when i bought my car the guy told me it had flowmaster 3-chambers on there already, i dont know what the hell that means, is that good or bad? i am thinking of just getting a bassani or magnaflow cat back. suggestions?
3 chambered flowmasters means just that...Flowmasters are a chambered muffler, which means there are baffles inside the muffler that change the tone and loudness of the sound by cancelling sound waves as they bounce around inside the muffler...and your flows have 3 chambers which means there's a lot of sound cancelling going on in there to make them quieter...My flows are 2 chamber and are noticably louder....
On the other hand, Magnaflow and Bassani are both straight through design mufflers...You can literally look down the inside of the muffler and see the other end...They use fiberglass and other deadening materials to quiet things down...Straight throughs seem to make more power than chambered mufflers, but that is a big point of debate...
As for sound, for the most part, chambered mufflers sound better with an h-pipe, where straight throughs give a better sound with x-pipes...
3 chambered flowmasters means just that...Flowmasters are a chambered muffler, which means there are baffles inside the muffler that change the tone and loudness of the sound by cancelling sound waves as they bounce around inside the muffler...and your flows have 3 chambers which means there's a lot of sound cancelling going on in there to make them quieter...My flows are 2 chamber and are noticably louder....
On the other hand, Magnaflow and Bassani are both straight through design mufflers...You can literally look down the inside of the muffler and see the other end...They use fiberglass and other deadening materials to quiet things down...Straight throughs seem to make more power than chambered mufflers, but that is a big point of debate...
As for sound, for the most part, chambered mufflers sound better with an h-pipe, where straight throughs give a better sound with x-pipes...
if you gonna get a cat back go stainless... its worth the money in the long run cause it does not rot. a bassani or magnaflo will last a lot longer than flowmasters or mac... you also have to think about noise inside the car... flowmaster and magnaflo are very loud inside the car(depending on muffler size), the bassani have a removable baffle in the tailpipe that cancels resonance and it actually works. i have a bassani cat back on my car and its nice and quiet in the car you can hear the radio and have a conversation but its LOUD outside the car!