Muffler Choices??
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Tuned
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From: Bardwell Tx
Muffler Choices??
Taking the truck for exhaust install next week... looking for recommendations. I've tried a few ewetube videos but they dont do any justice...
460, good cam profile, headman headers, 3"...
I want a deep loud profile but not obnoxious...
Thoughts??
460, good cam profile, headman headers, 3"...
I want a deep loud profile but not obnoxious...
Thoughts??
Tuned
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Can't say enough about my trual dual exhaust with Flowmaster 40 series cans. Great sound at idle, throaty sound under acceleration but definitely not loud enough to **** off the neighbors.
When these wear out I'll put new ones right back on.
When these wear out I'll put new ones right back on.
Fleet Mechanic
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It wasn't a 460, but the 351M I had in my 79, I ran dual exhuast (2 1/4") with 31" glasspacks. Sounded nice...the 268 Comp Cam helped with the "noticable" idle and I had people asking me if it was a 390. Hahaha
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Not the greatest video (sounds better if you have a speaker that'll play some bass notes), I'll make a new one some day, but here's my 78 Bronco with a Magnaflow muffler on it. It's basically a stock 351M with a 4bbl Holley Sniper and some headers. Y-pipe into a 3" in/out Magnaflow then down and over the axle and out the passenger corner of the rear by the bumper.
My Bronco will eventually get a 460 put into it this year, so I'll have to at a minimum modify the current exhaust. I really like the sound of the Magnaflow though.
My Bronco will eventually get a 460 put into it this year, so I'll have to at a minimum modify the current exhaust. I really like the sound of the Magnaflow though.
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On my high boy 428 CJ with crossover headers my options were limited due to the amount of room . I went with 48" old school glass packs and I have to say the sound really is hard to beat. the key is the fact they're 4' long, I've spent a whole lot more and been a lot less satisfied with mufflers more than once. .
Laughing Gas
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From: Coos Bay
Whichever muffler you choose, the way you route the pipe after the muffler will have a large impact on the sound. Shorter the pipe, the more raspy it will sound, longer will provide more resonance. I have a briggs 16hp opposed twin. Essentially a lawnmower engine. With just the mufflers, sounds like a lawnmower. But, same setup with approx 4ft of 2.5” pipe added over the mufflers and tied together with a single exit, it sounds like a loud Harley.
On my trans am and a ford pickup I installed SpinTech mufflers. Similar vehicles with flowmasters sounded nothing like em. Very unique. My 98 f150 i took off the magnaflow and put on a flowmaster. To my surprise, there was no change in sound.
My recommendation, if you wanted to be different and have a sound that almost nobody around you does, go with the spintech. If you wanted “cookie cutter” tones, go with the flowmasters.
On my trans am and a ford pickup I installed SpinTech mufflers. Similar vehicles with flowmasters sounded nothing like em. Very unique. My 98 f150 i took off the magnaflow and put on a flowmaster. To my surprise, there was no change in sound.
My recommendation, if you wanted to be different and have a sound that almost nobody around you does, go with the spintech. If you wanted “cookie cutter” tones, go with the flowmasters.
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found a video of it