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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 10:36 PM
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Flowmasters vs. Cherry Bombs

Finished my engine , time for an exhaust. I want loud and nice tone...and I mean LOUD. I am thinking either dual Flowmasters or Cherry Bombs. No cats. Either way it will be a true dual. I am also considering open headers, but not sure how it will sound with my engine(89 Lo5, roller block,bored .30, L98 heads,port/polish, Performer intake, Speed Pro pistons) Mabey I'll make it interesting with one Flowmaster and one Cherry Bomb Opinions???
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 11:42 PM
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2 Flowmaster 40 Series. You'll have one of the best sounding cars around.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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I have a soundclip on my website of my dual 2.5" with glasspacks. It's an internally stock LB9, and I'm assuming it has the peanut cam. I have to agree with IROCZTWENTYGR8 though. I had dual 2.25" with flowmaster 40's on my 81 camaro, and it was LOUD and had a very low rumbly tone. My neighbors 7 houses down would complain that I'd wake them in the morning when I left for school It had the tiny 267 V-8 with hooker shorties. The only engine mod was an edelbrock performer manifold and open element filter.

EDIT: Unless you put the 40's back behind the tank where the stock one sits now, you'r going to loose a bit of ground clearance when you put those on. Even with my glasspacks tucked up where the cat goes with only .5" between the muffs and the heat sheild, I barely have room to get a pop can between the pipes and the ground.

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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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I second the motion on the FLOWMASTER setup!

http://members.sounddomain.com/seelo
http://members.sounddomain.com/sirpayda

Go to the main page and listen to the sound bytes also!

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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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I think I'll go with the Flowmasters mounted under the backseat. Im not worried about ground clearence. Wheres the cheapest place to get the mufflers?
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 11:37 AM
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cherrybombs sound like SH**

I'm one of the few people who actually like how glasspacks sound.

but cherrybombs aren't glasspacks, cherrybombs are ment to pop like crazy.

so if you like the ghetto poping sound everytime you let off of the glass, then cherry bombs are for you.

flowmasters will sound nice and loud, and won't make your car sound like a 1971 truck running on 7 cylinders.
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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 10:23 AM
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The link has the sound I like. It is a 350 with flowtech headers and dual cherry bombs.


http://www.exhaustsoundclips.com/sou...errybombs.html
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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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that sounds like ***.

get some flowmasters.

as i said, that way your car doesn't sound like a dying 30 year old truck.
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Old Jan 4, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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I agree, Sounds like a truck that is dead. I run a single 90 series flowmaster. Can't beat it, even when the neighbors call the cops. If its too loud your too loud.
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