N56629
07-02-2005, 04:59 AM
Many people have debated this and a lot of it has to do with loyalty to a company label. We have personally run Dynomax, MagnaFlow, Flowmaster, Ravin, JBA mufflers and exhaust systems, and found that the single exit systems were slightly better than the dual exit systems...on the Dyno and at the track. The reason for this is that on a single exit system, the exhaust pulses don't fight each other on the exit.
They all sounded good, all performed much better than stock, and all had a slightly different price tag on them. Which one should you use? The one that sounds and looks the best to you. We all have different tastes when it comes to our idea of what sound good so base your opinion on the sound quality...not the advertised flow ratings or who sponsors what race.
A brief note on the advertised flow ratings of mufflers: Mufflers are rated on a Flow bench. This uses a regulated flow rather than the random pulses found in the exhaust stream which doesn't say anything in regards to the performance quality on street driven (or weekend racer) vehicles. So why buy a 1000+CFM muffler that you can see through rather than the chambered style? If you want to spend the money, like the sound, and own a race car (Bracket, Drag, etc.)...by all means, go for it. Just remember, just because you can see through it doesn't mean its any better than a chambered.
They all sounded good, all performed much better than stock, and all had a slightly different price tag on them. Which one should you use? The one that sounds and looks the best to you. We all have different tastes when it comes to our idea of what sound good so base your opinion on the sound quality...not the advertised flow ratings or who sponsors what race.
A brief note on the advertised flow ratings of mufflers: Mufflers are rated on a Flow bench. This uses a regulated flow rather than the random pulses found in the exhaust stream which doesn't say anything in regards to the performance quality on street driven (or weekend racer) vehicles. So why buy a 1000+CFM muffler that you can see through rather than the chambered style? If you want to spend the money, like the sound, and own a race car (Bracket, Drag, etc.)...by all means, go for it. Just remember, just because you can see through it doesn't mean its any better than a chambered.