new muffler sound?
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new muffler sound?
i got an '04 5.4 f150..just got a muffler and tips replaced on it. i dont really hear ANYTHING different except when i start up and leave it at idle? is their a break in time for the flowmaster sound i want to start comming in?
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it sounds good when the truck first starts up. but id give it a 4 on sound. i have had a friend drive it twice so i could stand on the curb and listen. once after work so i could hear it hot and the other after the truck had been sitting for awhile. both are the same. the sound just is not just loud enough to hear.
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where would the part number be? it looks to be all smooth, no numbers. and i went to the flowmaster site at http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/sound.html and looked at the first one. it doesnt have the center output. the input goes in on the left side and out the other end on the right side. god i hope this guy didnt screw me over. i still got the receipt but its been a couple of months since he put it in
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okay on the flowmaster site it said that every one of their mufflers comes with a "flowmaster" logo on it. mine doesnt. i guess the sob didnt put one in. this pisses me off
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looked it up on the net and my muffler look exactly like this guys. http://chevelle.ogleonline.com/pictures/chevelles/cord/flowmasters.jpg
he says his are flowmasters. heres another one. http://www.flowpowerexhaust.com/info.html scroll down and look up 40 series and thats the one that is under my truck. although i cant find any serial numbers or the flowmaster logo on it.
he says his are flowmasters. heres another one. http://www.flowpowerexhaust.com/info.html scroll down and look up 40 series and thats the one that is under my truck. although i cant find any serial numbers or the flowmaster logo on it.
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HMMM... well, there are a lot of Flowmaster knock offs that look exactly like them, but don't sound really good. He still might have screwerd you over. I know that might sounded nice and loud until i got used to it and that was on a 5.0 Chevy.
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Ill go up there and talk to the guy and owner. i figure if they asked me why i waited so long is because i waited for the muffler to break in and if that they say i replaced it ill tell them to look at the welds. tahts what a guy in the other forum told me. ill get back on here tomorrow afternoon and let ya know how it goes. thanks for the help man
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just got back from the muffler shop. guy said some of the 40 series doesnt have a flowmaster logo. something about a legal battle that flowmaster lost and now they dont have logos on the 40 series. sounds like bull, i dont see anything about that on a search i did. but he said he has a new shipment and he'll replace mine on wednesday morning free of charge with a case that says flowmaster
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Originally Posted by Wr3ckin_Cr3w
just got back from the muffler shop. guy said some of the 40 series doesnt have a flowmaster logo. something about a legal battle that flowmaster lost and now they dont have logos on the 40 series. sounds like bull, i dont see anything about that on a search i did. but he said he has a new shipment and he'll replace mine on wednesday morning free of charge with a case that says flowmaster
Sounds like the guy is a little nutz.
As said before there are many flowmaster knock-offs.
I think "Force" or someone makes a flowmaster lookalike that you can get in Jegs or Summit. May want to take a look maybe thats the muffler you have.
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Originally Posted by Wr3ckin_Cr3w
just got back from the muffler shop. guy said some of the 40 series doesnt have a flowmaster logo. something about a legal battle that flowmaster lost and now they dont have logos on the 40 series. sounds like bull, i dont see anything about that on a search i did. but he said he has a new shipment and he'll replace mine on wednesday morning free of charge with a case that says flowmaster