Hi Im interested in purchasing the Flowmaster 70 Series muffler on a 4.2L F150

And was wondering if Has any sound clips or videos on their truck.

Please reply back thanks

 

I think you ll find that alot of the people on this forum will say "nothin will sound good on a 4.2"level. Im in the same boat as you thought except I'm looking for a flowmaster 40 the next time I have some extra money to spend. Goodluck in your hunt for info...unfortunately for there s alot of v6 haters around here so Idk how u ll make out.

 

"Level" in my previous post is a result of my dumbass smartphone attempting to guess my next word lol

 

Stock sounds the best on a V6.

 

Back in the day, I had a v6 camaro with a Midas turbo muffler on it, at idle it sounded like a 305 with a stock exhaust. Over 1500 rpm it was clearly a v6, but didn't sound too bad. I've also been seeing a ZR2 around town that clearly has some sort of exhaust work done to it, I think it sounds great going by. It has a low tone to it, and it's a good bit loud for a v6. For sure there are a lot of awful sounding v6's out there, but if you get the right setup, it will probably sound good. If you expect it to sound like a v8 you will end up disappointed, but I am convinced a v6 can sound good with the right exhaust. Some home work and a little trial and error will do ya some good.

 

Yea im interested in this flowmaster 70 series muffler or a 28" magnaflow

And also plan on installing the longest resonator i can fit to get rid of the raspyness.

 

If I can catch up with that ZR2 owner sometime, I'll ask him what he's got. It's not raspy at all. It sounds like a real deep V6. I know it's a completely different engine, but it may be a starting point. Have you looked around YouTube at all, it's been helpful to hear what others have done in my exhaust escapades.

 

The only thing i can think of is that ZR2 owner has got to have some resonators on his exhaust to get rid of the raspyness.

 

Not sure on that, I haven't been closer than 100ft or so. I hopped on YouTube real quick, seems like the guys that have the exit befor the reajr tire or dumped have a better ton than they guys with a full set of tails out the back.

 

Chambered mufflers are what you want. The 70 series will haversack rumble at idle and a bit louder than stock under acceleration. The 70 series are larger mufflers. Avoid magnaflows in this case. It will sound more ricey

 

So the magnaflow sound more ricey than the flowmasters?

 

I have a magnaflow on my 2011 3.7 its definitely not a v8 sound but it sounds good to me. Lotta people on here hate anything that isnt a v8 but its your money and your truck so whatever. I really like the way my truck sounds. Definitely like it better than stock because i like to hear the engine so i know whats going on.

 

Not on a V8!

 

The Flomaster setups sounded a lot better than the Maggies (it kinda hurt to say that) on the YouTube videos I mentioned. I searched "4.2l Flowmaster" and "4.2l Magnaflow" I would say "ricey" is very accurate when describing the Maggie sound on these. Check out the very first vid that comes up under Flomaster, it's on a 90's truck, no cats, and exits before rear tire. Even when he revs it, it hold tone pretty well.

 

this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb9IDN5JzjQ