Well anybody got flomaster mufflers on their cars? Just curious...

 

My Flowmaster 80-series just came today!!! Hopefully ill have it on the car within the next 2 weeks...


Eric

 

Me

 

How do you like the flowmaster?
What series is it?

 

80 series, its pretty loud with no resonator. Its gives a nice deep sound.
I havent put a Y pipe on so I dont know how much louder it will get but I like it

 

I have a 40 series and its very loud.

 

Flowmasters are the worst "performance" muffler you could ever possible put on. Why would you guys choose that over a straight through perforated core type muffler?

 

For sound obviously.

 

My guess would be becuse they want the chambered sound of the flowmaster, not the performance.

 

We enjoy the non-rice sound it gives off. Straight through mufflers sound like a$$. Every single straight through muffler (can type) will sound ricey. Especially on a maxima w/ y-pipe.



I believe it, i had a 40-series Delta Flow, which is supposed to be the quieter version, on my Probe GT, and it was looooooooud. Wasnt ricey, just loud. Now the 40-series non delta is the loudest muffler they make for car applications (except the race ones). Its also the originator of the "flowmaster" sound...



Do you still have the stock resonator in the b-pipe? I have a y-pipe and stock b and i will be putting on the Flows, so i'll throw up a sound clip of that setup shortly.

I remember hearing craig macks s/c'ed car with his Warpspeed Y, non-mandrel B w/ 22" resonator and flowmaster 80-series setup at his house, and it sounded good. I was just watching that video of his car about 5mins ago...i cant wait to get mine put on...

 

I guess you have not heard the Apexi WS huh? Oh and craig mack used a glasspack not a resonator.

 

i have a magnaflow...i don't think its ricey at all.
i used to have flowie 40 series, and had a 60 and 80 on also. i didn't like their sound. the 40 non delta was the best though. in the end i got a magnaflow for free so i used that. and DAMN its sounds so much meaner then the flowie ever did...

 

Actually, i believe you posted a clip once of your setup if im not mistaken. Granted i dont think you had 3 resonators on at the time, but it was very loud and raspy. Maybe you should get a clip up soon of your setup. Im pretty interested to hear it. And i get glasspacks/resonators confused sometimes, my bad



First off, did you have all those on your max? I cant see how you could, being that the 80-series is a crossflow muffler meant for dual exhaust. Unless you put it on, cut a hole in your bumper, then got a new bumper/body kit when you changed?!?!


Eric

 

sorry i didn't have an 80 your correct. the reason i had so many is because when i went to the exhaust shop my 40 series rattled, then they put on a 60, rattled again a week later. then they put on another, i don't remember which(i forgot the 80 was duals) and again it had this odd rattle coming from it. so the exhuast shop for free gave me the ss magnaflow i have now. each muff was put on an exhaust that had a budget y, custom 2.5 b, stock cat. i'v heard 40's on other max's and they sounded better then mine did...

the exhaust guys said that there was to much turbulence(sp?) in my exhaust flow. bah.

 

You guys are getting a "ricey" sound with a straight through muffler because either 1) you're not using a resonator or 2) you're using a cheap *** ebay muffler. As mentioned earlier the guy with the Magnoflow muffler has no problems at all. Flowmasters are crap. Even the domestic guys who know what they're talking about don't use them.

 

Exactly, straight through mufflers are way too loud and annoying. THe sound of a flowmaster beats those cheap straight through mufflers by far. The chambered sound sounds alot better especially the way it looks with two pipes.

I have a 2.5" cat back with no resonator and no y pipe yet. With the y pipe it'll sound louder. I dont know if I'll be able to stand how loud that is but I really like it the way it is now.

On my old car, a 1982 Toyota Corolla, I had a cheap straight through muffler and it was horribly annoying. I had a Hooker Aerochamber put on with a header and straight pipe all the way back and it sounded great.

Chambered mufflers may not give out the best performance but they do give out the best sound. Who really cares if it takes away 1 or 2 HP? I live in NYC, where can I really go out to race at? I dont street race and I dont race at the track, but I do like to have my car modded up for my trips around the city. I really couldnt care less whos faster than me or not.

 

I'm driving marcdown20's car right now and he has WSP Y, Budget test pipe, Budget B with no resonator and a Flowmaster that he got for free. With the test pipe it sounds horrible imo, and with the stock cat on it doesn't sound that much better either. Its ok once in a while, just for the fun of making people give you funny looks because your family car is so loud, but on a day-to-day basis its not for me.

A Magnaflow chambered muffler with a resonated B sounds so much better.

But if you have the money I would pick the Apexi WS hands down.

 

Have you? I got one with a y-pipe and the thing is loud. Used to be raspy but after wrapping it the sound got much deeper.

 

You put a "performance" exhaust on a 1982 Corolla? Well that makes your opinions null and void from here on in.

