i need some help please

[99_s10_Scott]

okay... this might be a stupid question but thats okay with me. Right now i have a flowmaster 40 series on my 99 s10. I have stock piping and i have it coming out right behind my rear tire.. single in and out i guess is what you call it. My truck sounds decent and lower rpms but while im crusing around like 45 or 50 i cant really hear it. Is there something better i could do to improve that. I want something that i can hear while im crusing around. Would dual exhaust do that or something. Give me some ideas please people. Thanks!

[02_Black_XBlazer]

Dual exhaust will indeed make it louder, if you run the same size piping your running now. Another option would be to keep the single exhaust, and simply step up a size or two in exhaust pipe, (eg: 2.25" to 2.5"). Or you could do both, run duals with larger-than-stock diameters.
Other options are install some headers, or remove the cat/get a larger size cat. Or if all else fails, and your still wanting the Flowmaster sound, you can go with the single chamber 10 series, plus some headers and a 3" cat. Overkill? Yes. Wake-the-neighbors loud? Absolutely. The sky is the limit, brother.

[99_s10_Scott]

lol thanks man... about how much would i be looking at for those.. the duals with bigger pipping or the 10 series chamber?

[02_Black_XBlazer]

Pricing is a tough call, lots of variables. If you supply the muff, probably around the $200-ish area.

[99_s10_Scott]

hey man.. where do i find that single chamber 10 series.. i looked on the flowmaster site and dont see it?

[02_Black_XBlazer]

They're in the "race" section, not "mufflers"

Flowmaster, Inc.

[99_s10_Scott]

oh okay i found it... in ur opinion and i know you know more about them then me lol... which one would be best for me to get for my truck?

[02_Black_XBlazer]

that's a hard call for anyone but you to make, but i can tell the race muffs are VERY loud...basically a straight pipe with a flowmaster twinge to it. If you're sticking with Flow (and it sounds like you are), i would stick with the 40 series, reg or super. I've had so many mufflers and systems on this truck i'm almost embarrased to admit it, but at one point i time or another, I've had a reg 40 single 2.5 in/out, delta 40 single in/out, reg 40 dual out, delta 50 dual, and finally super 40 dual out. oh, and one Pep boys aisle 3 turbo muff due to an unforseen deep pothole tearing up my 50 series.

[99_s10_Scott]

so your saying not to get the 10 series because its LOUD?... would it be better to stick with the 40 series and just run bigger pipes.. maybe what 2.5 or 3 duals?

[02_Black_XBlazer]

Again, loud is a subjective matter, but if you're only looking for slightly louder, then the 10 series is a bit of overkill. The fairly common route most guys with duals in this forum go with, including myself, is single in, dual 2.5" out. Nice tone at idle, good volume under full throttle, but yet you still carry on a normal conversation at crusing speeds.

[99_s10_Scott]

yeah that sounds good... one more question for ya and ill let ya alone haha.. would it be better to run them straight out the back or right behind the rear tires on both sides?

[02_Black_XBlazer]

That's definitely one you gotta feel out on your own. I'm a fan of going stright out the back, but thats def not for everyone. If ou can fins it in the exhaust sticky, there's a video of Mintsick's newest spintech dual-out exhaust. That's an excellent example of what a good side-swept dual exhaust looks like.

[99_s10_Scott]

thanks man... im still considering the 10 series... because i want my truck LOUD.. but would it be loud to the fact of sounding BAD or what... i just dont want to to sound ricey.

[99_s10_Scott]

hey man i gotta ? for ya.. i REALLY love the sound of your truck lol... i was wondering if you could show me off the flowmaster site which muffler you got.. i know super 40 but which one if you dont mind.

[02_Black_XBlazer]

Quote: Originally Posted by 99_s10_Scott

hey man i gotta ? for ya.. i REALLY love the sound of your truck lol... i was wondering if you could show me off the flowmaster site which muffler you got.. i know super 40 but which one if you dont mind.

I got mine from a guy on E-bay named (performance_curve).

[99_s10_Scott]

oh okay i found that... did you just buy the muffler and then go to a shop and have the pipes and all that installed?.. and about how much would that be?

[OffRoadin13]

Single in, Dual out Flowmaster 40 series, 2.5 piping with 3 inch tips... new cat... I made it all out of straight pipe and elbows... It sounds great, couldnt ask for much more, yet alone get much more sound out of it

[02_Black_XBlazer]

Quote: Originally Posted by 99_s10_Scott

oh okay i found that... did you just buy the muffler and then go to a shop and have the pipes and all that installed?.. and about how much would that be?

Yeah, i brought the muffler in myself to the shop. I didn't use a cat, so I picked up a standard 3" header flange from Hooker (i think it was like $20 for the pair, still got one if you need it), and they ran the pipe back from that. The 3" collector fits up almost perfectly to the edelbrock T.E.S. flange. I say almost b/c i had to enlarge the bolt holes on the collector a bit, but it was minimal work at best. All total, they charged me $200. I also supplied the 2 dtm-style tips that are in my exhaust vid, which have since rusted out since they were shit, and were replaced with 2 standard 3 1/2" slash-cut 12" tips for another $40.

Here's a pic of what the flange looks like. the Edel flange is designed to work with the factory cat set-up, so even if you don't have these headers, the Hooker idea will still work if you decide to go the 3" route.

[99_s10_Scott]

yeah im not sure i would get the headers.. i mean i might later on down the road but not right now... i was looking at this flow on ebay.. is that something you have on your truck... or about like it?

eBay Motors: FLOWMASTER SUPER 40 MUFFLER 3" / 2.5" 9530452 (item 130079548912 end time Feb-22-07 15:08:54 PST)

[02_Black_XBlazer]

Close, I've got part # 9530462, w/ the offset inlet.

[01black4.3]

I would, get a bigger 2.25" Y-pipe with no pre-cat step up to 3" pipe and gut the cat.

[99_s10_Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by 97NAS10SS

Close, I've got part # 9530462, w/ the offset inlet.

do you have 2 of those muffles on yours or just one.. sorry if im asking you so many questions dude.

[02_Black_XBlazer]

Nope, just one is necessary. Single in, dual out.

[rogg8]

Does anyone know if they make conversion exhaust headers for a 229 v6 for my 84 pickup? I am currently using the 350 conversion motor mounts.

[99_s10_Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by 97NAS10SS

Nope, just one is necessary. Single in, dual out.

okay... thanks alot of all your help bro... hopefully within the next 3 weeks or so i will have it on my truck.. thanks again

[BadaSS_Black97]

you really don't want it to be heard much at 45-50 until you get on it... but i found my spin tech sportsman muffler sounded nice at those speeds (and all other speeds inclusively) flowmasters tend to sound good only part of the time, like in WOT.