of a classic flowmaster sound on a mustang. The LS1's don't sound any more special with a flowmaster than they do with any other muffler out there. I'd rather have a good flowing muffler, so I don't have to drive around everywhere with my cutout open to bypass a poor flowing flowmaster. My car is loud with the cutout open and screams "please give me a ticket."
Originally Posted by -Q-
I have a Flowmaster on my car and like it pretty well. Sounds freakin awesome in my opinion. I made good power with it too. It was on the car when I got it, so if I had to buy a catback to replace the stock unit, I honestly would go with something else just for the hp. But since I already had it, I'd rather spend the $300+ on other mods.
Thats what I am saying. Why spend another 300+ for maybe a slight gain. I dont roadrace so it makes no difference to me. Anything is better than a kinked factory exhaust. Us poor people can go out and buy the corsca or the gmmg. I feel sorry for the poor schmuch that put the flowmaster on in the first place..lol blame him lol. In the end its 300 we dont gotta spend and What i spent on chip or ftra or some form of short throw shifter
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depends on what you want. I put a flowmaster on mine because I liked the sound, and because I can't afford $800+ for headers/duals yet. It sounds good, only cost me $135 installed, and will work until I get the duals. If your wanting it as your final muffler system I probably wouldn't do it...
