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Old May 18, 2006 | 10:48 AM
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I heard a stock LT1 last night with a Flowmaster catback with 40 series muffler. Is was insanly raspy and crackly and IMO sounded like ****. Is this really what they are supposed to sound like? I have 2OTL and it sounds 999999x times better I think.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 11:00 AM
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I use to have the 80 series american thunder and it cracked and popped alot and sounded like **** compared to my gmmg.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 11:17 AM
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I had a 40 Series American Thunder that crackled and popped. It rattled a little also. It's the way the Flowmasters are designed, one of the baffles rattles and gives it the crackling. It sounded like ****. I got a Dynomax Bullet, and that is nice and crisp.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 01:04 AM
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My Borla does a lotta crackin, but I like the sound of it.
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Unless your getting into the High End Flowmaster stuff, your gona be buying and hearing total ****. The Race Mufflers, ive heard are to be some of the best mufflers on the market. I have Xr1s.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 02:37 AM
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Originally Posted by StealthFormula
I use to have the 80 series american thunder and it cracked and popped alot and sounded like **** compared to my gmmg.
I had the same one and it popped a lot when you let off suddenly.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 04:33 AM
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I had a 40 series on my 93 and it sounds ok on acceleration but horrible on the decel...
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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:13 AM
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The best way to fix the crapy exaust sound is to get LT's and ORY.
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