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Old May 25, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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my acceleration and low end torque went to hell when i switched from bullets to one chamber flows..... just a heads up
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Old May 25, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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That blows. How does it sound?
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Old May 25, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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sounds awesome.....
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Mine got better going from twisters to flows... Even if it had gone the other way I'd still keep the flows... Sound is incredible.


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Old May 25, 2006 | 09:19 PM
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wish i would have knowon you were switching i would have told you to not do that! flowmaster is the most restricive exhaust out!
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Old May 25, 2006 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TondSS
wish i would have knowon you were switching i would have told you to not do that! flowmaster is the most restricive exhaust out!
How can a 1-chamber Flowmaster be restrictive?? It's not like he's using a 80 series Flowmaster.
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Old May 25, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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Its fact that they flow so much better than bullets that took away my low end power, dont you know that you need backpressure for low end torque????? And one chambers flow just fine anyone that says otherwise can $uck it
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Everyone that doesn't know any better hears "Flowmaster" and automatically assumes that they are just for sound and hurt performance. I'm halfway considering the Flowmaster race bullets when I do TDs on the T/A. I had the 1-chambers on my '02 Z and loved them, but it wasn't lowered and I will probably need more ground clearance now.
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yea but it sucks when you get used to them cause then they dont sound so "great" anymore, i had bullets before and when i switched them i had to change boxers twice
but now im bored with it again, i think its a disease i have, ive put more exhausts on all my cars than japanese people eat rice
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my friend has a flowmaster 40 series on his lt1 and i hate the way it sounds... it has a rather ugly tone to it imo. have you guys heard other exhaust systems on our cars?
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Old May 25, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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Charlie, your Z sounds wicked, I don't think you would've ever admitted that your car lost performance. I had to read it here!
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LT1's sound terrible to start with...
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haha ya the kind of sound carbed, thats just my opinion
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who cares about low end tq? wtf?

you have an automatic, after you get a 3500 stall...what's "low end" anything?
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Originally Posted by TondSS
wish i would have knowon you were switching i would have told you to not do that! flowmaster is the most restricive exhaust out!
Thats a blanket statement based on hearsay. Yes the 80 series does suck, but thats it. The 1-chamber will outflow just about any other muffler out there except a bullet-style muffler.
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Its fact that they flow so much better than bullets that took away my low end power, dont you know that you need backpressure for low end torque????? And one chambers flow just fine anyone that says otherwise can $uck it
I don't understand what your getting at here.
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I don't understand what your getting at here.
I understand his point perfectly. What's not to understand?
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Originally Posted by CNVRTmyZ
my acceleration and low end torque went to hell when i switched from bullets to one chamber flows..... just a heads up
I've got the exact same setup, just with a built 347 motor and a M6. Mine actually felt a little stronger on the bottom end than the Borla XR1s i used to have on there.....

Yes, everyone, i changedd from REAL Borla XR1's to Flowmaster 1 chambers. Trust me, the flowmaster 1chambers are hands down the best TD in my opinion anyways. You need to hear them in person.

Congrats CNVRTmyZ, good to hear you like your new exhaust setup
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I don't understand how Flowmaster 1 chambers can flow better than bullets? You can stick a piece of 3" pipe clean through my bullets.
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I don't know....physics and fluid dynamics can explain.
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