Re: RE: Flowmaster to Stock Exhaust/v8 Longevity

From: Gary Hedlin (ghedlin@theramp.net)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 03:40:52 EDT


Well, on my V6 I have a flowmaster 40 serries. It sounds good, but I have
bigger and better plans in the works. As soon as Bernd gets some O2 Simms,
I'm gonna take off my catalytic converter. Why? 1. I live in an area
without emission testing. And 2. Even a High flow cat doesn't have a high
enough flow rate in my book.

 As far as mufflers & cat back systems, I think the flowmasters suck
compared to the dynomax ones. The flowmasters looked cheaply made, and i'm
begining to sense from the sound of the muffler its toast. I've seen the
dynomax mufflers, and they just look like theyre better built.

Just my 2 cents worth,

Gary Hedlin

<B1LLYW@aol.com> wrote in message news:64.2437849e.2a9c062d@aol.com...
>
> In a message dated 8/26/02 5:48:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pbweb@mindspring.com writes:
>
> << Thanks for the replies on the v8 engine stuff...any other suggestions
on
> how I might get around the sound issue would be appreciated. I haven't
> altered any exhaust systems before, so I'm not sure if I can throw a
> universal muffler inline somehow... I called Midas just for kicks, and
> they refused to give me any info since there is no cat on the system, I
> believe...all I got was a lecture on $10,000 environmental fines for not
> having the cat and how they wouldn't touch it and how it would be a lot
> of money to go back to a quieter system and I might want to look around
> for another truck. Pretty overboard, but I wasn't quite expecting that
> strong of a response...
>
> Pete
> >>
>
> Throw in a high flow catalytic converter. You can get a Carsound cat
for
> $75 or so. That will quiet it down a bit without hurting performance too
> much.
>
> Bill White - http://www.moparforme.com
>
> '02 Dakota QC 4x4, SLT +, 4.7, 5 spd, 3.92's, a few toys
> '80 Ram D150, 4x2, 400, 727, 3.55 9.25 Sure Grip



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