355 Holden VP UTE Flowmaster 40 series Mufflers VS Straight Pipes

[@ESPSJ]

That sounds ridiculously good.

[@ma70r96]

Thanks! Beautiful axe you have there by the way

[@ESPSJ]

MA70R thanks, one of the many I shouldn't have sold :(

[@douchebag4057]

Best...sound best takeoff love the comebacks laid down lots of rubber I think this is the best sounding cam I ever hurd in a piratical vehicle

[@ma70r96]

Cheers! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Video isn't too flashy but I hope it gets the job done for people wanting to see what this setup can do

[@leonwilliams8523]

Got to love the sound of that Aussie v8

[@jazrad666]

FARRRRK that sounds BRUTAL AF 🔥

[@mozart4733]

I'm a ford man, but that things sounds killer. Nice to see a flowmaster on an Aussie V8.

[@ma70r96]

Thanks! Flowmasters paired with iron V8's have a special sound for sure

[@kieranproven4874]

Flowmasters Are the duck's nuts. Sounds wicked

[@ma70r96]

Cheers! Flowmasters usually perform great on the old school American V8's. They don't disappoint on the Holden V8 either

[@baylenedwards9910]

Just bought the same car today and I can’t find where I can get the same exhaust. If u could let me know where u got yours that would be great. Cheers mate

[@ma70r96]

Hey, I had my exhaust made at a local exhaust shop custom for my car. If you wanna know the recipe so you can get something similar its a twin 2.5 inch exhaust with a balance pipe somewhere in the middle, 2x electric cutouts facing out both sides of the car in front of the rear tyres, 2x flowmaster 40 mufflers going out the back when the cutouts are closed. Headers are 4-1 long tubes. Keen to hear it in a video when you get it done!

[@muhammedselbibeg347]

Hey mate. Sounds sick. Quick question. I'm building something similar and have been told the remote controlled exhaust valves end up getting stuck due to exhaust heat and eventually dont open or close. Have you experienced this? do they make a significant difference in volume (Cops and neighbours in my mind) and which brand did you use. Thank you in advance

[@ma70r96]

Thanks for checking out my vid! I haven't experienced exhaust valves getting stuck due to heat but I did however have one go faulty in the past with the wiring because the first ones I installed were cheap off ebay and I took a chance. I bought some higher quality ones after that and they have been working awesome every time. They open and close much faster now and also seal off the pipes much tighter than before so they wont leak. The difference in volume comes down to what mufflers you choose for your car. The ones im running on mine are still not that tame because they are designed to sound cool and take that edge off but yes they are still heaps softer than straight pipes. If you want dead silent than you can always run a really bulky muffler/mufflers after the cutouts and when you press the switch it will still be as loud as you want.

[@muhammedselbibeg347]

@@ma70r96 thanks for that mate.

[@SIRSKITZ]

Sounds the business mate! Love the VP, I miss my old one 😞 What manifold and tB are you using? Are you still running the standard delco with memcal?

[@ma70r96]

Cheers! It's got a harrop single plane highrise and it's running a haltech standalone ecu. I reckon the VP's might be the rarest breed out there. I seem to see more VN's and VR-VS's than VP's

[@notbahhhdgoodsize5793]

@@ma70r96 that's true but the Vns are coming into alot more worth than the other cars

[@justinpriddle3343]

hey mate sick ute just wondering how the box has held up

[@ma70r96]

Thanks! The T5 is still holding on strong. Running period sized wheels and tyres so that would have to keep the stress down after all these years. I can still have plenty of fun in it without fear of something breaking compared to if I was running big sticky rubber under it

[@ryanwatson1474]

Whats the build specs ??

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

Well... That just up and fucked off!

[@YakuzaJZ]

Love it man! No you can cruise at night haha

[@ma70r96]

Hell yeah! It's that time of year again too. I should be out looking at christmas lights in it hehe

[@craigshelswell8844]

Are they super 40 or super 40 Delta flows great vid ?

[@ma70r96]

Thanks! They are the flowmaster original 40 series mufflers. These are the same ones that alot of guys run on their 5.0 foxbody mustangs and various other iron V8's from that period

[@craigshelswell8844]

@@ma70r96 do a lot of guys run resies as well with super 40 s i really like the sound of them some stated there quite lound thow ..

