Magnaflow exhaust

[kirk98]

I want to put dual exhaust on my car. A local auto shop said they could put either Flowmaster or Magnaflow for about the same price. I don't want true duals, just cat-back. I was leaning towards the Magnaflow because in their catalog there is actually a 3.8 Firebird/Camaro listing, whereas Flowmaster only offers the 40 or 80 Series as a genereal listing. The shop recommened the Magnaflow. What do you guys think? I want a more aggressive sound from my car than stock, but I don't want to be heard from a few miles away haha. So is Magnaflow my better choice, cuz I get the impression that Flowmaster is more loud. The shop told me they would put duals on for about $350 parts and labor for either brand, does that sound right to you guys? Thanks for any input.


-Kirk

[FunkZ]

Magnaflow is stainless steel, so it won't rust. The cat-back Flowmaster system is called American Thunder and they do have an application for the Fbody.

$350 installed is a great deal for the Magnaflow but seems only average or maybe even a little high for the Flowmaster system.

My Magnaflow on my 3.4 sounds good to me.

[ellik]

Magnaflow is a much better buy since it is an all-stailess steel setup. cant vouch for the cat-back alone, but with headers it sounds pretty good.

[97rs4life]

I have the magnaflow catback and love it. I would choose magnaflow before flowmaster.

[casketcrewchick]

I chose Magnaflow because its not as common as flowmaster (plus i could get it within 4 days). lol

[eXzodious]

I have the Magnaflow cat back with a Magnaflow hi flow catalytic converter, listen to my clips here http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/649794/4

Very happy with the sound its got a mellow tone to it and the fit and finish is uncompareable.

[Ender2664]

Question for you, you said at 3k rpm on you site that it gets raspy, is that underload or just when you are in neutral reving it?

[eXzodious]

You really need to listen to it; I have a clip of what it sounds like up to 4K under load. I don't think I should have used "rasp" as a way to describe it... I should have just used "crap" it sounds like an import up above 3K like any V6 exhaust. I don't care what any one tells you... an exhaust on a V6 sounds like garbage it will never sound godly and throaty like a V8. But under 2K and idle you will find a nice mellow tone which is really what I was looking for. I will say it sounds better under load then in neutral.

[asdf1234]

I've heard both systems in person, and the magnaflow seems to be made of better quality and maybe have better performance gains.. but the flowmaster sounds a hell of a lot better. Just the tone of it is different. The magnaflow seems to sound a bit more ricey, to where as the flowmaster immitates the V8 sound better under load.

[HeadyFirebird'00]

both are very good. i have flowmaster and is sounnds dope. magnaflow for 350! thats a hell of a deal. it might be better to go with the magna.

[Lionel'z Camaro]

my flows sound good too and I just have the muffler not the catback but I like the sound for now until I do get my complete exhaust makeover. I plan to get headers a y pipe a high flow cat and then a nice catback eventually. When I do this I plan to get it all installed at one time