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Old 12-20-2005, 02:53 PM
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Is it true that a new exhaust doesnt sound its full potential untill its drove a couple hundred miles, to break it in or something???
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 02:54 PM
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Yes, kinda....

The sound develops over time.
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 02:55 PM
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Don't know about a couple of hundred miles but yea it will take a little while to break them in.
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 02:58 PM
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i hope so because i just put on flowmaster american thunder and the difference slight compared to the stock...
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:00 PM
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Yea drive it around for awhile and give it a little hell and they will wake up.Also add an X pipe to it and really wake them up.
 
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I've heard this but i think its only a rumor...
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:02 PM
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i dont know i was kinda leaning towards the deeper tone of an H pipe
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.6 Love
I've heard this but i think its only a rumor...
It's not a rumor.My Magnapacks were loud with the stock H,but after I put on the catted X............DAMN it's mean sounding now.

The H would probally be better with the Flows.
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lances03GT
It's not a rumor.My Magnapacks were loud with the stock H,but after I put on the catted X............DAMN it's mean sounding now.

The H would probally be better with the Flows.

Who knows..
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:39 PM
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magnapacks? loud?? haha yeah and im installing my supercharger tommorow same thing with american thunder, my farts are louder than that
 
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Like i said before...bullets will own anything.
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by SpringsStang
magnapacks? loud?? haha yeah and im installing my supercharger tommorow same thing with american thunder, my farts are louder than that
Damn SC tommorow SWEET LOL
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:54 PM
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flowmasters + efi mustang = not a nice sound at all...

slp and borla sound really nice... all the flowmasters i hear sound like ****... the flowmasters on my neighbors '69 road runner sounds great, but he's a 440 in that beast...

yeh, anyways, i dont like flowmasters... blah
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 03:56 PM
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springs u got one?
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 04:01 PM
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haha no springs is too poor for a supercharger
 
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Old 12-20-2005, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SpringsStang
magnapacks? loud?? haha yeah and im installing my supercharger tommorow same thing with american thunder, my farts are louder than that


He's being sarcastic.....come on guys...lol....
 
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i got flows and just ordered mac offroad h pipe, got it used 2 months for 95 shipped
 
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Old 12-23-2005, 07:04 AM
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Good call on that price B-Rett...whered ya get that from ...anyway. Yes, its not really a "break in" but as a muffler gets older, the packing and such tends to wear out of it, therefor making it louder as time goes on. Trust me, get a few miles on those flows and they'll be nice and worn out.
 
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Old 12-23-2005, 07:31 AM
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Or get them hot and go to the carwash and spray a little cold water in there and get rid of some of the packing in there
 
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Old 12-23-2005, 10:49 AM
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right down the pipe?
 
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Old 12-23-2005, 10:58 AM
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I have flowmasters with OR X pipe and its mean as hell. not quite as crackly as a Borla, which i think sounds like complete shat, sounds like its running under water or something, and thats on a friends Cobra.

Has anyone heard the Edelbrock Mufflers yet?
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 09:18 AM
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do i spray water right down the exhaust pipe??
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by hollister
right down the pipe?
Yes.Not alot though and it's better to have it running and don't like cram the whole nozzle in there just shoot a little in there while washing the car.
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 03:09 PM
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its starting to sound more like flows now, but im gonna give the water trick a try
 
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..im a little lost on the whole water deal
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 06:12 PM
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i didnt need to spray water. I have no packing, you have a woman exhuast
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 06:14 PM
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o snap...springs using those fighting words lol
 
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Old 12-25-2005, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by SpringsStang
i didnt need to spray water. I have no packing, you have a woman exhuast
That's why your car sounds like a Camaro
 
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Old 12-25-2005, 06:06 AM
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My flowmasters were worn in so good that they blew on the dyno. I had 30k on them from my 95 GT. I took them off when i turned the car in and put them on my 00 GT. I put another 10k on them before they fell apart.

Get an H or an X, that will wake them up. Other than that, it will be awhile before you here the drones.
 
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Old 12-25-2005, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Lances03GT
That's why your car sounds like a Camaro
atleast my car has a sound
 
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