Love the Flowmaster idle and when you lay it to the carpet but the Cherry Bomb just hands down has that old school dirty awesome sound throughout the entire show.
love that "let off the gas" with the Cherry Bombs...those rule IMO. Had a '68 Rebel SST at 17 with the best blown-out Cherry Bomb full dual exhaust I've ever heard. And I'm in my mid '40s.
My favorite year Chevelle! I had a Flowmaster on my Z28, but I am a fan of both. Hearing both puts a huge smile on my face. Nothing better than hearing the sound of a badass muscle car. Great video! 😎🤘
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Getting this 8 years late! Back in the early 80s as a kid, I rebuilt a ‘70 Chevelle SS, 396 .060, 427 heads…with Hooker headers and Cherry Bombs. It was sweet! I used to back it out of my girlfriends sloped driveway and start it halfway down the street if I left too late, but of course her dad always knew 😂.
I've had both cherries and flowmasters on my vehicles and it really comes to preference. Personally, I love the cherry bombs, they feel free flowing and really aggressive but not everyone wants that. Some people like the moderate sound of a nice chambered exhaust note and a subtle cruising tone (which is nice on long trips) but My vote goes to the cherries
I don't care what anyone says. Cherry bombs are the equivalent of straight pipe. Loud and obnoxious. Flowmaster gives you the real sound of the engine. Not crackles
thats kinda the opposite. the flowmaster produce false percussion with the internal flow dividers. Cherry bombs are a straight thru design. So flowmaster are fake sounding and cherrybombs are the real engine noise.
***** i wouldnt say false percussion. It filters out the fart noise from the engine while cherrybombs arent mufflers, just extra pipe. Thats how i see it. I understand what you mean though
I love them both, except I think that each exhausts have their own personality. the cherry bomb is for that old muscle V8 sound you always hear and the flowmaster is for the new deep roaring sound.
That crackle can get tiring, but does sound great. Also when you stop them at the axle, they lose a lot of that fine tone you get when going to the bumper.
I've had both the cherry bombs and the Flowmasters and I definitely prefer the Cherry bombs. When I was a kid my dad had these mufflers from California called Smitty steel packs and he had them on his 66 Impala SS and they were awesome awesome but they got banned. Definitely like the Cherry Bombs
I also had an 86 Monte Carlo SS and I had the older version of the Flowmasters and I went to a muffler shop and I told the guy that I would give him the Flowmasters if he would just put straight pipes in place of the mufflers and he did it so I had straight pipe exhaust on it and it sounded awesome even though it was a 305 HO with a 50 hp chip in it.
Not that the Flows don't sound menacing and wonderful...but they're more at home on a modern V8. The glass packs have such a classic, throaty sound - they belong on the classic!
+AlexCoronaPhoto Flowmaster was founded in 1983. I think they have an annoying hollow-metal-can sound. And they don't flow that well. All those baffles and chambers create drag. Straight-through mufflers are the way to go.
THE FLOWMASTERS!! Sweet mother of muscle cars that was beautiful, :') oh and the car is too btw The old muscle cars sound a lot better than the new ones.
Cherry Bombs hands down! I just ordered a set of Magnaflow Glass Packs tonight and if they sound half as good as your old-school Cherry bombs I will be happy! Love your Chevelle btw.
85 Trans Am TPI with a FlowMaster Super 44, but after seeing/hearing this video, I think I'm gonna give Summit Racing an order for a couple of Cherry Bombs!
