Anyone consider flowmaster mufflers?

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 08:58 PM

I know it seems kinda weird to put flowmasters on a German car but YouTube search b7 a4 flowmasters and they sound GOOD. there's a b8 a4 with 40 series flows and it sounds amazing. Any of you guys try this? What suggestions do you have as far as series?

**Biged243** · 03-13-2015 09:31 PM

Flowmasters have sounded good on some 4 bangers when people weren't trying to rice them out. They give a good throaty sound. Not sure on our b7 but a few of the ones that I have heard have sounded pretty good. I have no clue what seris they were running and it was a while back.

**mec** · 03-13-2015 09:34 PM

its just another muffler, its all chinese made anyway, Run whatever you think sounds best.

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by mec

its just another muffler, its all chinese made anyway, Run whatever you think sounds best.

Yea makes sense.. I just think they sound good and don't cost much but don't see anybody around here running them

**Operator** · 03-13-2015 09:41 PM

I've been running the dbx series. I have no complaints.

**mec** · 03-13-2015 09:50 PM

Try em out and let us know how it goes

**Operator** · 03-13-2015 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by Aim high

but don't see anybody around here running them

Head one state south......................

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 10:12 PM

Haha.. Trust me, every 350 v8 in va has a set of flows but no a4s haha.. Not enough hochwertig.

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 10:21 PM

http://youtu.be/4lzy3LlrTHk

This shit sounds good

**mec** · 03-13-2015 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by Aim high

http://youtu.be/4lzy3LlrTHk

This shit sounds good

i dig it!

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 10:35 PM

Yea dude. I'm goo a look into this and a resonator delete. I'll post a vid if I do

**Biged243** · 03-13-2015 11:00 PM

Please do, I really need to source some pipes to piece a custom one together.

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 11:02 PM

Yea I would love to actually get a custom exhaust together but it seems like mandrel bends aren't an option from any of the shops near me

**Biged243** · 03-13-2015 11:07 PM

Me either. So I am going to have to buy the mandrel bends off a site somewhere and fab it myself or have an exhaust shop do it. This won't be till summer time at the earliest. I also need to run a 220 line to my garage for my welder.

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 11:13 PM

Do you need a permit for that? So much red tape nowadays

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 11:14 PM

I wish I had a damn garage.. Apartment living with a car you like to mod doesn't work

**Biged243** · 03-13-2015 11:21 PM

I suppose I should get a permit. Then again I already have the house and the inspector never looked to see if there was a sub panel in the garage or not. I do have power already in the garage, so I am not going to have to dig the trench to install the proper conduit pipe to run the wire. I'll just pull the 110 wire out with the 220 attached and run a sub panel in the garage. It's just upgrading. I am also friends with a master electrician that will over see, or help me do it.

**Aim high** · 03-13-2015 11:40 PM

Nice. It's good to know people but it sounds like you know what you need to do. Good luck man and I'll report back with my findings haha

**Mlambrecht17** · 03-14-2015 05:35 AM

I'm looking to get a couple flowmasters and a resonator delete, with the stock cat, anybody know how this would sound?

**Operator** · 03-14-2015 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by Aim high

Yea I would love to actually get a custom exhaust together but it seems like mandrel bends aren't an option from any of the shops near me

I bought mandrel piping off eBay and took it to the shop for my custom exhaust.

**aluthman** · 03-14-2015 08:17 AM

Aren't all flowmasters made from aluminized steel? That's what would keep me from running them. They would rust off in 2-3 CT winters...

**Operator** · 03-14-2015 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by aluthman

Aren't all flowmasters made from aluminized steel? That's what would keep me from running them. They would rust off in 2-3 CT winters...

The Flowmaster dbx series I run are SS: http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/?p...artno=13014310

**Aim high** · 03-14-2015 10:22 AM

Any vids of the sound operator?

**A4SANDBEER** · 03-14-2015 10:46 AM

glasspacks sound nice too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAdE9LNf68E

**Operator** · 03-14-2015 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Aim high

Any vids of the sound operator?

Once I get my car back from the shop, I plan to make a couple vids. Hopefully next week.

**Aim high** · 03-14-2015 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by A4SANDBEER

glasspacks sound nice too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAdE9LNf68E

What exactly is a glass pack? Is it different then a regular muffler?

**cradle** · 03-14-2015 09:50 PM

ive been looking into a few mufflers to run right now leaning towards billy boat and magnaflow, only time i ran a flowmaster was a 40 series on a blazer... im looking for a deep sound while keeping my fuel mileage or improving it.

**Aim high** · 03-15-2015 08:00 AM

Mufflers don't really affect back pressure enough to noticeably change gas mileage but they'll definetly give you that sound

**yeoj112689** · 03-15-2015 09:37 AM

WTF! when I first joined the forums I asked about flow masters and people flamed the shit out of me lolol. They told me something about this isn't Detroit with my shitty car..

**aluthman** · 03-15-2015 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Aim high

Mufflers don't really affect back pressure enough to noticeably change gas mileage but they'll definetly give you that sound

A chambered muffler (like a Flowmaster 40 series) might affect more than you think on a turbo car.

**A4SANDBEER** · 03-15-2015 12:26 PM

straight from wiki

"A glasspack is a type of automobile muffler in which the exhaust gas passes straight through the center of the muffler. The basic design consists of one smaller tube centered inside of a larger outer tube that is enlarged or swollen in the middle. The gap between the swollen part of the larger outer tube and the smaller diameter center tube is packed full of fiberglass, hence the name"

**Operator** · 03-15-2015 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by yeoj112689

WTF! when I first joined the forums I asked about flow masters and people flamed the shit out of me lolol. They told me something about this isn't Detroit with my shitty car..

Didn't you mention "straight pipes"?!?

**cradle** · 03-15-2015 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Aim high

http://youtu.be/4lzy3LlrTHk

This shit sounds good

i'd go with flowmaster if i can get that kind of sound out of my b7. i will probably go with a RAI or B&B test pipe also.

Originally Posted by Operator

The Flowmaster dbx series I run are SS: http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/?p...artno=13014310

you used to run the obx, right? pretty sure it was your video i see that made me almost go that route as i like the sound a lot but looking forward to your new videos to see what it sounds like now im still a month or 2 away before getting a exhaust.

**Biged243** · 03-15-2015 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by cradle

i will probably go with a RAI

Don't do it. Research them

**cradle** · 03-15-2015 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Biged243

Don't do it. Research them

Thanks for the heads up I'll do more research on the test pipes, I notice majority run eurocode and apr.

**Operator** · 03-15-2015 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by cradle

Thanks for the heads up I'll do more research on the test pipes, I notice majority run eurocode and apr.

I ran their TP, and would do so again. I like the idea of the 4" to 3" funnel design they use for their TP.

**Roaldtm** · 03-15-2015 05:43 PM

I have two Magnaflow mufflers on my car, here's a video of how it sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyHokgtIryk

**cradle** · 03-15-2015 05:46 PM

Just magnaflow cat back or a test pipe as well?

**Roaldtm** · 03-15-2015 06:36 PM

Cat back for now, I'll do test pipe when I get tuned in 8 more months (waiting on the new engine warranty to pass)

**Biged243** · 03-16-2015 10:54 PM

Came across this

http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/

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