flowmaster 80's
it doesnt flow all that great and most people dont like the sound of it. including me i had the American Thunder cat back on a 94z with hot cam kit and headers and stuff with no cat it pops a ton. then got anoter car and it already had a borla and i liked it. but now i just got stuff in today to go true duals and i cant wait
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I liked how it sounded on my TPI car, but those flow differently than an LT1. I guess the problem is, they don't flow enough, like cody said. They're better than stock mufflers, but just not as good as the other brand's.
if i can get the borla off without cutting it up too much i will sell it. it doesnt have the original borla plates with it, but i made some of my own, and with four holes about the size of a pencil each it sounds really good and doesnt pop. i will sell it for 200
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I went from the flowmaster to a hooker cat back. The hooker sounds a hundred times better!! plus it is one of the best flowing cat backs out there besides the loudmouth I hear. The flowmaster sounded raspy and was kind of annoying...the hooker is more deep and throaty..my .02 cents
Originally Posted by Hot94Z28
It is because its a crossflow muffler.
The crossflow is designed like ****, the exhaust gases enter the muffler threw 1 inlet and then a X design is inside the muffler. The exhaust then fights itself to try and find an exit.
All the 80 series mufflers are ****, 1inlet/2outlets.
Tony.
Honestly I'm not sure why everyone gripes about them. I was given one so I threw it on my car as the first mod. Even with stock exhaust including cats, it sounded great. Then I got longtube headers and removed the cats and it sounded even better. When I didn't think it could sound any better, I got a hotcam and once again, sounds great.
I get no pops from it and it's not raspy at all. It's a relatively deep sound but also sounds awesome at WOT.
Here are some crappy videos taken with my friends phone, but you can kind of hear what it sounds like.
http://people.brad-x.com/~eck/vids/Ecksz28-Idle.mpg
http://people.brad-x.com/~eck/vids/Ecksz28-Street.mpg
Note the smoke is from seafoaming at the time.
I get no pops from it and it's not raspy at all. It's a relatively deep sound but also sounds awesome at WOT.
Here are some crappy videos taken with my friends phone, but you can kind of hear what it sounds like.
http://people.brad-x.com/~eck/vids/Ecksz28-Idle.mpg
http://people.brad-x.com/~eck/vids/Ecksz28-Street.mpg
Note the smoke is from seafoaming at the time.
