Hi, I'm interested in knowing if any one has the edelbrock cat back and how they felt about it. I was thinking Hooker cat back, but I know a few people with it kind of want an orriginal sound (thus putting flowmaster out of the question). Any opinions about either system would be appreciated.

 

I have Edelbrock cat back . It has a deep mellow tone kind of quiet compared to some other systems. I think it makes the car sound powerful but refined if you know what I mean.

 

I've had Flowmaster, then Hooker, and now Edelbrock. I ran the Hooker cat back for several years. I liked it but it was just as loud as not having a muffler at all and attracted a lot of "unwanted attention". At one point one of the baffle tubes inside the muffler broke lose and started rattling around. I cut a hole in the muffler, removed the tube and welded the hole shut, but it just didn't sound the same.

I then bought an Edelbrock muffler. I had listened to sound clips of it and liked it, plus the Edelbrock and Hooker cat-backs both utilize the same three bolt (header collector style) muffler inlet. So I'm using the Edelbrock muffler with my Hooker cat back.

Definitely has a nice, deep, powerful tone. Not obnoxious like the Hooker. And I liked the Hooker - the noise just got old after a few years.

Just my opinion, of course.

 

How about power with the Edelbrock cat-back, I think the intermediate pipe is only 2 3/4" instead of the regular 3".

 

nope, its def 3 in. i have it and i love it. nice and loud at WOT and a nice low rumble at idle.

its 10x better than the crappy flowmaster on my 90...

 

I've seen the long pipe hanging to low to ground on the Edelbrock, do you have that problem?

 

oo yeah. i have about 4'' of ground clearance. just have to be careful.....