No real V 8 sound...

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Mikester

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Hi,
I'm wondering what to do to get that mean shovely (for a lack of better words) V8 sound in my 95' K1500 350 SB.
The current setup is:
-(Open) Edelbrock air cleaner
-Flowtech shorty headers
-standard 2 in 1 exhaust pipe into cat (aftermarket)
-Cherrybomb straight pipe

Since the cherry bomb was installed it got a little louder and it adds some bass but its still quite far from what I want. It sounds just too healthy, does not have that rather uncontrolled V8 sound.

Its a 5 gear manual if that does anything of importance to the sound...

Is the engine just too new being a 95?
I did however see another gmt400 passing by which did indeed sound a lot more like I want mine...

Could the fact that the engine is running below its temp range (see other thread thermostat issues) also be contributing to this?

Any ideas or samples of your rides would be highly appreciated.
 

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Sound clips will tell you more than we will. if you only want sound not performance Flowmaster super 44, if you want sound and performance MagnaFlow. I run MagnaFlow and I'm function over form friends have told me it sounds damn good on passing them with the gas on the floor
 

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You're not going to get too radical of a sound out of an engine without a cam, which is what I think when it comes to the sound you're talking about. I had Flowmaster Super 10s on my truck for a few years and those were pretty radical for a muffler alone.
 

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Shorty headers, unfortunatley do nothing for sound. Best results for a true American v8 sound, long tubes, 2.5 inch or up exhaust, with no cats, and some sort of performance muffler.
 

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Hi,
I'm wondering what to do to get that mean shovely (for a lack of better words) V8 sound in my 95' K1500 350 SB.
The current setup is:
-(Open) Edelbrock air cleaner
-Flowtech shorty headers
-standard 2 in 1 exhaust pipe into cat (aftermarket)
-Cherrybomb straight pipe

Since the cherry bomb was installed it got a little louder and it adds some bass but its still quite far from what I want. It sounds just too healthy, does not have that rather uncontrolled V8 sound.

Its a 5 gear manual if that does anything of importance to the sound...

Is the engine just too new being a 95?
I did however see another gmt400 passing by which did indeed sound a lot more like I want mine...

Could the fact that the engine is running below its temp range (see other thread thermostat issues) also be contributing to this?

Any ideas or samples of your rides would be highly appreciated.

I also have a 95 with a 5 speed, I have no Catalytic converter and a Magnaflow oval body muffler, I can set off car alarms and people hear me from far away when I'm on the throttle, on the highway no drone, best set up in my opinion


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Mikester

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Thanks for all the input!
Well no cats is impossible over here in germany...
I think the main "problem" is that its a tbi engine not a carburator one,
I'll definitely think about true dual/longtubes..
 

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Shorty headers, unfortunatley do nothing for sound. Best results for a true American v8 sound, long tubes, 2.5 inch or up exhaust, with no cats, and some sort of performance muffler.

Agree with most of the info in this tread, except the "shorty headers do nothing for sound" comment. The Pacesetter shorties on my red truck made a HUGE difference in sound. The factory manifolds on these trucks are so thick, pretty much anything will be louder.
 
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