[@ma70r96]

@@craigshelswell8844 Not sure about the super 40's but most run the original 40's on their own without any other mufflers. Depends what car and how beef'd up the engine is but generally it take's a fair bit to quite down a cammed V8. On something fairly mild it wouldn't be earth shatteringly loud with just the 40's on. On mine the difference between open pipes and running through the mufflers is night and day to give you an idea

[@dylanhood6089]

Like it.

[@jetstream454]

A fellow Southwesterner 👌 Does this still get around these days?

[@ma70r96]

Thanks for watching! Yep sure does, Me and my missus share it daily. Gotta keep these cars alive and on the road to be enjoyed.

[@540chevhell9]

Flowmasters all day mate. Classier, crisper, more refined... not that the straight pips don't sound good... they do. But I'll take the FM's

[@ma70r96]

I love everything as loud as possible! however the idea of the electric cutouts allowing me to take the edge off the noise when needed is awesome. I chose the flowmasters because if I’m going to run my V8 through some mufflers at least I want to be able to enjoy how it sounds still. They are deep and warm sounding in person. Brings on another character to the note

[@540chevhell9]

@@ma70r96 well said!! 👍

[@tiarnanvanosch2120]

Hey mate what exhaust are you running on it when it runs the whole way through, I’m looking at getting one done for my ute and this sounds killa, are you running cats and what mufflers mate?

[@ma70r96]

Hey thanks! Exhaust is custom made twin 2.5 inch that opens up infront of the rear tyres when cutouts are opened. When closed it runs out the back through a pair of FlowMaster 40 series mufflers. No cats. Headers are Difilippo 4 into 1 long tubes. When you get yours done I'd love to hear it!

[@tiarnanvanosch2120]

MA70R sweet mate thanks for that, just a quick one aswell mate did you run the twin system over the diff or under, and how did u go mucking around with the beaver panel to get the exhaust sitting flush out on the back right hand side?

[@ma70r96]

@@tiarnanvanosch2120 Not too sure how he got it done on the right side but he said when he did it that it wasn't too much trouble getting it to look like it was twin pipes from factory. I ran them under the diff purely to make it simple and it has never come close to being a problem with scraping or clearance etc.

[@Fulltiltauto]

Hey mate what camshaft are you running and roughly what power does it make ? Thanks in advance

[@ma70r96]

Camshaft is a Crane H304 and it makes 300 HP at the wheels. Currently running the stock heads which are holding back the potential that this engine could make.

[@Fulltiltauto]

Thanks mate sounds wicked , currently putting together a vs ss with a 355 and T5 combo, just deciding on camshafts now.

[@ma70r96]

@@Fulltiltauto Haha cheers. I'd love to see some vids of yours posted up once its done. Are you completely decided on if you wanna run a solid or a hydraulic cam in yours? What heads are you planning on running? I wanted to make mine as hassle free as possible and have it on the road as much as possible so I went with a decent sized hyd cam and went big enough right now so that I can get some good use out of some fancy heads later down the track. Mine is a bit over cammed for stock heads currently and would make a bit more power with a smaller bump stick with the stock ones but heads will wake it up. Dont get me wrong though it is not doughy or anything right now just a bit big for what those heads currently flow

[@Fulltiltauto]

Hoping to pick something up out of the crow catalog, 238 inlet 246 exhuast at .50 , planning on 1.65 roller rockets , and got a edelbrock manifold, and ice Ingition system already , just now buying bits and bobs , i’m only running 12cc dished pistons (9.5 - 1 comp) but i’m still hoping to crack 300hp easy. But i’m not driving this car alot as it’s about to have club plates The last combo 227 inlet at .50 , (4503 crow) and standard manifold and flat top pistons , made 253 ponys at the wheels on 98 Love to see you’re thing squeeze a bit more with just basic head work @MA70R

[@Fulltiltauto]

Hey mate , finally got mine together and running thought you’d like to hear it

[@NgapuhiTrump]

How much did cost to put a 355 stroker in it, looks ad sounds tuff mate

[@ma70r96]

Thanks! I almost completely restored the whole car apart from the visual things. Mechanically its basically brand new but better. If I could tally up just my motor it would be around $10000 in parts and the labour for machining and assembly added a fair bit more ontop but I did however get everything done professionally rather than doing it myself. If you wanted to replicate my engine and do most of it yourself you could definitely do it for around 10 grand or cheaper if you sourced some cheaper parts or only replaced things that are absolutely essential. I used all the top name brand gear and changed everything

[@NgapuhiTrump]

MA70R currently saving to do the same thing, I’d probably get it built by a shop aswell, cheers for the info mate, such a killa car can’t wait

[@swatunit4]

That's fuckin tops! I've got a vs3 v8 ute stock. Would love to know what kind of cam and exhaust you use to get that kind of note? Dave.

