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Old Sep 13, 2015 | 01:08 PM
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Spintech mufflers suck

I got a fully built 350 in my 89 bird, and the exhaust sounds horrible! I spent 1100 on hedman ceramic coated long tubes, a spintech muffler, and a custom full 3" exhaust and it sounds just as weak as the 305 originally in the car with a stock muffler! It sounds like a v6!

Anyone else have a bad experience with spintechs? Everyone creams themselves over spintechs online but I feel ripped off
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Old Sep 13, 2015 | 02:26 PM
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Re: Spintech mufflers suck

i though mine were great when i had them
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Old Sep 13, 2015 | 04:23 PM
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Re: Spintech mufflers suck

I'm thinking I might actually have a misfire and am unfairly blaming spintech. Runs real good for a 7 cylinder though
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Old Sep 13, 2015 | 04:35 PM
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Re: Spintech mufflers suck

Originally Posted by cstrobel65
I got a fully built 350 in my 89 bird, and the exhaust sounds horrible! I spent 1100 on hedman ceramic coated long tubes, a spintech muffler, and a custom full 3" exhaust and it sounds just as weak as the 305 originally in the car with a stock muffler! It sounds like a v6!

Anyone else have a bad experience with spintechs? Everyone creams themselves over spintechs online but I feel ripped off


I've got a pair of spintech super pro streets on my '88 c4 with longtubes, x pipe into 2.5 duals and they sound amazing.
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Old Sep 15, 2015 | 06:24 PM
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Re: Spintech mufflers suck

Spin tech is my favorite muffler and I have had about all of them since 1978
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Old Sep 16, 2015 | 03:56 AM
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Re: Spintech mufflers suck

They are my favorite too, I have never had one that didn't sound downright awesome.
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Old Sep 16, 2015 | 08:58 AM
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Re: Spintech mufflers suck

I've been real happy with my Hooker, but I've had several friends with Spintech and they all loved them.
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Old Sep 16, 2015 | 11:54 AM
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Re: Spintech mufflers suck

What muffler did you use? They make a bunch of different types in different sound levels.


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