advice on x-pipe/muffler grouping...

[todzilla]

...its probably been posted in one way or another but here goes! I have a flowtech x-pipe (offroad) and flow 2s (old style) on my '99 Gt and due to the drone/LOUDness, I'm considerring getting some flow 3s (50s)..as the extra chamber 'should' help a bit...I'm not expecting a lot - the x will always make noise (nice noise!)..but I'm wonderring with all the talk of a straight thru design matching better with an x-pipe, should I get a '3 chamber' version of a straight thru muffler??...in otherwords, if a straight thru sounds better with the x, should I get a mellower muffler in a whole different configuration??...I don't mind the chamberred sound with the x, but if I can get a straight thru with the quieter credentials (?!), should I go that route...is there even a straight thru that has the comparable sound difference that a flow 2 to a flow 3 will give you??... I know squat about straight thru mufflers so I'm not sure what's available for our car. All advice is much appreciated!! Todd

 

[hognutz]

My last car was an 88 iroc. granted this is single exhaust. I had a borla catback to start with. I liked the sound but I was kind of a flowmaster guy back then. So I swaped it for a force II catback(50 series). I had riden in cars like mine with 40 series and they had horrible drone. After it was all saind an done I prefered the borla setup that I had gotten rid of. The 50 series still had quite a bit of drone.

here is sound clip of the borla setup on my car.

borla+vrs off road

this setup has very minimal drone. in fact with gears it would probably have none. at 2k it does have some though. I think all aftermarket exhaust will have some.

 

[todzilla]

Your thread (sound) didn't come thru?? Are the borlas straight thru?? I have heard some good things about their products....thanx for the reply! Todd

 

[hognutz]

should be fixed now. yes they are stait through.

 

[2002BLGT]

I know some of you will think im crazy , but get the flowtech afterburners , loud as crap when you are on the throttle with half or less drone of a flowmaster , put one on my brothers F150 last week and he gets as many complements on the sound as I do with my full lenght BBks , catted X pipe and flows