Which Muffler Whould You Pick?

robert912005 · Nov 11, 2012

Im going to put a new exhaust on my 65 mustang and want a muffler with a deep sound but not loud. which one would you pick?

rbohm · Nov 11, 2012

magnaflow is my choice. i have never liked the sound of flowmasters.

horse sence · Nov 11, 2012

i have spintechs on my 351 ,they have a nice rumble to them and not to loud
i agree with rbohm flowmasters are to loud for me . borlas have a nice sound also

horseballz · Nov 12, 2012

I like the Magnaflow sound better than Flowmaster. That being said, I highly suggest that you click on the Magnaflow link above, determine whether you want a 2 1/2" or 3" system and contact the moderators of this forum about pricing. I don't know all the specifics, but Stangnet has some kind of deal/affiliation with Magnaflow and the final price is VERY, VERY attractive. I'm sure that prices have changed in the several years since I got my system, but at the time, the best sale price was $600-ish and with the Stangnet discount it came to my door for $425! Their stuff is very well made and fits extremely well. My only real comment, neither good/bad, is that while I really like the sound/tone of the mufflers, the X-pipe crossover gives the overall sound more of a "modern" character that is kind of hard to explain, sort of a smoothness to the tone. I believe that the Administrator that deals with this is user name "Slapyo"
My $.02.
Gene

Gearbanger 101 · Nov 12, 2012

Deep and quiet.....large diameter, Dynomax Turbo's....no question. The other two are going to give you measurable amounts of exhaust drone, without a doubt. The Turbo's are probably some of the best mufflers to reduce exhaust drone. Going with a larger diameter exhaust components (2.3-3") will give you that deeper tone you're looking for.

331efiblue66 · Nov 14, 2012

I'm with rbohm, horse sence, and horseballz, I don't like the flowmaster sound. I used to run dynomax turbo's on all my stuff till they did away with their lifetime warranty-their stuff rusts out too fast. Bought the magnaflow system for my stang, and have a 3" magnaflow system on my f150, LOVE IT...

blown65 · Nov 14, 2012

Dynomax, Magnaflow, Borla or Bassani. I hate flowmasters and never really liked my spintechs, they got replaced pretty quickly.

horse sence · Nov 14, 2012

i think it matters what type headers you have as to the tone of the muflers.
i have headman long tube headers .long tubes seem to give a deeper tone than the shorty headers. the spintechs didnt sound all that great on the short headers ,but sound real good on the long. an x pipe or a cross over pipe will change the tone as well

blown65 · Nov 14, 2012

Mine was with long tubes, still hated the sound of them.

clement · Nov 14, 2012

i like stuff you can drop a softball through.....

SoCalCruising · Nov 19, 2012

I guess it doesn't matter how well they flow? You have a mild combo?
The whole system only flows as well as the most restrictive component. Borla and Spintech flow well. Flowmasters don't. Don't know about the others. I'll go Borla next time I need mufflers.

Gearbanger 101 · Nov 19, 2012

SoCalCruising said:
Borla and Spintech flow well. Flowmasters don't.

In comparison to Borla's or Spintech's....no, the Flowmasters won't match the flow potential, but they're still more than capable of suporting the horsepower levels of your average bolt on car. And they certainly outflow anything OEM.

zookeeper · Nov 19, 2012

I must be the Lone Ranger here, because I actually love Flowmasters. Having said that, I don't have them on my car, I have some no-name turbos and they walk the line between healthy sounding and liveable quite nicely. My wife's Corvette has Flowmaster 50's on it and they sound wonderful (to only me apparently) both at idle and on the gas.

horse sence · Nov 19, 2012

50's have a nicer sound than the 40's and not quite as loud ,had the 50s on a 66 ford truck with a 289 and it sounded decent

woodsnake · Nov 20, 2012

I'm partial to the magnaflow as well, but then I also like the sound of glass packs still. Lots of audio clips on you tube! My link in my signature also has an audio clip of the magnaflows in my 68 Cougar.

65FBE2 · Nov 24, 2012

I had flowmaster 50 series on my 347 and they sounded great. Nice rumble with no drone. Also had a dr gas x pipe.

Edster · Dec 10, 2012

Get the shortest glasspacks you can find (2.5 inch) then some welded 2.5 inch turbo mufflers. No drone and great sound and flow.

craig3x · Dec 10, 2012

I have dynamax turbos on my fairly stock 289 (manifolds, no headers). They are VERY quiet. I'd actually like something a little beefier sounding. Maybe I should get headers!

Rmoore45 · Dec 10, 2012

I've always liked flowmasters, to me they have a nice sound. I went with 50 series delta flows on my 67 coupe 289 and it sounds great.

bartl · Dec 11, 2012

If you don't need a real performance muffler then I'd go with a Walker/Dynomax Turbo.

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