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! 😎🤘
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
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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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
+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.
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.
cherry bombs , flowmaster is nice but cherry bombs at high end range sound better the idle makes it sound more like a diesel but once u get movin its better :P
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.
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.
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
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
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!
+baghead727 1970 is my favorite year of Chevelle. Personally I use Magnaflow SS mufflers but given the choice of glass packs versus Flowmasters, definitely the Flows for a more powerful 'sound'. Did this car come with a Power Glide?
I have flowmarster system on my Chevelle have had it in there for years now but that 2000rpm drone is killing me, love the old school sound of the cherry bombs do that drone to or are they more quiet inside the car
Is the flowmaster really "true duals" or with h or c pipe? It's amazing how many people have a cross over and still label them true duals. Flowmaster all the way. I'm actually doing true dual Spintech on my modern Hemi. Debated adding an h pipe but I want the loudest sound possible just hope it don't sound bad/raspy/rattlely at wide open throttle.
The flow masters sound like my 50 year old Midas 3 ft longers on my 69 with a 2.5 hole drilled. In them cherry bombs sound period correct for that car and make the value go up as a classic hot rod muscle car the flow master drone is lame after awile digging the back rap of the Cherry's
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 !!
Here's a wild exhaust idea for anyone that's interested. Have your 2.5" true duals met into a Y-collector (dual 2.5" inlets into single 3"outlet), then put on your 3" muffler of choice, into a 3.75" single exhaust the dumps down, just before the rear axle. I used a Summit Racing glasspack muffler when I did this on an old Ford van I used to have.
cherry bomb extreme sigle chambered just install mine today, i went with straight pipe before but had a headache cuz of vibration and seems to me loss of power but these mufflers are good
I had a 1966 f100 with 352v eight put the cherry bombs on and love the sound now have a 2019 it also has cherry bombs on it now old school sound out of new technologies awesome love the sound
am I the only one that loved the cherry bombs instead of the flowmaster? (sounds like a true classic hot rod imo)
I'm with you. I don't like flowmaster on anything. Always sounds like a tin can. So hollow. The cherry bombs sound throaty
I agree with you. Flows are great for a 6 or 4 cyl and glass packs on a V8 sound best, funny since people always get it backwards
cherry bombs bring out the muscle in American muscle
ive got chery bombs on my 98 silverado with a vortec 350 and I love it.
i put the cherry bombs on my 69 elcomino ss its sounds bad ass
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.
Flowmasters sound way better at idle. That sound is iconic
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.
"Back crackle" love it...
Cherry Bomb Glasspacks. Definitely
I preferred the sound of the cherry bomb mufflers.
Ch ch ch ch cherry, cherry bomb!
Nah, straight pipes.
The cherrybombs sounded better to me
I agree!
I personally like the lower rumble of the Flowmaster 44s. The Cherry bomb sounds great too, but the Flowmasters have my vote.
Flowmaster tones for sure.
Nah, they're tinny AF.
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! 😎🤘
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
Cherry Bombs get my vote.
Cherrybombs
The flow masters sounded too hollow, there's no meat to them.
No meat? Haven’t you ever been to an NHRA drag race? The Flows make it sound like a super stock race car with the thumping idle.
Yeah, until you feel them in person. Flowmasters have bass to them.
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Chambered mufflers sound tinny
Flowmasters aren't bad. Best flowmasters for chevy small block is the super 10s. Best sounding muffler ive heard other than cherry bomb glasspacks
Those cherry bombs brought back memories of all the tri-fives and early 60s chevys that ran the streets of my old neighborhood when I was a kid.
Great back to back demo.
Your video shows a better comparison, than the big $ versions that the manufacturers make.
Well done!
