Think ALL Flowmaster mufflers lose power? Think again...
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I rented some dyno time for a few tests today, one was to see how much power my single chamber flowmasters were robbing me. So I did a baseline with them on, then yanked em off for the next pull. The results were shocking to say the least! With no mufflers on my true duals and x-pipe setup, it picked up only 2rwhp, and the torque remained the same! So much for worrying about losing power to sound good
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^ I agree, because its impossible for those 1 chambers you have to not flow well. You said it yourself you gained 2rwhp, not a big difference there. I guess the comparison would be if you compared i guess the flowmaster catback to the borla or magnaflow catback. But then again im assuming, i could be wrong.
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Guys, I know that the 80 series is what sucks. Even so, I've read where people think that the single chambers still rob a decent amount of power vs a straight through style muffler. This test shows a loss of only 2rwhp and NO torque, which I think is pretty good.
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^We need a back to back dyno comparison with that setup and we'll see. I don't think it's gonna be near the loss that people make it out to be. I could be wrong though.
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People can say ANYTHING. Some people are, plain and simple, anti-Flowmaster and will say ANYTHING to degrade their name. They'll come on here spewing "I lost 20 rwhp due to the single chambers." They can say whatever they want
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Single chambers FMTFW! I can't wait to go TD's and get 'em.
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Hey BriancWS6, can I get a picture of the single chambers under your car? I have the Texas Speed duals on mine, and I just want to check yours out. Im thinking of switching out the bullets for either some single or 2 chmabers, since the case sizes are both 4". The bullets I have are also a 4" case, but im just concerned that the square front edge of the flows wont take speed bumps as easily as the bullet shape of the bullets. I dont want the edge to get caught on something and rip them off haha.
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ya i think flows kick ***. i have had 40 and 50 series mufflers on all dual systems and i love them. sound real nice, and **** who cares about 2rwhp? The flowmaster 80 series muffler is a piece of **** period. i have had 2 of them and they sound like crap without cats, and flow like crap. That one muffler makes people think all there products are junk. Its a shame people have to be that way because if flowmaster really sucked that much ***, then y have they been around for so long?