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#1438304 Sat Jan 22 2022 07:10 PM
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I am about to install Fenton headers and a dual exhaust. I want the extra power but I would like a low growl rather than something too loud... it’s a 1954 235... any suggestions for mufflers?


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rust bucket 53 #1438333 Sat Jan 22 2022 11:31 PM
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Have you ever heard a 235 with dual exhaust once the gas pedal was hammered? You may well find that it is a racket which you would like to silence quite a bit. Personally I find that noise irritating to the ear. I am not against dual exhaust, just the clattering racket with a 235.

rust bucket 53 #1438378 Sun Jan 23 2022 05:08 AM
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I have a 1949 PU with a 235. I installed a 53/54 corvette exhaust manifold and Porter mufflers. A little noise but not that loud.

rust bucket 53 #1438389 Sun Jan 23 2022 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by rust bucket 53
I want the extra power but I would like a low growl rather than something too loud... it’s a 1954 235

Where is this "extra power" supposed to be coming from? With a cylinder head design from the 1920's, the only thing a dual exhaust system adds is another pipe and muffler to rust out, and a lot of extra expense. The constant ringing in my ears called tinnitus makes me wish I'd been kinder to my hearing a few decades ago.

I have invited several people to show me chassis dyno results of power they added by installing the popular dual carburetors and/or dual exhausts without making extensive internal engine modifications, and so far nobody has been able to document the alleged improvement they were looking for.
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rust bucket 53 #1438427 Sun Jan 23 2022 04:59 PM
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But Jerry, headers are second only to stickers for bonus power. Everyone knows that!


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rust bucket 53 #1438437 Sun Jan 23 2022 05:24 PM
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"Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!!
My added power is off the charts.

OP, I believe that Magnaflow and a few other manufacturers have sound bites on their web sites. How that translates accurately to your ears from a real life sample, I don't know. But, at least, it will give you an idea of sound along with the manufacturers description.

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MNSmith #1438494 Sun Jan 23 2022 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MNSmith
My added power is off the charts.
Sick brah!

(That's what the kids are saying these days, I think. They mumble.)

52Carl #1438495 Sun Jan 23 2022 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 52Carl
Sick brah!

(That's what the kids are saying these days, I think. They mumble.)

I am pretty sure that is what the kids were saying 30 years ago...


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rust bucket 53 #1438562 Mon Jan 24 2022 03:56 PM
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The loud deep tones comes from high compression, low compression engines just rattle the pipes. Any muffler that fits that's not straight through will be good. Hollow core mufflers ( Flow Master ) will rattle the pipes.

rust bucket 53 #1438570 Mon Jan 24 2022 04:36 PM
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I think the deceleration cackle is the annoying part of a stovebolt dual exhaust.

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