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Zebra 3
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After talking to the owner of "Topeka's Performance Exhaust Specialist" I WILL NOT be using anything by Thrush...as it turns out Walker exhaust bought the Thrush brand aprox. 15 years ago(just for the damn bird) and the quality has become sub par...at best. So now I am back to finding mufflers or glass packs that will give the Torino that 60's muscle car sound like in the movie Bullitt or the T.V show.....ANY SUGGESTIONS? ...here is where I am at so far if this will help any... 351 W , FMX,.... Will have a Holly 650 cfm, Eldelbrock 4 bbl intake, Hooker 6901HKR Competition Headers, "X" or "H" pipe ,dual exhaust......... |
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"I deeply admire the men who founded this country, and I think we ought to know more about them and how they lived and the force and courage they had.
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unlovedford
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Great sound with a 60's vibe? Get a pair of Guts. Hollow metallic sound (like the old LT1 Chambered exhaust), clean look, fantastic sounding idle, and will explode store windows when you put your foot through the floor!
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Joe
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Zebra 3
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"I deeply admire the men who founded this country, and I think we ought to know more about them and how they lived and the force and courage they had.
Henry Ford. 1926 Brian Conn '76 Torino |
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Zebra 3
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I am learning more about exhaust "sound" as I go along here.....I still have not had anything installed yet....still in the research stage. Even though it will result in some Db loss, I have decided to go with a "X" pipe....It's plausible to gain some torque however.... Even though this is directed towards late model F 150's, this link offers information usable with our Torino's http://www.f150online.com/forums/exhaust-intake-systems/428019-exhaust-guide.html
I really like the "straight thru" sound......I am seriously thinking about a pair of "sticks" from this company: http://www.classicchambered.com/index.html
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"I deeply admire the men who founded this country, and I think we ought to know more about them and how they lived and the force and courage they had.
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Kit Sullivan
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You will not like the sound of the exhaust with an "X" pipe if an "authentic 70s" sound is what you are after.
An "X" pipe definitely has a sound of its own, not similar at all to an "H" pipe system.
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unlovedford
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Guts are specially made hollow mufflers with a minimum of baffles (or none at all) to aid in making a very hollow, metallic deep sound somewhat similar to the "Chambered" exhaust GM offered back in the 60's and 70's. Not just a hollowed-out regular muffler. Shapes vary, but the squared type makes a better sound IMHO. They are loud, but idle sound and going up the RPM range sounds like nothing else. I have 2 sets of them (Square and Cylindrical)and will be putting a set on my Cheap Trick project.
My 76 had (and still has)glasspacks, but just grew out of that type of sound. Now it just reminds me of a clapped out Chevy longbed truck leaving a gas station driven by a guy named JoeBob Willie, lol. Edited by unlovedford - 04-June-2013 at 2:02AM |
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Joe
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PS122
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I was unfamiliar with Classic Chambered but I listened to a few of the sound clips on their site and may be looking at these for my car soon.
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Joe
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Zebra 3
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Same here...30 years ago...heck even 20 years ago that was the set up for me ...no matter what....BUT as time has marched on, glasspacks are still built the same as then and as you already know ,once the stuffings have been burned out they are just straight pipes...not the sound that I am after...and yes that sound reminds of the old beater Chevy pick up with the Rebel flag, mud tires and 4 on the floor Edited by Zebra 3 - 04-June-2013 at 12:01PM |
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Zebra 3
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New Starsky & Hutch link to replace the broken link from post #1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svrDahAm48w
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"I deeply admire the men who founded this country, and I think we ought to know more about them and how they lived and the force and courage they had.
Henry Ford. 1926 Brian Conn '76 Torino |
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Rockatansky
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needs more siren
gotta be better motor sound clips, IIRC the opening deal had a good tach-out
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TV 2M8O
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For the record, here's how TV Hero #2 sounds today..................
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TV 2M8O OUT JOE 1976 Gran Torino S&H season 2-4 Clone Project Blog: http://tv2m8o.blogspot.com/ |
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PMG woulda crap'd
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TV 2M8O
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LOL, he DID get to drive it last year at SURCON'14 in NJ when he and DS attended. Here's a link to a montage of the event with some show footage added............ |
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TV 2M8O OUT JOE 1976 Gran Torino S&H season 2-4 Clone Project Blog: http://tv2m8o.blogspot.com/ |
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Rockatansky
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that's a trip for sure
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Any body know what the new mustangs use. .Evonne likes that sound.
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Zebra 3
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I really like the way that one sounds....any clue as to what exhaust parts and pieces where used?
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"I deeply admire the men who founded this country, and I think we ought to know more about them and how they lived and the force and courage they had.
Henry Ford. 1926 Brian Conn '76 Torino |
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Gnarly....
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Nothing stops this train.
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TV 2M8O
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TV Hero #2 still uses the factory exhaust manifolds but now uses 2 1/2" Flow Master 40 series (#42541) mufflers for the sound.....
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TV 2M8O OUT JOE 1976 Gran Torino S&H season 2-4 Clone Project Blog: http://tv2m8o.blogspot.com/ |
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