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Old May 20, 2004 | 03:46 PM
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What is the least restrictive muffler i can replace my flowmaster with???

I have a 3 inch flowmaster catback with an slp y pipe and no cat. anyway want a different sound out of the car and would liek to gaina few ponies. what muffler is the least restrictive? does flowmaster amke a bolt in single chamber for our cars?
Old May 20, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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I know the hooker has no baffles or anything inside, its all straight through.
Old May 20, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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i dunno what kind of muffler your looking for but, the slp loudmouth is straight through design.

I also have one for sale. its a catback designed for the dual cat cars but i also have the single cat conversion pipe and hardware for it. It's all stainless and has only about 4,xxx miles on it, was used for about 4 months. i'd like 200.00 + s/h

thanks,

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Old May 20, 2004 | 04:24 PM
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Put a Borla 3.5" XR-1 race muffler in there.... straight thru.... probably be loud as he!!. I run a 3" XR-1 in each side of my duals, and a buddy of mine is pushing 1,325HP through a pair of 3.5" XR-1's. With engine dyno testing, the Borlas out performed race mufflers of up to 5".
Old May 20, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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Nick what tips do you have on your loudmouth catback
Old May 20, 2004 | 06:28 PM
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Re: What is the least restrictive muffler i can replace my flowmaster with???

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I have a 3 inch flowmaster catback with an slp y pipe and no cat. anyway want a different sound out of the car and would liek to gaina few ponies. what muffler is the least restrictive? does flowmaster amke a bolt in single chamber for our cars?
Unless you're just looking for a different sound, changing the muffler for the sake of more power will not be worth the cost.

You really need to listen to the different systems and decide what you like the sound of.
Old May 20, 2004 | 06:31 PM
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as stated...any kind of bullet style race muffler will flow the best.

they will be loud as hell.

if you want something a bit more refined...look into the magnaflow
Old May 20, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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Actually a Dynomax Welded muffler will flow the best and take the most sound out of the exhaust at teh same time. They are not quiet but flow ungodfully well and even on a engine dyno have little to no losses. Getting one of those and painting it to prevent rust would be the best way to go.

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Old May 20, 2004 | 08:00 PM
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Originally posted by SStrokerAce
Actually a Dynomax Welded muffler will flow the best and take the most sound out of the exhaust at teh same time. They are not quiet but flow ungodfully well and even on a engine dyno have little to no losses. Getting one of those and painting it to prevent rust would be the best way to go.

Bret
Same muffler I run, and all the tests I have read say the same thing. They flow the best, or at least they did when I bought mine 2 years ago. I love the sound, and the get nasty when you get into it.
Old May 20, 2004 | 08:54 PM
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Yes, flowemaster has a single chamber muffler for our cars but i have no idea where to get them, because the prev owner did mine.
Old May 21, 2004 | 02:18 AM
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I have no cats with a Flowmaster muffy. Having no cats and Flows feels alright to me but I feel what your saying. What i did was run a E-Cutout before the muffler and open it part way in the city and open it fully on the freeway. Pretty scary, it tells me that I should be at the track and not surfin the streets with open cutout. Use DMH e-plate if you do that. I like the sound of Borla & Dynomax or Hooker. I would pick any of those three, but that's just me. Especially with no cats..! Man, I love it. I would think that SLP loudmouth would sound just like open headers but without the crackle..i dunno..stay away from that..waste of money since you can make your own freeflowing pipework.
Old May 21, 2004 | 07:05 AM
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I'm running and SLP 2ODL.. It's actually pretty quiet (compared to my dumped true duals I'd been driving around with for a year ) , and seems to flow really well. I'm also running a 3.5 inch int. pipe.

Only thing is it doesn't look all that good on a TA. Not IMO at least.
Old May 21, 2004 | 07:41 AM
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Best least restrictive & quitest by far is mine!

Its a stock muffler with electric cut-out
Old May 21, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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im running magnaflow. the cat back was down to 300 or so on ebay about a month ago. straight through no baffles stainless awesome sound.

david
Old May 21, 2004 | 09:49 AM
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magnaflow = mmm

and it is straight through



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