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[BLACK BEAUTY]

This tread is for anyone who has installed a Flowmaster exhaust system to their cars. I'll start by saying that I replaced the rear mufflers with 40 series Flowmasters, welded in and saving all original parts. I later took off the two inline resonators and replaced them with SS piping. I also extended the stock tips two inches to get past the rear bumper edging. Total cost was around $300. Tell us of your installs and variations.

[Rodeo Joe]

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How's the drone with that set up Greg?

Joe

[BLACK BEAUTY]

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Joe there was a slight drone at around 2200rpms, but by moving the stock tips out further it was gone. The Flowmasters are shaped very similar to the originals but the exhaust pipe is a couple inches longer allowing room to move the stock tips back eliminating any drone.The appearance is also enhanced.

[Icebluebird]

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Proud member of the Flowmaster Club! I also extended the tips and may put larger ones on but that is it.

Sounds fine.

[BoogieBird]

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I have Jegs flowmaster copies does that count? also went the leroy method before them

[BLACK BEAUTY]

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I started this thread mainly to show that a less expensive way is available to obtain a real V8 sound from our cars. But in my opinion anything we do is of a personal choice. As to changing the tips the same reasoning applies. I think Ford's tips are just fine. If they had made them any smaller or of less quality I'd have changed mine too. I picked Flowmasters product because of the quality and the fact that they closely resemble the originals. I removed the inline resonators due to the drone thinking that was the problem only to realize that it was the tips placement. IMHO what I did has improved the cars breathing. I'm sure that some ribbing is inevitable as I'm a magnet for it.

[toysax]

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Greg, Can you post a video with the car running so we can hear the sound?

[BLACK BEAUTY]

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Hard to do Gary as I'm in Florida and Black Beauty is resting in Minnesota. But if you make it to Rapid City's TBN gala you can hear her and see how I've raised up the rear. There may even be a 1/8 mile drag race!

[miketx]

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Following this thread with interest. I have no Flowmasters: I just cut the rear muffler/resonators off and replaced with straight pipe. I love the sound, but it does drone at ~1700 rpms. Nothing that a little skinny pedal exercise can't fix :) Extending the exhaust tips helped a little, but did not eliminate it as others have reported. I tried multiple adjustable exhaust tips....all the same result. Overall, it's tolerable, but I wondered if adding a Flowmaster back in might eliminate it....sounds like maybe not.

[BLACK BEAUTY]

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Thanks Mike for saying it is an interesting thread. Gratitude is an attitude sometimes missing here. As to the drone, the way I did my car it eliminated the drone. I believe with the stock setup, the tip ends do not go past the fiberglass, which concerns me about fumes especially at an idle. For under $300 I'm well pleased.

[Brad]

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Greg, do you happen to have a picture of your extended factory exhaust tips? My first 2 birds had the flowmaster tips, and then Borla's. My new 02 is all original and I think I'm gonna stick with the quiet, but I'm considering moving the stock tips back a bit but I'm curious how they look. Thanks!

[Sandy J]

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Gary ! I live over in Thomaston if You get over this way . I took off Originals and the Resonators & installed magnaflows if You like to Hear them before You change ? . I was like all here it seems trying to find video so I could hear before I did but was not successful .. I am well pleased with the sound myself . I left the stock tips on mine as I liked the look of them myself !

Sandy J

[JohnKo]

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Does flowmaster make a complete kit from the manifolds to the back? Think my catalytic converters are shot. I was told that the converters were missing, now I am thinking it is the resonators.

[Rondor]

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I have often thought that the OEM exhausts were strange in that the tips came out short of clearing the bumper. I expected to see some damage on bumper cover, but that hasn't happened. I am still considering removing resonators and extending tips a couple of inches. A little sound is O K but prefer it to stay " outside " the car.

[Sandman]

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How about doing this?