 

Says who? You? Cmon now, thats a rediculous statement. Someone can say the same thing about you using "performance" parts on your maxima, its a family sedan, not a performance car.


On a sidenote, you have no idea what he could have had in the 82 corolla, they do sick things with old school corollas...






Eric

 

Have you ever heard of the phrase, if you have nothing nice to say, dont say anything at all? You should apply it. Its newbies like you that have brought down the org from a great source of information to a site dominated by uneducated, ignorant users with stupid comments such as yourself, that dont know what the hell they're talking about.

FYI if you visit this site www.pistonvsrotor.com (Eric can relate ) you will realize that 20 year old motor can be made to produce over 500HP to the wheels and has been many times over. Before the whole fast and the furious import revolution, Toyota 3TC motors were and still are running low 8 sec/high 7 sec quarter mile times. The only reason they're not really out in the open competitavely is because these guys race these cars as a hobby. They're not running for major sponsors like most of the new Honda guys.

I was running side drafts, header, exhaust, and cylinder head work with a cam, and a 4.11 posi from a GTS corolla, and managed mid 15's which is on par with a stock auto max. With full engine work low 14's were right around the corner, but I needed a bigger car so instead of dumping money and having a 12 second turbo corolla, I bought my max and I'm happy with it.

A little education goes a long way doesnt it? Think twice before posting garbage.

Back to the topic:

Originally I had only the Flowmaster with the stock B pipe and it sounded very mellow and low, the way most guys here in the org would probably prefer. I thought it was too low so I got the entire catback done with no B pipe. When I do get a y pipe I know it is going to get louder and if it does, I'll be adding a glasspack.

My advice to you guys is get the muffler put on with the stock resonated b pipe and if its not loud enough, get a smaller glasspack or resonator put on.

 

flowmaster+budget y-pipe= deep growl! and it is good!

 

Yes I have....

No raspy sound with this ws.

http://onefastmax.maximaclubca.com/r...1/MOV00041.MPG
http://onefastmax.maximaclubca.com/r...1/MOV00047.MPG

 

I don't put performance parts on my maxima. My maxima is 100% stock. So that comment is completely invalid.

As far as making 500hp with a corolla, I can make 500hp in a 3 cylinder geo metro. Does that make it a performance car? No. Swapping out a two rotor and putting it into an 82 corolla doesn't make it a performance car. I know more about Corollas than you think, and mid 14's in ANY car is nothing to be proud of.

And trust me, I bet you $1000 I know more about cars than you do. So please, don't call me uneducated. What has brought this message board down is all the ricers asking about body kits, tail light mods, and LED window switches. That's just retarded.

 

I dont have to bet anything, you've already proven yourself

 

BOOST

 

 

Is the Greddy SP catback any good? Ive heard a few sound clips but it jsut never sound the same. Im looking into buying a car with it on. Has anyone heard it in person? I dont want that ricey sound.. EW

thanks

Sean

 

Yea, I've proven that me > you.

And the reason the Apexi WS in those movies doesn't have a raspy sound is because it's turbocharged. A turbocharger eliminates all raspyness in the exhaust, it's a proven fact.

 

How sure of that are you?


http://onefastmax.maximaclubca.com/r...c/DSC00034.JPG

 

it's supercharged they make a different exhaust note. You could tell right of the bet a difference in the exhaust note at WOT if the car is turbo or not... Also you could see it pulling away alot faster, lol.

And yes flowmaster sounds like ****, I've heard them on my friends v6 explorer, and my friends 350 chevy van

 

Thats what happens when you know everything

People dont seem to understand how far being humble can get you

 

I didn't even watch the movies, but turbo's take a ALL of the raspyness out of the exhaust. The reason the Apexi doesnt then is because of the premuffler/resonator.

And the hell with being humble, I'm better than you.

 

whoa whoa, that was a bit unnecessary.


As far the the topic is concerned... instead of going w/ flowmaster, go with Apexi WS they sound awesome. I haven't heard many flowmaster maximas, so my opinion is obviously biased.

 

If you haven't figured out yet, I really don't care.

 

You really do like getting off on yourself dont you? Your online ego is bigger than the average wing a ricer would put on his Civic, and by the way, before starting something out of nothing, who said DSM's were ever supposed to be performance cars either?

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=281446



Need I say more?

Instead of criticizing on every post you make, contribute your ever expanding knowledge to the rest of us or STFU

 

I havent heard one but Borla mufflers are supposed to make a good sound too. But it all goes with the type of B pipe and if you have a Y pipe.

The best sounding cat back I've heard is the Apexi WS on Max4u's car.

 

If you don't call a car that can make 500whp on the stock motor a performance car, you're dumber than I thought. A 200hp, 200tq, 2800lb (FWD) 3000lb (AWD) car = performance car.

 

I guess my Maxima is a perfomance car too?

190HP 3100lb

 

hopefully a moderator will see your posts and put you on the road to being banned