CHERRY BOMBS

[Leadsled]

im with Yardape on the specs there is no way any other muffler can beat a glasspack it common logic blow thru a glasspack you can fell the air try it on the other you cant thos specs must be wrong [-(

Then tell me why nobody reputable uses glasspack muffler? Its been my observation that the only people to use glasspacks are high school kids and rednecks on beat up old trucks.

 

[oktogo]

because there cheep and the dont sound as deep dont mean that they dont get great flow

 

[Yardape]

Because they are loud and obnoxious and the average person doesnt want that. Magnaflow are a good company, I have nothing bad to say about them but they are basically just a glorified glasspack. You do not gain horsepower from a muffler, it is absolutly impossible. However you can free up horsepower because the stock system is so damn restrictive. As for specs, Magnaflow sells exhaust systems, which are designed to exceed stock flow. Glasspack is only a muffler, its not a complete exhaust system. to have a fair test you would need to throw a universal magnaflow muffler into the stock exhaust system of the car.

 

[ford_302]

glass packs are a good cheap way to get niose. they last a little longer if you have the louvers facings the right way so it wont burn up the packing as fast...as far as flowing like ****.. thats B.S. its straight through! how is it restictive? i put one on my old explorer and it did ALOT better.. get up and go a little faster and my millage went up about 2 miles to the gallon... and leadsled i might still be a high school student as well as a redneck, but were not stupid...its just a cheap way to boost power and millage. but i still say thrush welded is a cheap, very nice muffler, thats what i have now and it has a very nice rumble.

 

[madmax]

yea im a bit suspisous of the test results myself, personally the only times ive installed them on friends cars, we welded tubes through them, to make it a faux muffler. It shouldn't be that hard to test, a box with a fan and a 2.5 inch outlet, move it near your computer, grab an extra case fan and rig it to the output, and check the rpm increase, more increase (or decrease depending on wich way the fan is pointed), means more air is coming out. I realize this is nowhere near as accurate as it could be but ****, I'd not need to modify the muffler to do the test, duct tape will suffice, I'll try and remember to pick one up next time im in town, I can just return it later since im not doing it any harm.

EDIT, actually this could be a good bit of fun to try, next time I'm in town I'll grab a bunch of different mufflers, dynamax, cherry bomb, and i guess a flowmaster, the local pep boys always has all three on the shelve, also my neighbor has a small equipment company, Ringo hill farms, they make equipment and trailers, I'll ask him to borrow a tractor muffler, i wonder if the lack of fiberglass would make any flow difference. end cost should be next to nothing, because I will return the mufflers anyway. couple cents worth of duct tape and a bit of time, should be fun.

 

[Yardape]

That would be a cool test, I look forward to your results. and another thing, I have never actually looked at your avatar, That is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. Hahaha

 

[oktogo]

I prove my point cheap but effective B)

 

[Krafty]

I can resolve this dispute.

these newer trucks have better flowing manifolds then very old engines. Back in the day you would have to clear out your exhaust system to make up for the manifold restrictions.

However now that everyone has engineered for better flow that is not required, actually for the engine to run properly it requires a certain amount of restriction to create "BackPressure" (as seen on race cars, motocross bikes and motorcycles) these magnaflow and such mufflers are designed to increase flow but still maintain sufficient back pressure.

do this if your not convinced . if you have ported heads, with huge pipe headers (over 1 3/4" ) unbolt them at the collectors. start the vehicle and listen to it rough idle and stall all day long.

Last if you have regular or small pipe headers then they are engineered to increase flow while creating enough back pressure for the engine to run properly. you can then run straight 3" pipes (if you wanted) and you would have awesome power gain and an awesome sound.

 

[oktogo]

thx for clearing that up :mellow:

 

[Krafty]

no problem, thats what I'm here for. there are alot of engineers in the family

 

[Krafty]

Cherry bomb glass packs only add power when the restrictive manifolds are making enough back pressure that the muffler (or lack of) only increases exhaust flow, without excessively lowering the back pressure