Muffler recommendations

[Camar068]

Which kind of Cherry Bomb mufflers are currently installed? They offer a few models. Or are they not actual "Cherry Bomb" brand, and just some random, red painted glass pack mufflers?

Year before last I put some thrush's "cherry's" on the truck hoping they were the same as the pair I payed $20 total for the set in the '90's....nope...made it less than 50'....didn't even get on the road and I knew they weren't the same. 2 weeks later they were off.

 

[83sierraclassic]

They are cherry bomb exhaust I had them installed in 2006 or 2009 I'm not sure which but I don't know anymore than that I don't drive it a whole lot only has 73,000 original miles on it

 

[bucket]

Year before last I put some thrush's "cherry's" on the truck hoping they were the same as the pair I payed $20 total for the set in the '90's....nope...made it less than 50'....didn't even get on the road and I knew they weren't the same. 2 weeks later they were off.

A few years ago, I bought some generic red glass packs for my station wagon. I think I got them from Summit maybe. Other than being a larger size pipe, they sound just like the generic red painted glass packs that I got from the local farm store in '98 and put on my Impala.

 

[Ricko1966]

These are cherry bombs as I remember them.

 

[bucket]

These are cherry bombs as I remember them.

Interesting cutaway. The core is perforated. Every cheap and generic "cherry bomb" I've ever used was a louvered core.

I imagine that I wouldn't like that perforated core because it may kind of have the ho-hum Magnaflow sound that I don't care for. The actual "Cherry Bomb" brand had a big resurgence maybe 15 years ago, can't say I've ever bought any of their products.

 

[bucket]

Oh, along with the louvered core, they are directional in their installation. If you install them backwards, the exhaust will be louder from what I remember.

 

[78C10BigTen]

Oh, along with the louvered core, they are directional in their installation. If you install them backwards, the exhaust will be louder from what I remember.

Or in my case, if ya dont tighten the clamp fully itll blow the muffler off into the street... I loosely clamped it cus i was just takin it for a sound test before i commited.

 

[Finkaire]

Flowmasters sounded a little raspy for my taste, adding a set of resonators,“glasspacks”, took the raspiness out and am very pleased