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View Poll Results: Which do you like better???
Flowmaster 12 31.58%
Spintech 26 68.42%
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Old 01-23-2010, 10:24 PM   #1
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Spintech vs Flowmaster

Which do you like better? Which ever you choose put the specific muffler that you like and you can even put why if you would like.
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

spintech by far it is not raspy like flowmaster, although spintechs are heavy they are the best quality muffler i have ever bought. there flow is much higher too than flowmaster.
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

i will say nothing bad about spintech. ive never had one but ive heard a couple and admit they have a nice tone

but i have a flowmaster sounds great imo and i dont think it flows terrible but ive never stuffed on another mufler tofind out
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

Depends on what muffler. I have heard a spintech and it sounded good, but i have heard a few mufflex kits that used flowmasters that sounded great. Depends on the motor tho, hotter the combo the better the sound.

My friends car had a single chamber flowmaster on it and it was one of the best sounding cars i've heard. Has abit of a rasp but i like that sound. Straight pipe dumped over the axle had the same rasp and was much louder but the car still sounded good with the flowmaster. Those 1 chamber race style mufflers flow good too.

I had an 80 series on my L98 and liked it. Wasnt too bad. I like my chambered tube much better. I have yet to hear a spintech on a L98
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

ive never heard one on a l98 either but ive got a buddy that put one on a stock 94 lt1 car and it sounded good
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

spintech sounds good, but flow like ****.
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

Here's a video of my current exhaust (spintech on a modded L98)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfLWpAy0c1o
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

that thing sounds nasty! I like it
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

Car sounds great, nice cam roll.

What can you tell me about the prom tune? I just did a T56 swap in my 350 Z 91 and had promforless do the chip. I have not driven in long yet but it seems like the engine may want to stall. I had hoped these guys knew what they were doing. Any suggestions?
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

Flowmaster but not the 80 series, I like the 30 series that my Force II has, No rasp and not loud at all. I really think that it has all to do with the motor, If it's stock I think there are better sounding mufflers out there but on a modded motor I like them better then anything else. IMO.

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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

Here's a vid of me a few years ago after I just put the 4" mufflex with the Spintech muffler on. Im running a 383 Miniram with Hooker longtubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuU2FHSlQg
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

Yeah I have a hard time believing a spintech will flow as well as a flowmaster. Flowmasters arent exactly the king of flow, but the spin traps arent the most aerodynamic either.
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Here's a vid of me a few years ago after I just put the 4" mufflex with the Spintech muffler. Im running a 383 Miniram with Hooker longtubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuU2FHSlQg

Very nice! But I think you could use some drag radials.

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Very nice! But I think you could use some drag radials.

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What, and bust open my 10 bolt??? No way! LOL
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What, and bust open my 10 bolt??? No way! LOL

That is exactly why I'm not going to do that.


Sorry to steer the thread off course.

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Yeah I have a hard time believing a spintech will flow as well as a flowmaster. Flowmasters arent exactly the king of flow, but the spin traps arent the most aerodynamic either.
I really like the sound of my 4" Spintech muffler, but have also heard of the horror storys about how bad they flow. This past fall I picked up a 4" Dynomax ultra-flo round 17537 muffler. I put down 413 rwhp with the Spintech muffler, so we'll see what she does with the ultra-flo powerwise this summer.
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I voted for "none of the above".
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

flowmasters 80 series with 3.5 inch tips, hedman headers, no cat 3 inch y pipe equals muscle car sounds.... very loud and bassy and people think i have a monster underneath the hood...... who cares which one flows the best if its a daily driver, not everyone is hellbent on numbers...... here is my clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kij_lxFp8x4
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

SPINTECH!!! I am running two Sportsmans on my car. They sounded great when the engine was stock but now I have a new set up they sound down right nasty.
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Re: Spintech vs Flowmaster

My vote is for Spintech. My brother has them on his 05 GTO.

I pitched the Flowmaster that was on my wifes 1990 IROC convertible for a Borla system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekIHc50zBdU


I still like the sound of SLP's single 3" TOTL system though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwMctOms80Y
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SPINTECH!!! I am running two Sportsmans on my car. They sounded great when the engine was stock but now I have a new set up they sound down right nasty.
You got some clips of it? I would love to hear it!
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Here's a vid of me a few years ago after I just put the 4" mufflex with the Spintech muffler on. Im running a 383 Miniram with Hooker longtubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuU2FHSlQg
Thats freakin SICK!!! Love it!
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