Smittys
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From: I live in Mustang, OK
Straight pipes sound AWESOME. But the COPS don't like um. Or around here they don't anyway. I think the longer the smitty"s and the shorter the pipes the better and deeper the rumble.
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From: Ashland, KY
If your going to keep your exhaust running out the back you can also go to a bigger exhaust tip. Believe it or not a bigger and longer exhaust tip will change the sound to. Dad put a set of flowmasters on his truck and he started it before they put the tips on it. it had 2" pipes out the back, and it sounded OK. The he had them put the 3" chrome tips and they are 2' or so long and it changed the whole sound of the truck. Made the sound 2 times a deep as it was. Just another thought for you.
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1951 F1
239 Flathead V8 3 on the tree
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From: springfield il
i'm not worried to much about the law , but more about my neighbours . i'm probably gonna end up doing the straight pipes as it's the " childish inmature " thing to do ya know ! i had a set of royal scotties another ol' time glasspack of the 28 inch variety on the gmc i just got rid of with full pipes and to be honest they sounded like sh@# on it . had the same mufflers on my 83 f150 4x4 with a 302 , 4:11's 4speed all the way out the back and they sounded real sweet , real mellow deep tone . it's just amazing how each and every car , truck even if they are identical has it's own unique sound .
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From: San Antonio, Texas
Thrush cherry bombs
I put the cherry bombs on my '66 mustang with 200 CID I-6 Sprint engine with Clifford headers. Nice mellow sound with no crackle. Don't remember the lenght of them as they were installed at Midas. Not much exhaust pressure with that little 6 cyl. so may sound different on a Y-block.
I'll have the Roast Duck
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From: Northshore, MN
Originally Posted by 55 f350
i'm not worried to much about the law , but more about my neighbours . i'm probably gonna end up doing the straight pipes as it's the " childish inmature " thing to do ya know ! i had a set of royal scotties another ol' time glasspack of the 28 inch variety on the gmc i just got rid of with full pipes and to be honest they sounded like sh@# on it . had the same mufflers on my 83 f150 4x4 with a 302 , 4:11's 4speed all the way out the back and they sounded real sweet , real mellow deep tone . it's just amazing how each and every car , truck even if they are identical has it's own unique sound .
(Mine's a state trooper turned Conservation Officer.)
I have a thrush muffler on my 300 6 bronco, sounds great, IMO. I had cherry bombs on my 351M in my '78 with a 45 degree bend before the rear tires with a 45 degree cut to make it flush on the body line. Sounded great, again IMO. The more bends, the more disruption the sound waves make.
Last edited by havi; Sep 24, 2007 at 10:04 PM.
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From: springfield il
two of my neighbours are city officers ! one has a 69 firebird with a butler 470 in it that would dain near drown out one of my race cars , he's running single chamber flowmasters of the 3 inch variety , the other had a studebaker golden hawk that he sold that had glasspacks and exhaust cut outs so they are just as guilty as me !!!!
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From: San Mateo, CA
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From: New York
Originally Posted by gusso
I`m thinking about putting on a couple Smittys but do not want
a loud cracking sound. I prefer a rumbling sound. Hard to remember
how sounds sounded that long ago but they sure sounded nice.
Never did like glass pacs as they never lasted very long .....
a loud cracking sound. I prefer a rumbling sound. Hard to remember
how sounds sounded that long ago but they sure sounded nice.
Never did like glass pacs as they never lasted very long .....
Originally Posted by restoringmy46
The cherry bombs are made by Thrush. You can pick them up at Auto Zone. They are either $19.95 or $29.95 each. They are not a glass pack, you can look striaght threw it. They do have a spiral design going around the inside of them.
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From: Erie, pa
What we used to do with either glass or steel was fill them up with deisel fuel and burn out the filler, it also tempered the metal to give them that Flatmotor Rumble when crusing but allow a good Bark when you nailed it.
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From: Erie, pa
Originally Posted by 55 f350
and i thought i was the only one who knew that trick with the fuel !!!!!! geez better be quitei might realize i really am not 19 .......
Kinda=Do you know how many degrees F there are between cherry red and the ignition point of a barrel of waste oil? Well neither did I, therefore, Dad show me the other way of burning out mufflers.