Anybody run Cherry Bombs????
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Originally Posted by bjarawson
That's still pretty small. My truck came from the factory with exhaust bigger than that.
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To answer the title question...
No.
I only run one. ;)
A Thrush 45" long 2+1/2".
I was sure enough surprised when i opened the box and the muffler came with Thrush decals.
Thought they were long gone. :)
But the point is, the core pipe is 2+1/2" -all the way through- with cleanly made holes in it. Over 30 years, I've looked down inside a-lot of straight-through mufflers and at a hot-rod shop about 2 years ago I happed to finally find one worth buying!
They didn't have the long one in stock but it turned out to be made the same, just longer. :)
Don't know nuthin about no 302 90oV. :/
Alvin in AZ
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No.
I only run one. ;)
A Thrush 45" long 2+1/2".
I was sure enough surprised when i opened the box and the muffler came with Thrush decals.
Thought they were long gone. :)
But the point is, the core pipe is 2+1/2" -all the way through- with cleanly made holes in it. Over 30 years, I've looked down inside a-lot of straight-through mufflers and at a hot-rod shop about 2 years ago I happed to finally find one worth buying!
They didn't have the long one in stock but it turned out to be made the same, just longer. :)
Don't know nuthin about no 302 90oV. :/
Alvin in AZ
'75 F150 360FE :) T-18
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I've run cherry bombs on several motor because theyre cheap and can sound pretty bad a$$ if you do it right. Ive used em on a 302,390,460 and they all sounded pretty cool. On a 302 I'd recommend 2.25 or 2.5 in and i wouldnt run much pipe behind them that can make em sound crappy, i like turn downs anyway, i like the 18 in ones the best but have also used the 24's
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and if u dont have any mods the bigger the pipe the less backpressure, the less backpressure the less low end torque, and these engines u need smaller exhuast to build torque unless u have big cam, heads, intake carb, and so on
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Originally Posted by 16f-100luvr
wat is the best size to run on a stock 351 modified with cherry bombs?
Mine came with 2+1/2" pipe, so that's what i used.
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Everyone i guess can have there opinion i have many different rigs many motors and changed the exhaust on all of them on any v8 i would never go less than 2.5 in even a small 302, thats why every mustang and camaro exhaust you can buy is 2.5 in or better. They run great and dont suffer at all with that size of pipe. A 351 with bombs 2.5 in as well. had a 71 with a 302 in it as well that had tiny little pipes on it must have been less than 2in and it was choked, put a 2.5 in Flowmasters on it and it ran like it should have in the first place. my 418 has had 2.5 in glasspacks and switched to 3 in Flows and is also way better. You will not kill low end torque on a small block by running 2.25 or 2.5 in pipes
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I run 2 3/4" single exhaust with a 28" Thrush glasspack (400, no mods), exits in front of the right rear wheel. Cheap, nice mellow sound. You can hear it if I really get after it, but not enough to attract attention from Johnny Law. Can't say if it helped performance any as the P.O. didn't have a muffler on it. Now that was loud... Didn't hurt the performance any, though.