- Apr 9, 2012
- 936
So I'm getting the mod itch again, and I've done some searching on here and it seems to be a toss up between Magnaflow and Flowmaster. I plan on keeping the factory setup and resonator, just swapping out the muffler. Seems a little counter intuitive, but I'm looking for noise, while keeping it looking stock. Other mods are coming later performance wise, I just wanna hear this thing rumble, and hear it a bit when accelerating.
I'm torn because I like the sound of the Flowmaster 40, but I don't want obnoxious drone in the cabin. There doesn't appear to be too many videos with it on the 5.3, or captured in cabin. I plan on keeping this as a single exhaust since I'm not all that into duals. I figured by going single, the drone won't be too bad. My driving style is mostly highway, I don't mind hearing the engine too much, but I wanna still hear the radio and have a conversation. The Flowmaster Super 50 was my next choice, its not as aggressive as the 40, but it "supposedly" doesn't have the cabin drone most say the 40 has. I don't really know much about Magnaflow, Walker, Thrush or Borla. I would be happy just to hear it rumble nicely at idle, make some noise when accelerating but not fill the cabin to the point where its annoying/headache inducing when cruising at highway speeds.
If anyone can chime in that would be great, I wanted to keep this to the V8 section since there were a lot of posts for the I6. I'm also asking because I'm being offered a decent deal on the 40 locally, so I figured I would post here to hear some thoughts before proceeding to get it. A lot of the past threads were a bit older and opinions change so figured I'd ask anyway!
I'm torn because I like the sound of the Flowmaster 40, but I don't want obnoxious drone in the cabin. There doesn't appear to be too many videos with it on the 5.3, or captured in cabin. I plan on keeping this as a single exhaust since I'm not all that into duals. I figured by going single, the drone won't be too bad. My driving style is mostly highway, I don't mind hearing the engine too much, but I wanna still hear the radio and have a conversation. The Flowmaster Super 50 was my next choice, its not as aggressive as the 40, but it "supposedly" doesn't have the cabin drone most say the 40 has. I don't really know much about Magnaflow, Walker, Thrush or Borla. I would be happy just to hear it rumble nicely at idle, make some noise when accelerating but not fill the cabin to the point where its annoying/headache inducing when cruising at highway speeds.
If anyone can chime in that would be great, I wanted to keep this to the V8 section since there were a lot of posts for the I6. I'm also asking because I'm being offered a decent deal on the 40 locally, so I figured I would post here to hear some thoughts before proceeding to get it. A lot of the past threads were a bit older and opinions change so figured I'd ask anyway!
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