New exhaust installed- pics

coolblue65 · Oct 11, 2008

I finally got around to getting my new exhaust installed, I had dual 2.25" straight pipes with Flowmasters. I now have the 2.5" Magnaflow kit with x-pipe.

Its sounds alright, definately quieter in all aspects compared to my old setup- I miss my Flows! It definately looks pretty though. I should have picked up a good bit of power considering my motor and how restrictive my old system was.

Hopefully I can get to the track in the next week or so to work on some better times with my new drag radials.

blown65 · Oct 11, 2008

Looks good, need a little bit bigger pictures hehe. Or i need a magnifying glass.

coolblue65 · Oct 11, 2008

Here is a link to the full size pics:

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/show_image.pl?image=http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/2164000-2164999/2164272_64_full.jpg?465608-285

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/show_image.pl?image=http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/2164000-2164999/2164272_65_full.jpg?465608-285

iskwezm · Oct 11, 2008

coolblue65 said:
Its sounds alright, definately quiter in all aspects compared to my old setup- I miss my Flows!

sounds like your a little dissatisfied with the sound.can you get a clip????

coolblue65 · Oct 11, 2008

yeah I am a bit dissatisfied, I will try to get a sound clip tomorrow while the g/f is around.

blown65 · Oct 11, 2008

That sux that your not happy with the sound. Thats the problem though between those two mufflers, totally different sounds. Flows and Spintech are much closer in sound.

woodsnake · Oct 11, 2008

I just bought a pair of 2.5 inch magnaflow mufflers.
Is it just the 'volumn' of sound that you are not happy with? Or is it more 'tone', or 'depth'?

Everybody has the flow masters, and I don't hate them, but I'm 43 also, and don't care for the 'droning' that the flows are famous for.
I have high hopes for the magnaflows, and am looking forward to an audio clip too!

ron67fb · Oct 12, 2008

I got the same setup and was slightly disappointed as well (but was very happy on how much quieter it got), until I removed the tailpipes and routed the exhaust to the side. Now I'm happy. It's not the quiet-ness that bugged me with full tailpipes because even late model 5.0s sound good when quiet, but rather the pitch seemed a little off. I guess you could say they sounded like quieter glasspacks?

golf4283 · Oct 12, 2008

What headers do you have? I need to pick up a set for my '66 that i just swapped a 302 and T-5 into and I'm runnin a cable clutch.

coolblue65 · Oct 12, 2008

The best way I can descirbe the sound is 'Muffled' (and yes I know they are mufflers) Inside the car it is sooooo much quieter, but I never had a problem with the sound before, and never experienced any resonance before either.

Golf- I have Hooker Comps that are Jet-Hot coated and I have stock mechanical clutch linkage.

Here are the video clips;

At idle and revved to about 3k:

Off the line through 1st and 2nd gears, I am not at full throttle because I didn't want to make a burn out video:

And for comparison sake, here is the old exahaust:

67FBSCODE · Oct 12, 2008

I've got the 3 inch version but I'm still just a shell. Do you think your exhaust is high enough to clear the TCP cross support brace for the subframe connectors? John

edit: I just caught your video clip. It does sound a little off at idle and just revving it a little. Sounds good when going through the gears.

izzy jr · Oct 12, 2008

still sounds awesome! It is a little more muffled than with the flows but overall still bad ***!

coolblue65 · Oct 12, 2008

67FBSCODE said:
I've got the 3 inch version but I'm still just a shell. Do you think your exhaust is high enough to clear the TCP cross support brace for the subframe connectors? JohnQUOTE]

I doubt it, here is a pic from a side angle, the exhaust is about the same level as my subframes.

Big pic: http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/show_image.pl?image=http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/2164000-2164999/2164272_66_full.jpg?035618-286

hivewax · Oct 12, 2008

turn downs make a difference... exhaust will be hitting the asphalt.

coolblue65 · Oct 12, 2008

hivewax said:
turn downs make a difference... exhaust will be hitting the asphalt.

as in louder or quieter?

hivewax · Oct 12, 2008

exhaust will ricochet off the ground... which will make it muffled.

iskwezm · Oct 12, 2008

hivewax said:
exhaust will ricochet off the ground... which will make it muffled.

I dissagree with that 100%. The sound IS louder when its dumped towards the ground.

Im surprised even with the video quality, it sounds pretty good going through the gears, idle is definatley not close to a Flowmaster, but still im impressed

hivewax · Oct 13, 2008

hmm, i think it would be more loud if the exhaust is pointing towards you instead of going down... maybe i'm wrong.

EDIT: especially at idle.

blown65 · Oct 13, 2008

Kinda depends, but dumps will cancel out sound, so some tones could be louder and some quieter.

PM 65 · Oct 13, 2008

I like the new sound better. But i can understand that you want the old sound indoor for hearing/feeling the engine.

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