lets talk mufflers..
02-10-2015, 12:42 PM
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you can't base sound off youtube videos.. they all sound different and vary from video to video. only reason to consider FM is the price.. unless the xr1 will be louder than the 6" single chamber muffler being that the xr1 will be over twice the length of fm. shorter body is louder right?
02-10-2015, 02:16 PM
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The flowmaster will probably be the loudest. I remember a buddy's car that we were working on, and old fox body Cougar with a 5.0HO in it. He first put a true dual 2.5" exhaust with cats but no mufflers on it. It was too loud, obviously, so he bought a pair of flowmasters that we welded on, and the car actually was LOUDER at anything other than idle than the same setup with no mufflers at all! Magnaflows tend to be slightly louder than Borla, which tends to be slightly louder than Dynomax. If all you care about is sound, go ahead with the 40 series, but know that it is a piece of junk and you will be replacing it in a couple years.
02-10-2015, 03:43 PM
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You won't get a loud idle without taking out the cats I'm afraid. Even when I cut my stock muffler off and started it it wasn't very loud at idle. I have a 14" magna pack now and I like it a lot more than the 40 series I had before. It's louder, and has a much deeper tone. I'd go wity the small Borla if I were you.
02-10-2015, 04:44 PM
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I can't honestly believe anyone would be debating between Borla and Flowmaster. Borla is a very nice expensive good sounding long lasting quality piece. Flowmasters are cheap, obnoxiously loud without flowing any better, and rust out within a few years. If you really are debating between those 2 brands, and you can afford the Borla, then absolutely get it. If you want something in between, Magnaflow makes a good quality straight-through muffler for substantially less than Borla. If it was my truck, I would get an 18" Magnaflow straight-through muffler in the same diameter as the stock pipe, weld it in, and call it a day.
Dont get flowmasters. As already stated above they are cheap, obnoxious, mufflers that WILL rust out in a couple years. Borla, Magnaflow, Dynomax are all straight through mufflers made from stainless steel, I would be looking at those. Im running a Dynomax Ultraflo SS muffler on my truck, has a nice deep throaty sound and its not overly loud.
you can't base sound off youtube videos.. they all sound different and vary from video to video. only reason to consider FM is the price.. unless the xr1 will be louder than the 6" single chamber muffler being that the xr1 will be over twice the length of fm. shorter body is louder right?
02-10-2015, 04:51 PM
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All of Flowmaster's stainless steel mufflers and systems are backed by our limited lifetime warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. That being said, if you purchase a stainless steel Super 10 for your truck, it will be the last muffler that you will ever have to buy for it. Flowmaster Super 10's are made of 409S stainless steel. If your Super 10 were to "rust out in a couple years," it would be covered by our limited lifetime warranty. Our low prices are a terrific reason to purchase Flowmaster products, but our warranty, commitment to customer service, industry leading technology and guaranteed consistency of sound over straight through designs are just a few more.
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