Flowmasters sound is for letting the engine do the talking
+Dale Gribble couldn't have said it any better bravo bravo
Elroy Slater thank you
Heinzkitz Velvet that true & lmao on the joe dirt comment
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 like the flowmaster. sounds more lopey. i like the hollow sound. sounds more like the old style chambered mufflers from the old days.
thank YOU
Oliver Standen its because they are ;)
I know right! it sounds kind of like a motorcycle
Cause the idle was lower..
probs cause the idle is set lower
The cherry bomb glasspacks make the best exhaust sounds ever
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.
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!
you said it!
flowmasters have been around since the 70s, those glasspacks sound like shit. I personally prefer turbo style mufflers.
+AlexCoronaPhoto you realize glasspacks where made in the 30s it was the first race muffler, then the turbo came out,
+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.
+Collin Morris ...a classic dump truck.
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.
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Do you mean a tinny sound?
My pap had a 69 SS 396 that had cherry bombs and he told me he raised so much hell in it.
Man those super 44 sounds amazing
I know I'm way too late for this, but the cherry bombs sounded so much better imo.
Flow master gives it that lope and it just sounds nice and smooth for that classic
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 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.
I grew up on the good ole glass pack sound but I would have to go with the flow master especially with a lopy cam
thanks, I've always liked glass packs. they sound good when you are just driving normally.
Its kinda like picking what flannel to wear on sunday..I love them both
my personal opinion i love the growl and crackle that the cherry bombs provide flowmaster is more of a rumble
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.
Sounds awesome with the 44's!! Gotta love having that 'ting' rattle sound with it. I'm still trying to decide whether 40's sound better than a 44.
+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
+Christopher Noe I hear ya!!
Glasspacks sounded amazing flow master sounded like there was a paint can rattling at the end of the pipe
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.
My fist look into classics was a 77 el camino with glasspack loved those mufflers ever since
Stacy David (Gearz) did a show a while back on Cherry Bombs.History,toured the plant,and interviews.
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.
+GeorgeBonez what is the verdict? is the magnaflow as good as cherry bomb??? was wondering this myself.. thank you.
I have my glass packs sounding quite when it idle's and loud when I'm on the throttle. It's definitely fun to drive
cherry bombs , flowmaster is nice but cherry bombs at high end range sound better the idle makes it sound more like a diesel but once u get movin its better :P
I have 1968 chevelle with 40 yr old cherry bombs. Love it
68 through 70 were great years for these
I think 44's for my '81 bel air, but the cherry 's definitely sound good on that Chevelle! 👍
I'm always a glass pack Guy myself headers then glass thrush preferably. To me the cherry bombs make that sound so much better.
Glass-packs all the way. I always liked how they sound 💪🏻. Especially @ :40 mark. Nice Chevelle!!
Love the cackle from the cherry bombs. Just sounds like the 70's.
I can't stand that hollow-metal-can sound of Flowmaster. There's nothing better than a V8 with dual exhaust and glasspacks. Cherry Bombs for the win.
I love them flow masters I'm going too be getting some for my chevelle soon
not surprised to see the comment below me agreeing with me I was already expecting a that. Glasspack👍👍👍
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.
Both sound great👍👍 wish we had more sounds in the streets like this in the streets of the UK 🇬🇧🇺🇸
this is rad, I'm really glad I found this video. I was looking for some mufflers for my 71 pontiac and I found em (Flowmasters all the way)
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.
44`s got it.
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
I had Cherry Bombs on my "68 SS El Camino. They sounded like nothing else!
cherry bombs for me. got some on my 2015 Chevy pickup. I just find the note of the cherry bombs to be more pleasing
I like both but definitely prefer cherry bombs, Flowmasters have been done so much in the past 10-15 years, cherry bomb is a more classic sound
That first pass with the cherry bombs sounds just like an old shovel head ripping
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
Flow master sounds great. I was surprised usually glasspack has a better sound...FLOWMASTER for this particular situation
What style cherry bomb did you use? I'm thinking about going with the shorty cherry bombs
Cherry bombs are awesome! I HAAAATE how flowmasters sound at idle!!
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!
Which cherrybombs are they? I have the short small ones and the extremes and I really want that exact sound. My monte is a 350 as well.