[@ma70r96]

Haha Thanks. As you can probably tell from the vid I have the option to run it through the flowmaster 40 series mufflers and when I click the button I can open valves that bypass the mufflers and run them raw straight through. Its a twin 2.5 inch exhaust with no cats and about halfway down the system the pipes kiss to balance the note/pulses to smooth the deal out. Cam is a crane H304 which is their biggest hydraulic cam they have for the holden V8

[@swatunit4]

Crane H304, i'll look into it, gonna turn mine into a weekend cruiser, wish me luck with the cops. @@ma70r96

[@ma70r96]

@@swatunit4 Are you stroking it or keeping it 304ci? this cam in a 355 is very happy on the street. Pulls hard from basically nothing and keeps going all the way to 6200RPM. Only reason I'm not revving it higher is the stock heads dont breathe enough after that and are holding it back a bit. I drive this car more than my other cars and can report that it's super friendly for everyday use. Loud though when the pipes are opened but thats the way it should be haha

[@swatunit4]

Gonna stroke it to 355. Was thinking a kit from port city engines with pacemaker extractors. I have a twin throttlebody manifold not installed yet, bigger injectors, ignition etc, and a bunch of other go good bits. Cheers, Dave.@@ma70r96

[@Jamessmith-nz5nl]

Hey mate. What size exhaust did you put on and where could I purchase it

[@ma70r96]

Hey, Exhaust is twin 2.5 inch with electronic valves that can route the exhaust out the back through the mufflers or out the sides which is straight through bypassing the mufflers. Its all custom made so unfortunately you cant by this system off the shelf but I'm sure most exhaust shops could make you something similar.

[@jakej7493]

Killer!!

[@ma70r96]

Thanks

[@guyharvey5015]

Appointment thanks

[@keescherrington7505]

What kind of power is this making?

[@ma70r96]

Just shy of 220 KW at the wheels. Feels quicker than my supra which has more power funnily enough. It really wants heads to compliment the cam and the whole recipe in general as I'm still running the stock heads.

[@TheCrazycrab2]

Me likey

[@NgapuhiTrump]

Hi mate what wheels are they? Walkies?

[@ma70r96]

Sure are! The face of the wheels are painted white

[@NgapuhiTrump]

@@ma70r96 im drooling over them, what kinda paint did you use man they look awesome!

[@ma70r96]

@@NgapuhiTrump Thanks! I went into supercheap of all places to get the paint. I used cans of white that was as close to the cars body paint as possible and they turned out fairly good for what it is. Lots of time spent prepping the surfaces and priming before hand

[@jxcn]

How do you like the 3.7 gears? Would it be reasonable for someone to use on a daily?

[@ma70r96]

Absolutely love them! Car was no slouch with the stock 3.08 gears but the 3.7s made it a whole new animal. As far as daily goes or even highway driving you will not have any issues at all. Car gets around easier and if your concerned about fuel economy it only turns 2200-2300 rpm at 100 km/h in 5 gear

[@gixxersilk]

@@ma70r96 what diff is it using? and where did you get the diff gears from ?

[@RBFR01]

Whats the fuel economy like on a Holden 5L ute?

[@ma70r96]

When it was stock it would get around 450KM's out of a tank. Now its closer to 300KM's. I get on it every time I drive it though. Once I worked out with highway driving I was getting about 14-15 KM/L with the stroker

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

@@ma70r96 Hell yeah. I used to drive with the radio off and the rear windows down for the note in my HQ Stato. Love that noise!

[@ma70r96]

@@emceeboogieboots1608 If I tried to listen to the radio I reckon I'd need a petty serious stereo to get over the volume of the exhaust in mine hehe. Cheers