Loudness Battle: Hooker vs. Flowmaster 80

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Jan 21, 2007 | 11:50 AM

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Borla with the open plate sounds the loudest.

Jan 21, 2007 | 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Beasst8

With my current HP, The difference between Flowmaster and Open Cutout was 32RWHP. Thats quite a bit. So I just run open all the time.

something is wrong with that number.

[what is your hp..1000 ??]

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Jan 21, 2007 | 09:33 PM

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not7fifteen

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I've got a hooker catback on Longtubes and an ORY with stock heads/cam and its pretty quiet untill you get into it. When I first got it on it sounded so quiet i almost didnt like it, but after a couple WOT runs it seems to have broken in a little and gotten a tad louder

Jan 21, 2007 | 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Beasst8

With my current HP, The difference between Flowmaster and Open Cutout was 32RWHP. Thats quite a bit. So I just run open all the time.

Well, my buddy's car (LT's, ORY) ran the same numbers at the track with the Flowmaster and open cut out: 12.94 w/Flowmaster, 12.97 w/open cut out. Mph was the same within a couple of tenths - 106.xx. Same day, I was there, watched the passes, saw the timeslips, etc. Burst my belief bubble that the FM was a major horsepower hog.

Jun 18, 2010 | 01:30 PM

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well i wish i knew im under the gun i have a 99 z 28 and im fixen to replce my muffler for better sound

Jun 18, 2010 | 06:13 PM

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StreetLethal

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My hooker catback on stock manifolds is only a bit louder than stock. It sounds good, smoother with a deeper tone, but don't expect it to be loud at all. I went with hooker because I wanted to keep the volume within reason in the future when I do the rest of the exhaust. From what I've heard it sounds great with LTs and an ORY, real mean.

Jun 18, 2010 | 08:58 PM

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i had a flowmaster 80 series catback everything else stock then replaced just the muffler with a hooker aerochamber.... both have great tones i prefer the tone of the hooker because its deeper and has a bit more growl but the flowmaster is most definately louder... alot actually. i liked the loudness of the flowmaster and the tone of the hooker... i noticed the car ran better with the hooker too.

Jun 18, 2010 | 10:50 PM

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My car had the 80 series on it when I bought it and it sounded a lot better than all the others Itest drove. I ended up replacing it with the LM1 until I went to lt's and ory. Now I run the Hooker and am pretty pleased. As said it is pretty tame until wot.