ADVICE ON EXHAUST SYSTEMS??

[Andy]

I have experience with three different types of flowmaster mufflers.

1. The regular 40 series 2 chamber muffler. This is a good all around muffler, "the original flowmaster sound", and puts out a decent exhaust note on most any car. I have a set of 2 1/4" 40 series on my 67 camaro and they are dumped at the rear. I don't have any drone with these mufflers, and they aren't that loud in the car. Here is a sound clip. http://people.clemson.edu/~jaander/videos/100_2556.mov
2. Flowmaster Super 40 mufflers. I was after a more agressive/deep sound with my 'Cuda, and these mufflers definately delivered. I have a 3" setup on this car, and they are also dumped at the rear. The car has a pretty souped up 340 in it and the mufflers make the big cam sound even better sound clip of these http://media.putfile.com/cudasuper40driveby
3. Flowmaster one chamber race mufflers. I have these on my 99 Camaro SS with a 2.5" size pipe, but I put an x-pipe on this exhaust. It also has a very deep sound, and it screams at w.o.t. However, they do drone some in the car, but it doesn't really bother me that much. Here is a sound clip of it. http://people.clemson.edu/~jaander/videos/100_1945.mov
I hope these help you out some. If I were redoing the exhaust on your car, I would probably choose the super 40s. They are the most refined out of the three mufflers listed here, and have all of the great sound, without the drone.

[Chevy454]

Here's the skinny on what *I* just went through...if you want a truly correct exhaust, then go Gardner or go home, there is no other place to go for the correct exhaust stuff. But, if you want more performance as well as a correct looking transverse muffler system, then try Pypes. A Nova/Camaro doesn't look right without a transverse/crossflow muffler. Anyway, I recently put their 2.5" w/pipe system on our Camaro, and am pleased...tucked up *really* nice underneath and is head and shoulders performance-wise above the Flowmaster system I previously had on the car. Sounds good and is quiet at idle and when cruising, but I had a few folks come up this weekend and ask what system I was running, as they said it sounded like a race car when under power...

[Mr. Chevy]

Thanks Guys for all your suggestions and comments!! I greatly appreciate it.... RICH

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Stock = Gardner
Stock appearing = Pypes

http://www.pypesexhaust.com/gallery88.html

[markjohnson]

If you're making some real power and need something bigger and better look into http://www.torquetechexh.com/exhausthome.htm. I've used their 3.5 mandrel-bent system exclusively on Camaros and Chevelles. The 3.5 system sounds incredible and dwarfs a 3.0 system.