FLOW MASTER you ROCK
I like my flowmaster 
#50
07-13-2010 | 10:16 PM
#51
07-13-2010 | 10:49 PM
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From: Hempstead, TX
My SI/SO Flowmaster sounds good too. In fact, I think it sounds really, really, good - the tone is perfect, exactly what I wanted.
OP, don't worry about what other people think of YOUR exhaust, as long as you are satisfied. You know how "some people" on this site can be with their opinions. Bottom line is we have choices and people buy whatever floats their boat. I never did understand why the bashing on here exist or how people seem to be offended in a sense by what other people put on their trucks...they sound like a bunch of women IMO.
OP, don't worry about what other people think of YOUR exhaust, as long as you are satisfied. You know how "some people" on this site can be with their opinions. Bottom line is we have choices and people buy whatever floats their boat. I never did understand why the bashing on here exist or how people seem to be offended in a sense by what other people put on their trucks...they sound like a bunch of women IMO.
WTF!?! LOLAs long as your happy with what you got, that's all that matters!
#52
07-14-2010 | 04:59 PM
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From: Southwest Ranches, FL
#53
07-14-2010 | 09:28 PM
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From: Schenectady, NY
My SI/SO Flowmaster sounds good too. In fact, I think it sounds really, really, good - the tone is perfect, exactly what I wanted.
OP, don't worry about what other people think of YOUR exhaust, as long as you are satisfied. You know how "some people" on this site can be with their opinions. Bottom line is we have choices and people buy whatever floats their boat. I never did understand why the bashing on here exist or how people seem to be offended in a sense by what other people put on their trucks...they sound like a bunch of women IMO.
OP, don't worry about what other people think of YOUR exhaust, as long as you are satisfied. You know how "some people" on this site can be with their opinions. Bottom line is we have choices and people buy whatever floats their boat. I never did understand why the bashing on here exist or how people seem to be offended in a sense by what other people put on their trucks...they sound like a bunch of women IMO.
P.S.
I'm not agreeing with the "sound like a bunch of women" part, nice truck by the way fordtruckgirl.
Last edited by chiaronate; 07-14-2010 at 09:54 PM.
#54
07-14-2010 | 09:41 PM
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From: Schenectady, NY
I won't go as far as stating 'fact', but I'll go on record and say (again, as I've posted this before) that in my own case, I've noticed a difference in just replacing mufflers.... 
Way back when I first got my truck (2001) I got a Gibson 3" cat back exhaust system. It was still quiet, but still better then stock.. That was until it started to 'rattle' about a year later... It being a baffled muffler, one of the welds inside broke, so it rattled.. I took it to a local muffler shop and the guy suggested a "FLO-PRO"... He also sold "Flowmasters", but when I told him what the sound I was looking for and that I still wanted some low end torque, he suggested the 'Pro'... He simply replaced the muffler and I kept the Gibson 3" mandrel bent tail pipe.
It's about 12" shorter then the Gibson 'garbage can' muffer, so he had to add some pipe and it's basically a straight thru design on the muffler. (my muffler has a center inlet)
It had the sound I wanted and I could tell a difference right away in the low end. When I pulled my travel trailer for the first time after getting the 'pro' the truck didn't downshift as much and it could hold 3rd gear on the same hills that would downshift into second with the Gibson.... Driving around I could tell a difference too, because it didn't downshift as much going up hills and would even hold OD on the same hills that caused it to downshift and just seemed to have better throttle response off the line and the sound was a much better 'rumble' that I like. Even the wife said it was not a 'bad' sound... From the outside, it sounds really good (to me) when the truck is going away from you and at idle, it's just a nice mello rumble..
I've still got the same muffler after 7 years or so... The entire system ain't pretty by any means from the outside, but it's not rotted or has any holes in it either....
Mitch
Way back when I first got my truck (2001) I got a Gibson 3" cat back exhaust system. It was still quiet, but still better then stock.. That was until it started to 'rattle' about a year later... It being a baffled muffler, one of the welds inside broke, so it rattled.. I took it to a local muffler shop and the guy suggested a "FLO-PRO"... He also sold "Flowmasters", but when I told him what the sound I was looking for and that I still wanted some low end torque, he suggested the 'Pro'... He simply replaced the muffler and I kept the Gibson 3" mandrel bent tail pipe.
It's about 12" shorter then the Gibson 'garbage can' muffer, so he had to add some pipe and it's basically a straight thru design on the muffler. (my muffler has a center inlet)
It had the sound I wanted and I could tell a difference right away in the low end. When I pulled my travel trailer for the first time after getting the 'pro' the truck didn't downshift as much and it could hold 3rd gear on the same hills that would downshift into second with the Gibson.... Driving around I could tell a difference too, because it didn't downshift as much going up hills and would even hold OD on the same hills that caused it to downshift and just seemed to have better throttle response off the line and the sound was a much better 'rumble' that I like. Even the wife said it was not a 'bad' sound... From the outside, it sounds really good (to me) when the truck is going away from you and at idle, it's just a nice mello rumble..
I've still got the same muffler after 7 years or so... The entire system ain't pretty by any means from the outside, but it's not rotted or has any holes in it either....
Mitch
#55
07-15-2010 | 07:43 AM
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FLOWMASTER, YOU (are full of) ROCK !
Exclusive interior cutaway view provided by Bubba, Chief Engineer at Fartmaster Research
Though it's not an absolute must, yes, we do recommend getting rid of the "Slowmaster" muffler and replacing it with an appropriate Magnaflow unit - that will help to improve torque.
What that Flowmaster setup is doing is actually *reducing* torque on part throttle at any rpm, and reducing torque below about 3000 rpm a at any throttle position - and that is due to all those silly baffles & chambers they use as part of their "sound engineering" - all they are is impediments to airflow, and slow down exhaust gas velocity, which is why you don't see much in the way of HP gains form them, and actually lose torque, especially in the lower rpm ranges. When it comes to torque, exhaust gas *velocity* is absolutely key.
What that Flowmaster setup is doing is actually *reducing* torque on part throttle at any rpm, and reducing torque below about 3000 rpm a at any throttle position - and that is due to all those silly baffles & chambers they use as part of their "sound engineering" - all they are is impediments to airflow, and slow down exhaust gas velocity, which is why you don't see much in the way of HP gains form them, and actually lose torque, especially in the lower rpm ranges. When it comes to torque, exhaust gas *velocity* is absolutely key.
Explains that unique sound, imho.
MGD
Last edited by MGDfan; 07-17-2010 at 12:59 AM.
