A muffler is a muffler.... right?

tech talk on mufflers

[@shanesgettinghandy]

I have no idea why your little channel popped up this right in my suggested videos, and I certainly wasn't in the market for a muffler, but this is a great video. Thanks for the unexpected knowledge on mufflers!

[@CrazyWoody1989]

I've always been a "slap the cheapest humanly possible glasspack on it" kind of guy lol

[@alexhester1424]

You look exactly like someone i would expect to be the go-to guy for everything in the shop.

[@theoakenartificer8268]

I heard one time that turbo mufflers were invented and first used on the Chevy Corvair Spyder, which was turbocharged hence the name. Don't know if it's true though.

[@DS-mo6md]

too bad all of these are "illegal" now in NYS. thanks to kathy hochul.... spent 6 years on my project deciding on how my 5.0 would sound was like the opening night of a symphony orchestra AFTER building an entire opera house. I still hear loud cars.. its mostly the ricers with pop and crackle that ruined it and caused it not so much V8s or classics.. but yeah they want to be able to not pass you on inspection for any muffler designed to be louder than stock. I wrote her a nasty email. But my setup are shorties with internal ceramic coating ( i plan to internally coat as much as possible then external paint on the pipes as well ) high flow cats ( 400 cell so not too insane ) , X pipe ... then that is all 2.5 inch then I have 3 inch thrush welded ( FM 40 basically ) . 5.0 with welded / 2 chamber muffler and a decent cam is the soundtrack of the 90s. I'm also doing a side exit I think through body on my conversion above the running board... but having 3 inch on the muffler and 2.5 inch allows the exhaust to have the proper velocity to not lose low end/torque but open up enough to lose some restriction. I should have maybe had the cats open up to 3 inch but oh well. But yeah theyre restricting us to 90 db but obnoxious Harleys get over 100 for a limit ... I think where I live most cops dont give a crap unless you were recklessly driving to begin with. I'm still pissed off though.

[@mikesims4286]

Muffler deletes is where it's at..not

[@Kevin-Murphy-007]

Thrush mufflers were my favorite back in the late 80's and into the 90's. Tried dyno max,they were good as well.

[@bobbyz1964]

One of the car magazines did a test, maybe Hot Rod back in the early 80s. The old GM designed turbo muffler won. Not surprising when you think about it. GM engineers designed those for the turbo Corvair vs after market companies making mufflers that sound cool to stupid people. People literally pick cam shafts based on how they sound these days so they're going to want mufflers that sound cool too. If someone actually came up with a quiet muffler that didn't loose any horsepower it wouldn't sell very well.

[@cwegga]

LOL I'm staying with my glasspack. Though I might switch it for an actual cherry bomb sometime. And it's exactly why you said. That's what my dad had on our old wood truck. That truck is the reason I have classic rig now and that's how it needs to sound in my head.

[@camerongrady580]

Sage advice, buddy. This is the informational content the KZbin-sphere needs more of! Keep it up.

[@delivertilidie8356]

This was a very good video. Thanks for the info ☮️

[@alldabeanzracing9650]

Lets not forget about the dynomax race bullets. I had a set on my ls swapped c1500. Long tubes into the race bullets was stupid loud. Had I kept the truck, I would of swapped them out for sure.

[@shootermcgavin2819]

Good content. Love the comparison

[@jmullis78ify]

I got a Monte Carlo with a modified 6.0 with aftermarket heads cam and intake long tube headers with dual 50 series flowmasters. It’s quiet at idle and sounds like crap to me. But it sounds pretty good under acceleration. I have a Silverado with a 4.8 with a stage 2 truck cam long tubes cat delete and a single dynomax 3” in/ dual 2/12” out and it sounds insane. It sounds awesome at idle and sounds like a race car under acceleration. Now I’m debating on getting dynomax mufflers for the monte

[@crazyasspotter]

Turbo muffler was popular because of a vehicle that did not sell well, but the parts shelves were stocked at GM for them, thus getting discounted . Some goober put a pair on his hot rod and it made a cool sound thus the Turbo muffler became a popular option.

[@alldabeanzracing9650]

The thrush welded is a good compromise between say the 40 series and the thrush turbo. Louder than the turbo, not as loud as the loud as the 40 series, and a lot less drone than the 40 series. The 40 series is a great sounding muffler if the cabin drone doesn't bother you. On a site note, holley is the parent company of a lot these mufflers...

[@RCindustry]

Just subed, hope to see you at the NNN 2023

[@firstrespondergarage]

Dont like noise. I would rather have an expansion chamber were I need it and run two 3" after the chamber into one 4 inch at the rear. Your thoughts? I do like the rumble just not the drone.

[@countryboy1518]

Does anyone know how to make a 4 cylinder turbo sound good without making it terribly loud and raspy? I thought maybe a magnaflow but not really sure.

[@BrianMitchem]

Wow, Nick, great information, and dead-on accurate too! I respect the heck out of you, even if you do love the soul-sucking "Black Cat firecrackers in a culvert" sound of a Flowmaster. ;)