Should I get Cherry Bombs?

tx65coupe · Jun 21, 2009

I have Flowamster 40 series non delta flow on Mine and love how it sounds.

As far as glasspacks go the longer ones are the only way to go if you go that route.

Also, jcp123's car does sound good for glasspacks.

Does anybody have Smitty's I think they are called on their car. They look like that second glaspack at the top of this thread. I think those are the original style of glasspack.

That brings up an interesting question. What companies made glasspacks back then?

Also, What type of glasspacks come with the Shelby side exit exhaust kits.

wicked93gs · Jun 21, 2009

as far as straight through, dont get glasspacks, they are loud and just get louder as time goes by.....you might want to consider a Moroso spiral flow muffler...which is basically the same but instead of fiberglass it uses spiral baffles around the center tube which wont burn out...I had one on my neon and it sounded pretty nice on a 2.4L and not too loud...but then turbos do quiet sound down a bit, 2 of them on a v8 should sound good

2+2GT · Jun 21, 2009

Have you considered Arvinode chambered mufflers?

2+2GT · Jun 21, 2009

If you can't decide, you could always have both- mufflers that could be either loud or quiet.

iskwezm · Jun 21, 2009

wicked93gs said:
...but then turbos do quiet sound down a bit,

uh........... no they dont

woodsnake · Jun 21, 2009

I like the glass packs on the green 67.

This is why exhaust is so hrd to reccomend over the internet.
Just because you have a digital camera with a mic does not qualify as

"recording equipment". A lot of sound clips lose something in the translation. Probably all of them sound better in person.

I saw the Arvinode thing on a Shelby forum, obviously they are back in production?
How many dollars, and is there a sound clip of them any where?

2+2GT · Jun 21, 2009

woodsnake said:
I saw the Arvinode thing on a Shelby forum, obviously they are back in production? How many dollars, and is there a sound clip of them any where?

They list it as $379 for the basic system, $499 for "concours".

wicked93gs · Jun 21, 2009

iskwezm said:
uh........... no they dont

umm, yes they do...as compared to straight piping on a NA engine anyway, I can definately tell the difference between a straight pipe turbo and straight pipe NA engine of the same type, straight pipes on an NA engine are enough to give you a headache....whereas on a turbo engine its just obnoxiously loud, not to say that a turbo makes an engine quiet....just quieter than NA

Kman · Jun 22, 2009

I bought and installed the base model Arvinode system for my 65 K code last summer. The sound IMO is very glasspac like and was just not what I thought it would be and after a couple of weeks I ended up going back to my Flowmaster Delta 40's. The Arvinode system however is beautifully made and does fit the car like a glove. It also requires specific hangers at the mufflers and resonators to install correctly and cleanly which were not avaliable back when it first came out but are avaliable now. A ton of time and work went into developing and producing this system and it is a great product if the sound suits you.

rock4451 · Jun 22, 2009

flowmaster 1 chambers are most definitely in the running for the most annoying muffler

jcp123 · Jun 22, 2009

I've heard the Arvinodes, they are definitely a nice sounding setup, IMHO. Didn't like it on the first pass in the video, but it grew one me and I think it captures the muscle car sound down to a T.

Smithy's pipes, as 65txcoupe brought up, sound nice too, very mellow. Also a very 50's touch and to be honest, I can't see them on most Mustangs, save for the more cruise-oriented ones such as convertibles.

I'm actually a little surprised by the reaction towards glasspacks...I always thought they were generally highly regarded? And Redneck? I always thought of rednecks with straight pipes or $20 turbo mufflers Glasspacks and Smithy's always brought to mind 50's kustoms and leadsleds (though, admittedly, not really muscle cars). At least, to me. Maybe it's cause I was raised by a 50's glasspacker his first car was a '39 Chev with a Fenton split manifold and dual Smithy's!

iskwezm · Jun 22, 2009

wicked93gs said:
umm, yes they do...as compared to straight piping on a NA engine anyway, I can definately tell the difference between a straight pipe turbo and straight pipe NA engine of the same type, straight pipes on an NA engine are enough to give you a headache....whereas on a turbo engine its just obnoxiously loud, not to say that a turbo makes an engine quiet....just quieter than NA

Are you basing this on your Neon or a turbo V8 you have actually heard???From being around more turbos in the past year, i can say a turbo did not quiet down mine one bit.I can say mine with a muffler was as loud as it was with the straight pipes.

htwheelz67 · Jun 22, 2009

they used to make straight thru thrush mufflers that had the best sound, I think smithy mufflers are what your looking for........

woodsnake · Jun 23, 2009

I like the arvinode sound, but for the money, I think I'll stick with magnaflows...

Edster · Jun 26, 2009

My Pappy told me back in the fifties they would run a steel pack on one side and a glass pack on the other. The engine would make two distinct sounds when winding up and winding down.

70grande · Aug 23, 2009

Hey everyone so I finally got my Headman's intsalled and the Spintech exhaust hooked up. Its loud as hell and sounds perfect. Heres a link to the video I made of it :
YouTube - 1970 Mustang with Spintech Exhaust
Let me know what you think

57fairlane · Aug 24, 2009

iskwezm said:
uh........... no they dont

mine did . . .

I had a junkyard holset with 3.5" downpipe into a dynomax 3.5" bullet.

much quieter than my falcon with a 300rwhp 306 and spintechs even though the motor was making 200+ more rwhp.

Wicked65 · Aug 25, 2009

This shouldnt even be a question. Glass packs?? Are you kidding me? Magna FLow or spin tech. Stop being cheap.

tx65coupe · Aug 26, 2009

I agree. I wouldn't put the cheapo glasspacks on mine either.

I think the Arvinode on the K code in the video sounds pretty good though.

I don't like how Spintech sounds at least from what I have heard. I don't know why, but I just don't think it sounds that great. It is loud though.

I think that Magnaflow just sounds like a muffled glasspack.

Here are is a youtube clip to compare Flowmaster and Magnaflow on the same car. I'll stick with the Flows they sound much better.

YouTube - Flowmaster Magnaflow Cuda comparison

woodsnake · Aug 26, 2009

I still like the sound of glass packs, but I also really like the sound of my magna flows...

gracecar013.flv video by woodsnake4462838 - Photobucket

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