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Old May 6, 2006 | 08:18 AM
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Talking Spiral Flow REVIEW!

Well, you never really hear to much about the Moroso Spiral Flows.

My exhuast experience -
Stock
Stock with cutout
TSP X pipe with Sweet Thunders
Custom (non crossover) True Duals with Sweet Thunders and Side exit.
TSP X Pipe with Moroso Spiral Flows

The Spiral Flows are the BEST sounding setup to date... with the cam I have they hit like a muffled 5.0 (the deep resonance sound) but aren't overly megaphone loud. The car has that LS1 sound but with the same feel as a dumped 5.0 with a cam.

I will say I have heard the Bullets and don't care for them at all. The sweet thunders were great but, like many people say, they have no TONE to them...Just sound, but no real tone.


If you like those 9 second, quite, small blocks at the track that really thump but don't megaphone there sound, the Spiral Flows are for you.

THANKS TSP! THANKS MOROSO!
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Old May 6, 2006 | 08:27 AM
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ive had the tsp true duals with sweet thunders and loved them, but now ill prolly try the spiral flows, thanks for the review!
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Old May 6, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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Its nice to get an opinion from someone who has heard all three. Between the thunders and the spirals, which one is the louder?

thanks
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Old May 6, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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+1

i've had about 5 different y-back exhausts on my car in the past year. up untill 2 weeks ago was a MSv3 cam only LS1 & boltons.

factory SS chambered - decent idle, kinda raspy though
bullet on Y - race car idle, WAY TO LOUD and obnoxious, kinda raspy too
spiralflow on Y - very nice idle, just a little loud crusing (th350 and 3.73's.....)
TSP rumbler catback - nice idle, raspy as hell
TSP rumbler w/spiralflow in place of bullet, currently - great idle, nice tone at cruise (3k rpms), not TO loud at WOT, and NOT RASPY AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can say with this muffler, its not raspy at all. first LS1 i've ever heard around here(MS) that wasn't raspy at all. some friends have even bought the spiralflow for their cars because of the way it sounds on mine.
now with the 370, heads, and bigger cam. the exhaust sounds even more awesome!!!
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Old May 7, 2006 | 01:07 AM
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LoL ... does anyone actually have a SOUND CLIP of this setup?
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Old May 7, 2006 | 01:12 AM
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sound clip?
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Old May 7, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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SlowScott- The Sweet Thunders are louder and more 'defined' then the Spiral Flows...they lack the resonance and bass that the SFs have...very 'raspy' as well.


As far as the Sound Clips go, you really won't be able to tell the difference on a computer speaker. The resonance and hum of the spiral flows would get lost.
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Old May 7, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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good review. i was wondering how they sound myself. i have a set of bullets on my 93 Z and it's "LOUD" !!. i will probably get a pair of moroso next paycheck
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Old May 7, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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the spiral flows make the engine sound more like what you are use to hearing from a big block engine,with the rasp toned down so it does not overpower the exaust note.
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Old May 7, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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ive heard them and i love the sound...but how well do they flow?
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Old May 7, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 67camaro
ive heard them and i love the sound...but how well do they flow?
i had them and loved them too.

i lost 4rwhp from going from dual 3" cutouts ...to 3" duals under the axle clear out the back. i had the mufflers directly behind my exhaust tips. there is a nice pocket for the mufflers to sit behind the tips.
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Old May 7, 2006 | 06:18 PM
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how much are you making at the wheels? na?

*edit* never mind i looked around: 455/413

Last edited by 67camaro; May 7, 2006 at 07:37 PM.
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Old May 7, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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good to hear. I am looking forward to hearing mine once the engine is in.
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Old May 7, 2006 | 07:21 PM
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Everytime I drive the car I like these Spiral Flows more and more!

They sound AWESOME!
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Old May 7, 2006 | 07:59 PM
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Good to hear. Mine are in the mail!!
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Old May 8, 2006 | 01:39 AM
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I like the way the spiral flow sound, but I still like loudness better, I went with dynomax bullets
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Old May 8, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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my dynomax bullet in the i-pipe IS the shiiiiiT i must say...i like it when people put that weird face(you know the one that says "my ears are bleeding" but i love it kinda expression) and they tell me my car is the loudest craziest thing they've ever heard, EVERRRRRR lol

btw my car has pacesetter LT's and no cats, custom 3" everything all the way to the dual.dual tips
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Old May 8, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by fenix99
my dynomax bullet in the i-pipe IS the shiiiiiT i must say...i like it when people put that weird face(you know the one that says "my ears are bleeding" but i love it kinda expression) and they tell me my car is the loudest craziest thing they've ever heard, EVERRRRRR lol

btw my car has pacesetter LT's and no cats, custom 3" everything all the way to the dual.dual tips

I hear ya man, i am running mac mids, gutted cats, slp lm, and big cam and it is insane! Its so loud I cant even stand it!
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Old May 8, 2006 | 01:54 PM
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when i had mine on the car(i loved 'em too) i got the sound clip from the www.ls1sounds.com site. It might not be ".com" but i think that's the link
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Old May 8, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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yep, that's the right link...

http://www.ls1sounds.com/true_duals/...224-114cam.WMV

http://www.ls1sounds.com/true_duals/...s-no-dumps.wav
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