I'm letting ya'll decide. Another Muffler Thread

[fastgtfairlane]

go with spintech prostreets

 

[ryan218]

flows....or ultra flows.

 

[EPIK]

I love how my Bassani's sound on my 32V, & I want a set for my Fox, but I have yet to hear them on a 5.0 in person.... Flow's always sound good I guess, & I have Magnaflow's on my Fox with LT's & an o/r X, & they sound good & all, but are too quiet IMO...


I know this isn't a 5.0, but here is a vid of my Mach with Bassani's, LT's, & an o/r H....

SoSick Photography : photos : Video's

 

[Turd Tops]

Bassani

 

[LaserSVT]

Borla Stingers!


SLP LMs!


Actually, the loudest Mustang I ever heard has Bassani BX cat back with a MAC O/R H-pipe and stock manifolds. I can barley hear my neighbors Dodge Cummings when he gets home but my buddies Mustang I can hear when he pulls off the highway to go to myplace a 1/2 mile away
I used to get nervous when we cruised cause I thought for sure we were gonna be pulled over cause his car was too loud.

 

[66sprint6]

Flowmasters all the way. They are "played out" cause their the best sounding muffler on a 5.0. No other muffler gives you the tinny rumble that lets EVERYone know a 5.0 is comin better. I like a couple other setups, and its hard to make a 5.0 sound bad, but LOVE my flows. You dont be dissappointed!
Matt

 

[90lxcoupe]

spintechs

 

[ill advised]

Flowmasters all the way. They are "played out" cause their the best sounding muffler on a 5.0. No other muffler gives you the tinny rumble that lets EVERYone know a 5.0 is comin better. I like a couple other setups, and its hard to make a 5.0 sound bad, but LOVE my flows. You dont be dissappointed!
Matt

Agreed. I'm not running Flowmasters currently but they are still hands-down my favorite. I've gone through many set-ups on my '90 and I have to say my favorite setup was shorty headers, o/r H-pipe with 3-chamber Delta Flows. Back to the basics. It's not as though my current set-up doesn't sound good but I miss the "chambered" exhaust.

 

[LaserSVT]

Forget mufflers, throw in some turbos.

 

[Darkwriter77]

So, ummm ... have you finally reached a decision, yet?

 

[Makdaddymac]

im going flows,,,,they are cheaper and more popular

 

[WhiteSSP]

Magnaflows are IMO the best sounding mufflers that could go on a 5.0. It makes the car sound exotic.

 

[90lxcoupe]

Magnaflows are IMO the best sounding mufflers that could go on a 5.0. It makes the car sound exotic.

if by exotic, you mean, errr like a muscle car than yea, totally exotic

 

[WhiteSSP]

No muscle car that I've heard sounds like my friends 302 (TW heads) with magnaflows + magnaflow ORX pipe.

 

[Makdaddymac]

put on some 40's and love it, still curious about bassanis but ill wait to get lucky and hear them in person.
but 40's = played out= i know why they are played out, cause they sound GOOOODDD....

 

[Darkwriter77]

I wonder if those generic Flowmasters that Summit sells are comparable in sound quality to actual Flow 40's...?

 

[Makdaddymac]

those are almost wha ti bought i couldnt see paying retail prices for flows. i got lucky and traded my tach for the 40's. not sure i wanted that tach anyways and im gonna sell my violator muffler now. i see you have violators? idk anbout you but those things are not for an x pipe. maybe it was my heads or headers but they didnt have a good sound to them.....now maybe on an h pipe or something i might not sell them cause they are still pretty good mufflers for the price.

 

[rock4451]

im going flows,,,,they are cheaper and more popular

wouldn't that be more reason not to get them?

 

[Darkwriter77]

those are almost wha ti bought i couldnt see paying retail prices for flows. i got lucky and traded my tach for the 40's. not sure i wanted that tach anyways and im gonna sell my violator muffler now. i see you have violators? idk anbout you but those things are not for an x pipe. maybe it was my heads or headers but they didnt have a good sound to them.....now maybe on an h pipe or something i might not sell them cause they are still pretty good mufflers for the price.

I dunno how they'd sound behind an H-pipe. I happen to like the way they sound behind an off-road X, and I love their tone, but I do wish they were a bit quieter. Problem is, anything quieter is bound to almost be TOO quiet if I step down to Magnaflows or something else similar to that.

 

[Mike in Texas]

Muffler

For what it's worth.

Default True Dual Muffler flow and dB comparison, Hooker Maxflow & Bassani Real Street?
The results in HP order:
1.Flowtech Warlock (open) 374.2 hp/ 333.1 tq
2.Bassani Real Street 373.7 hp/ 333.8 tq
3.Hooker Maxflow 373.5 hp/ 333 tq
4.Borla XS 373.3 hp/ 332.6 tq
5.Magnaflow 372.8 / 332.5 tq
6.MAC 372.3 hp / 331.5 tq
7.Flowtech Afterburner 372.3 hp/ 330.1 tq
8.Hooker Aerochamber 372.1 hp/ 330.4 tq
9.Bassani 372 hp/ 333.5 tq
10.Spintech 371.6 hp/ 332.2 tq
11.Edelbrock Performer RPM 370.9 hp / 331.3 tq
12.Borla XR1 370 hp/ 334 tq
13.Flowtech Terminator 369.5 hp / 331.3 tq
14.Dynomax Ultra Flo 369.4 / 333.2 tq
15.Flowmaster 369.4 hp / 331.8 tq
16.Flowtech Warlock 366.3 hp / 325.3 tq
17.No muffs 365.2 hp / 330.1 tq

Sound Off in Quietest to Loudest (Decibels):

1.Borla XS, 80db at idle, 90db at 2,000 rpm, 110db at WOT.
2.Hooker Maxflow, 80db at idle, 90db at 2,000 rpm, 120db at WOT.
3.Magnaflow, 82db at idle, 91 at 2,000 rpm, 114db at WOT.
4.Flowmaster, 82db at idle, 93 at 2,000 rpm, 115db at WOT.
5.Flowtech Warlock, 83db at idle, 92 at 2,000 rpm, 112db at WOT.
6.Dynomax UltraFlo, 83db at idle, 94 at 2,000 rpm, 113db at WOT.
7.Borla XR1, 83db at idle, 96db at 2,000 rpm, 118db at WOT.
8.Bassani Street, 83db at idle, 96db at 2,000 rpm, 120db at WOT.
9.Edelbrock RPM, 84db at idle, 93db at 2,000 rpm, 118db at WOT.
10.Bassani Real Street, 84db at idle, 96db at 2,000 rpm, MAX. (120+db).
11.Flowtech Afterburner, 86db at idle, 94db at 2,000 rpm, 115db at WOT.
12.Flowtech Terminator, 86db at idle, 94db at 2,000 rpm, 119db at WOT.
13.Hooker Aerochamber, 87db at idle, 94db at 2,000 rpm, 114db at WOT.
14.SpinTech, 87db at idle, 97db at 2,000 rpm, 116db at WOT.
15.MAC, 87db at idle, 98db at 2,000 rpm, 119db at WOT.
16.No Muffler, 91db at idle, 103db at 2,000 rpm, MAX. (120+db)