+gwmax11 i have super 44's on my 1997 ram 1500 with a 5.2 318 V8. They have a pretty aggressive pop after you let off the gas. they also have a pretty mean and deep throaty sound as you climb the RPM's. they dont drone when cruising at all, but if you accelerate at all, they definitely awaken a demon
Oh nice! Are you running with the stock cat on your ram 1500? I put a Y dual exhaust with the flow master 44, only cut back a little noise, didn't really change the tone, cat already acts like a muffler - on my 2001 Ram 1500 Sport 5.9L/360.
yep, stock cat. the 44 is pretty darn old though. i have a y pipe straight out the back with 3" tips. it gives the truck a good solid truck tone. it doesnt go over the top and give it that ridiculous old school sound that doesnt belong on the new school stuff
Thanks for putting this video. Many times I’ve thought of getting flow masters. I have a 72 skylark with a 350 with duals with glass packs & I love it.
Agree I had two 70 SS Chevelles..back in day it was cherry bombs...later I had the flowmasters w hooker super comp headers on my 2nd car... Check out this older camcorder video of my red 70 SS on RU-vid. With flow masters at strip and street... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6JqspXe0lDo.html
Awesome video, the Flowmaster is my favorite, they sound rich and throaty, I've got 3 inch 44's with an x-pipe on my Chevelle dumping before the axle, its over kill for a mild 350 ci but i love it ! Lol
Glass packs flow & sound so much better than any Flowmasters (aka: slowmasters) do on old muscle cars. Slowmasters stifle the power down like any other turdo muffler does as anyone who runs at the track see's on their time stamp when compared. My old 69 Superbee set off car alarms just by me driving by them...lol I loved that ride & if I knew gas was going to todays levels I would have kept it for sure. Gas over $3 a gal while only getting 6mpg sucked the fun right out of it.. What a blast though.
Cherry bomb no question, cant beat a true classic, and that purr cherry bombs do make me smile! Flows dont have that mean old purr sound, and honestly i think all v8s with flowmasters sound the same, be different and stand out from the crowd. You get better sound and its cheaper than flows, just my opinion though 😆
I've got 40 flow masters on my 1973 Plymouth duster ... One day I'll swap the exhaust out with something more mopar ... Bought it that way I didn't put them on I'm 17 they sound good to me ... Just wanna win car shows in the future
I like the cherry bombs better!!!👍🏼 I’ve got turbos on. MY 67 El Camino but have been contemplating cherry bombs,small block/ 4 speed,just wating on the heat to lighten up. I do have new tail pipe & will order the longest ones available , for better sound.
No contest. Flowmaster sounds so much sexier and mean. Cherry bombs were loud for loudness sake, which isn't my style. Flowmaster sounds meaner than hell.
i got a super 40 muffler years back and liked the deeper note it gave. id been around flo pro exhaust many times working at a repair shop and liked their quality and prices are good. for my small block i stuck some flo pro super v mufflers on it and they get alot of compliments. the only thing is they hide the cam chop a little but if you know what your hearing you know its got a nice cam. but the delta chamber scatters the cam pops and they ding and ting around in the muffler you just get big low booms out of the tail pipe. no real exhaust drone on the road and you can talk comfortably with the windows up or down. but when you step on it everyone comes running cause it sounds like monster jam. its a very unique sound on the roads.
The flow masters sound amazing for years! I put two on my 2002 Mustang GT 5speed car over 16years ago still they shine no rust at all on them car's got off road flat X pile , cat delete but still running 4 O2senor so computer can run the tune that is in it properly!! Flowmasters last n last!!! Sound great whole time!! All else rust away or will cost you more then car ur putting them on !!
I had a super 44 on my 5.2 grand cherokee. Good for laughs when you'd pull up to other V8s and they'd look around trying to figure out who was revving. They never figured it could be a jeep
Cherry bombs for sure,I’ve got turbos on my 67 El Camino but can see cherry bombs in the future! I also have the tail pipe so it shouldn’t be to loud.the longer the glass pack the better the sound & there not as loud as the short ones.things you learn with age through out the years.
I would say glasspacks!! I love that raspy tone I have a 72 buick skylark with a 350 4barrel we had all new 2.5 pipes run out the back at 45s and had thrush welded mufflers installed sounds good but after winter we are putting glasspacks in place of the mufflers just gives it an old sound and loud
