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Offline DAGKANA

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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2008, 08:09:51 am »
Guys, I'm not hacking anything, just removing the steps. Im going to try to do it without touching the top rails if at all possible, but I think that they might have to be modded slightly. I appreciate the responses. Im not a fan of the through the floor approach... all the fleetsides do it that way, and since I have a light bar too there's just no way! My buddy, who owns a machine shop, was a little hesitant when I mentioned stacks, he did it before to through his stepside bed, 79 I believe, and over time from them getting hot w/o mufflers the bed actually got burned around them! At any rate I'll keep you all posted on the progress!

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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2008, 06:07:13 pm »
not a fan of that...

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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2008, 09:09:15 pm »
I personally wouldn't run the stacks but whatever you like
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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2008, 12:37:16 am »
true duals with single chamber flowmasters dumped right infront of the rear axle.I prefer an x pipe, but the true duals with this setup sounds awesome.
that should sound good

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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2008, 01:02:32 am »
I like the sound of single exhaust run through a turbo muffler.  Not to hijack the thread, but while we're at it, I have a single exhaust system run through a dynomax sport turbo muffler and love the sound, but want it louder.  Any suggestions?  I'm about rady to try a cherry bomb.  78 c20 no cats.
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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2008, 07:55:57 pm »
I personally wouldn't run the stacks but whatever you like
I thought of this for my 79 stepside, but after looking at the cost of stacks, I'll pass.  I was going to go through the steps as well as running them inside the bed brings the stacks too close together, in my opinion.

My 5 y/o watches the Cherry Bomb commercial on Trucks and wants a set (it's his pickup after all).  I was going to get the traditional glass packs, but I don't want them that loud.  Anyone ever run Cherry Bomb's new turbo style?  How do they sound compared to Flowmasters?  I like the way the Flowmasters sounded on my 72 chevelle (350 sbc with 2" duals)

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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2008, 03:53:12 pm »
To me, the exhaust has to fit the truck. On my 1981 4x4 I have long tubes running down to 2.5" pipe out the back to some 4"x18" tips, no cats and no mufflers. It sounds pretty good when I run through that 4 speed! On my 1983 4x2 I have long tubes running into 2.25" pipes feeding into glasspacks and on out the back to some 3.5"x24" tips. It has a good rumble but nothing outrageous. Actually right now it gets annoying with a collector leaking on the driver side.

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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #23 on: June 14, 2008, 10:18:56 pm »
I have the Edelbrock SDT's on my 01 Silverado and they sound real good. Not an overpowering rumble at idle, but sounds nice and clean (this is through cats) and true duals as well. Now, when you stab it, it sounds wicked and it has ZERO drone at highway speeds. Plus they have the ti-tech coating and after a year, they still look new!

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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #24 on: June 15, 2008, 08:21:25 am »
I have 2 1/4" parts store special 28" glasspacks on my truck, its fairly mellow...quieter than original 40 flows..they're turned out at the rear corners of the bed, similar to Vile's truck, except mine have slash cut chrome tips.. The length of the glasspack is what will affect longetivity and sound..my truck had these on it when i bought it in august of '06, and I've not been able to blow out the packing, even when I was trying really hard..
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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2008, 11:49:19 pm »
sorry for the delay.
here how my 85 sounds.
consists of my 355, Flowtech Long Tubes, 3" pipes, 2 1/4" H Pipe, Summit Branded Flows, and 3" pipes out the back at the bed corners.

http://www.sixthsphere.com/storage2/images/hkh159sfi9aceibwo7zz.wmv

its a bit poppy and i am in process of making a cross member that i can run the pipes almost straight without hanging too low and with a X-Pipe.
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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2008, 12:51:35 am »
sorry for the delay.
here how my 85 sounds.
consists of my 355, Flowtech Long Tubes, 3" pipes, 2 1/4" H Pipe, Summit Branded Flows, and 3" pipes out the back at the bed corners.

http://www.sixthsphere.com/storage2/images/hkh159sfi9aceibwo7zz.wmv

its a bit poppy and i am in process of making a cross member that i can run the pipes almost straight without hanging too low and with a X-Pipe.

man, that is EXACTLY how i want my truck to sound when i get it rebuilt...do you have the specifics on those mufflers?
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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2008, 07:12:52 am »
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Re: best sounding exhaust for an 87' 305.
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2008, 09:51:34 am »
thanks a lot man!
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