I would definitely go with the cherry bombs because that does make the old car sound like a true classic also the glass packs!!
Info missing is was the cherry bombs a glass packed or chamber vs chamber test with the flowmasters?
+baghead727 1970 is my favorite year of Chevelle. Personally I use Magnaflow SS mufflers but given the choice of glass packs versus Flowmasters, definitely the Flows for a more powerful 'sound'. Did this car come with a Power Glide?
Cherry Bomb hands down. That was just such a badass sound.
Should i buy the classic cherry bomb glass pack or the cherry bomb m80?
Flowmaster sounded much smoother all the way thru
I have flowmarster system on my Chevelle have had it in there for years now but that 2000rpm drone is killing me, love the old school sound of the cherry bombs do that drone to or are they more quiet inside the car
Both sounds badass I have 40 flowmasters on my 69 chevelle and glass packs cherry bombs on my 68 el Camino
where does the tail pipes exit at with cherrybombs?
The Flowmasters just sounds so tinny.
shoulda kept the glasspacks.
The Cherry Bombs sound more old school, the Flowmasters sound more modern.
I was expecting to like the raspy cherry bombs better but I actually like that flowmaster sound better, both at idle and under acceleration
How would it sound if you had one of each on each pipe?
cherry bombs dropped the bomb on the flowmasters
Is the flowmaster really "true duals" or with h or c pipe? It's amazing how many people have a cross over and still label them true duals. Flowmaster all the way. I'm actually doing true dual Spintech on my modern Hemi. Debated adding an h pipe but I want the loudest sound possible just hope it don't sound bad/raspy/rattlely at wide open throttle.
John Cougar Mellencamp's song went through my head ! Cherry Bomb by a long shot !
jesus that's going to be a coin toss imo....both sound pretty mean
What type of cherry bombs are these? Perforated or louvered core? Thanks!
no i love the cherrybombs too they sound aggressive whilst the flowmaster sounds kinda softer while cherry bombs sounds like a true muscle car
The flow masters sound like my 50 year old Midas 3 ft longers on my 69 with a 2.5 hole drilled. In them cherry bombs sound period correct for that car and make the value go up as a classic hot rod muscle car the flow master drone is lame after awile digging the back rap of the Cherry's
Flowmaster 44 is badass!
I like the sound at idle of the cherries, then that nice cam thump grumble of the 44s at the high end
Cherrybombs.. Love the sound when u let off the gas and the idle sounded a lot better in my opinion
which option do you like better?
Damn a Flow master and the man that made um
I like the sound of the cherry bombs are they pros or glasspack?
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 like the cherry bombs they sounds awesome, but the flowmasters sound like broken stock mufflers lol..
Here's a wild exhaust idea for anyone that's interested. Have your 2.5" true duals met into a Y-collector (dual 2.5" inlets into single 3"outlet), then put on your 3" muffler of choice, into a 3.75" single exhaust the dumps down, just before the rear axle.
I used a Summit Racing glasspack muffler when I did this on an old Ford van I used to have.
Which one has less drone at 2000rpm ??
Love the '69 bumper/tailights on the '70.
What cherry bombs are they? Sounds mad
Old shitty glass packs with no fiberglass
cherry bomb extreme sigle chambered just install mine today, i went with straight pipe before but had a headache cuz of vibration and seems to me loss of power but these mufflers are good
+baghead727 36
AnDre G So extreme huh, Nice ! I have a Pontiac G8 GT Straight piped, I think it will be a good decision.
In my opinion, if you are gonna have flowmasters, you need a good, lopey Cam and Long-tube headers
I had a 1966 f100 with 352v eight put the cherry bombs on and love the sound now have a 2019 it also has cherry bombs on it now old school sound out of new technologies awesome love the sound
my dad used to have cherry bombs under his 81 caprice but now I´m hearing these flowmasters wowww!!!
are the pipes aluminum or stainless steel?