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| | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 69 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 69 | I finally got the ole girl running pretty good and need to find a muffler that has a decent sound. I was thinking maybe a straight-thru glass-pak or something. I don't want real quiet, but not to loud either...Where's a good place to get one?..TIA
'56 chevy...235 6 cylinder
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | most any FLAPS outa have one...
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | Or Summit Racing Parts about $30 bucks for a Thrush Glasspack. I have set on my 86' GMC 1 ton (w/ bent motor) farmtruck and it's BADDDD and it'll booogie too. Cheap set of Summit headers on it also. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Your local farm store. I put a tractor muffler on my '38. It's a straight through glass pack.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 | I think the further back you put it (them) the sound will be better, the fella that put in my exhaust put them way forward and at about 2500 was horrid sounding. I put a set of maganaflo's all the way at the back and it is almost too quiet now. But at the same RPM it gives a nice tone now. But I still have the thrush in the middle, so I don't know how that affects things. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 69 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 69 | I looked at summits stuff, thanks for the advice, now I'm even more confused.
I was planning on just running a single glaspak out the back, would I be better if I ran 1 pipe in and 2 pipes out?..Looking for a mellow but not loud sound... | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,194 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,194 | Your engine doesn't have enough compression for the deep throaty sounds of a V8, so don't compare V8 sounds and mufflers to a inline 6. Dual pipes will not make a performance difference, a little sound change is about all they do. Also pipe size matters, 2" would be maximum for a single exhaust system. Placing the muffler back at the axle will give a deeper tone and less ( rap rap ) then placing the muffler under the cab, it's long tail pipes give the inline six its distinctive sound.
Joe | | | | | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 Gas Pumper | | Gas Pumper Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 | Fun fact.. and I couldn't believe it, but the new Ford Mustangs have some sort of pipe-age that pipes the sound of the exhaust into the cabin so the driver can better appreciate the sound of the car. When cleaning things up and making things more efficient, its the first thing guys remove. Good grief! Im really getting too old for this s!!!!.
It reminds me of piping an efficient government into your head so you have this false conception that everything is sounding RIGHT ON MAN! lol. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 | some of the new cars have a speaker making fake exhaust sounds.
I like a nice tone, but it is exactly the rap, rap that was anything but nice, abhorrent would be more like it. Just awful. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 69 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 69 | Looks like I've got more work to do since reading the wisdom of you guys. My original plan was to install the muffler right at the front of the bed , behind the cab, now it looks like I'll be getting another piece of pipe ( it's 2" dia) and moving the muffler on back towards the rear axle...
I can't really understand why it would make any difference, but you guys say so...it must be true...Thanks | | |
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