flowmaster super 44 stainless cat back. any good?

[robertdeuce]

am about to order a full headers back setup and was wondering if anyone had any recomendations. im looking at the stainless steel super 44 cat back system
for $420.00. is this a good choice? is it loud?

long tubes or shorties?

h or x pipe?

thanks,

 

[Gearbanger 101]

My personal opinion....of the two selected, I like the sound of the original 40-series mufflers better. They've got more of a throaty tone to them.

Both systems are going to be louder than stock. Much louder if you add an off road H/X-pipe to the mix.

There's a trade off to that additional flow and muscle car sound and it's interior resonance. Both systems are going to drone on like crazy at highway speeds. Some people can handle it, some people like myself can't.

Flowmaster, Mac, Magnaflow, Spintech, Dynomax, Corsa, etc all make nice systems, of varying quality and price points. My suggestion to you is to check out youtube for some comparable systems, talk to owners and decide for yourself which one you like the best.

Long tubes will yield the best power results, short tubes will be the easiest to instal. X and H-pipe is strictly sound prefference.

 

[robertdeuce]

does stainless steel make a difference? should i just buy the non stainless steel super 44 cat back for cheaper?

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Depends where you drive your car. If you keep it out of the salt and limit the amount of rain it sees, the non stainless system might do you just fine. Go with the stainless and it'll last the life of your car. With either system, make sure at the very least the exhaust tips are stainless. Mine are aluminized and they look like hell. I'll be swapping them out for something that'll hold it's luster better in the near future.

 

[robertdeuce]

thanks i appreciate it. should i get the x pipe or h pipe?

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Whichever one you think sounds better. The H-pipe will tend to sound more "muscley" where they X-pipe has more of a "raspy" pitch to it.

I had an X-pipe combined with Mac Short tube headers and Mac Flowpath exhaust and really liked the sound of it. Some don't like the sound of chambered mufflers with X-pipes.

....again, it's all personal prefference.

 

[robertdeuce]

hey your from canada, if i order something the size of a cat back long tubes and h pipe do you think the shipping company will charge me additional shipping fees?

 

[1993whtstang]

I have a 1993 GT andI have the BBK off road H-pipe with the flowmaster super 44 stainless exhast and I really like the tone it has. It is not to loud, but has a perfect throaty bark to it in and out of the car. I used my stock ford headers, but when I update to the trickflow engine kit I am going to put shorty headers on. For the little extra money I would go with the stainless exhaust. I think you will be happy with the sound it produces, especially if you have 3:55 gears or more.

 

[2000xp8]

If you plan on keeping the car forever, buy only high quality exhaust parts.
Bassani in on the top of my list, Stainless preferred but not 100% necessary with bassani.

With mac or flowmaster stainless would be a requirement for me if i was willing to use one of them again (and i'm not).

Salt isn't the only thing that plays into how long an exhaust lasts. Many don't realize cheap exhaust systems can get eaten from the inside out, the metal is thin in the bends where the pipes are stretched during bending. Stainless should prevent this.

With that said, if you gave me anything mac or flowmaster, the most i would do with it is put it on craigs and sell it to someone else.

 

[JungleJoe]

I have the bbk X- pipe annd shorties with the catback super 44's, mine is VERY LOUD!! The drone is almost unbearable. My brother has the exact same exhaust except he has the 40's. The 40's have a higher pitch sound than the 44's.

 

[robertdeuce]

thanks guys, what about long tube headers? are they better than shorties?

 

[2000xp8]

thanks guys, what about long tube headers? are they better than shorties?

Me personally i don't think they are worth the extra money or trouble.
Most 302's don't benefit much or at all from them.

Shorties or equals are easier to install and let you interchange the mid pipe without difficulty.

 

[JungleJoe]

Me personally i don't think they are worth the extra money or trouble.
Most 302's don't benefit much or at all from them.

Shorties or equals are easier to install and let you interchange the mid pipe without difficulty.

x2!! Unless you after every last singe hp....

 

[Gearbanger 101]

thanks guys, what about long tube headers? are they better than shorties?

Me personally i don't think they are worth the extra money or trouble.
Most 302's don't benefit much or at all from them.

Shorties or equals are easier to install and let you interchange the mid pipe without difficulty.

Agree. For a primarily stock, or bolt on engine, swapping out to a set of long tube headers isn't going to make the slight gains accross the board, worth the effort for most.

If you've got a decent head/cam/intake combination that'll take advantage of the deeper breathing long tubes, then by all means go through th effort. Otherwise, sticking with the less expensive and much easier to instal short tubes will be more than enough header for most applications.