Any suggestions for a good sounding exhaust for the 3400? I got my swap done and im shopping for something unique. Would flow master sound decent?
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Flowmaster is always a good choice, IMO
Were you going for performance when you did this swap? If so Flowmaster is NEVER a good choice... You can always tell who would rather be sporting a mullet and a Camaro while banging thier sister when somone says Flowmaster is a performance muffler(or that they sound good on a 660 engine...) You want unique go with somthing that isn't baffled(Superturbo, Magnaflow, Flowtech Terminator, Warlock, Afterburner etc...) Get my point? they all outflow and out perform flowmaster.
I meant the design of the Flowmaster, not that it wasn't baffled. it is a @!#$ty design plain and simple, when you design a muffler that actually smashes the exhaust off the sides of the case and various baffles... You might as well leave the stock one on. I have built many an exhaust system on my vehicles... Straight through doesn't always mean loud, it just means you have to know how to choose your setup better if you want less noise and keep the flow. Everytime someone mentions Mustang, Camaro, Chev pickup, Ford pickup... it usually has flowmaster some place in the thread... Oh and trying to keep a flowmaster from droning inside... Holy @!#$, you might as well shoot yourself...
now i have never heard a 60 series flowmaster (designed for sport compacts) on a cav but i have heard one on a 1.5 SOHC non vtec honda and it sounded good. not raspy at all.
i have heard a 40 series on a cavalier and it sounded like complete @!#$. my friend meant to order the 60 series but the 40 series is what showed up at his house
DO NOT get a 40 series..... raspier than all hell.
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the 40 series is raspy on a compact because it doesn't provide enough backpressure for a small engine. the 60 series might be good. I can't say anything for the sound of it, but my car launched the quickest when it had a header with the stock exhaust behind it.
On the 3400 the Flowmaster 80 series sounds pretty mean at idle. Though it's got a bit of raspiness.
Just looking through the vids on Youtube and the 3400 GA's with the SLP mufflers on them sound pretty good too. Don't seem to have the raspiness.
I'm pretty sure that the flowmaster 80 ones were just a muffler thrown on. Not sure about the piping size, but I know there was no resonator.
The videos with the SLP said "cat-back" but I don't see any Grand Am cat-backs listed from SLP. At either rate it's gonna have to be custom for us to use either of those.
Had a 40 series on the 2200, it wasn't raspy but droned like a @!#$. Backpressure means noting to an engine. Make sure you design it to scavenge well and run the pipe size best suited for the rpms you intend to run most, you will be fine. People need to quit thinking engines need backpressure(and it has no effect on sound either.) BTW, I have built a few systems Last count was 7 different ones since I have owned the cavi, my RX-7 runs straight pipes, my pickup is running true duals and flowtech glasspacks. One of the best mufflers I have run(flowmaster ish sound) was the Vortex V-baffle by supreme performance(Cherry Bomb) but again, drones like a @!#$ in the car. It is on my '90 Z-24.
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