ive been looking for a week or so and i cant make up my mind on which one to get. i am looking to replace the stock mufflers for now and later on replace the midpipes. i love the way flowmaster sound but i heard they sound like crap on a lightning at wot?

 

I have the Bassani catback as well as the Dynatech long tubes and mid pipes, and I have to say I wouldnt have it any other way. The Bassani has such a distinct sound, its not too loud during idle but at WOT its heaven. It just has such a Bad@ss sound to it. The only problem you might have is clearance issues if you plan to run traction bars. I recently bought 58" traction bars and I'm praying that they will fit. But with the Bassani you will love going through tunnels.

 

Flowmaster on an L isn't that good. I'd suggest Bassani, Magnaflow, or Mac Cat back. I have the dynatech Longtubes and midpipes but not sure about the cat back.

 

i am now on my 5th cat back. first i had the mac, not really a pleaser, but that was back in 02 when i first got the truck. their addvertisement said something like more flow than you will ever need and on a truck with no mods it lost power.second were a pair of spin-techs...not bad, nice and small but a little to raspy ,then again i never got to put tails on them, only dumps. i think with tails they would do nicely. third and i think my favorite were a recycled pair of flows out of my buddies old american thunder system for a 5.0 . this set up i think sounded the best. it had a serious note to it ,very aggressive, but then a baffle let go and was rattling to much. fourth was a pair of dynomax bullets with a pair of motorcycle high flow baffles inserted to contol some of the raspyness and it worked well. this system was loud . last but not least is a jdm silver bullet system. it is a work of art and all stainless but at wot you get that rasp. it's a keeper though because it fits well and it cost so god damn much. all the other systems i had were home made jobs incorporating an x-pipe, except for the mac. also they were all ran with jdm Lt's and high flow mid pipe, except for the mac. i would maybe get a pair of series 40 mufflers and have an exhaust shop fab up the rest of the system for ya. everybody bases their opinion on the pre-fab cat back flowmaster sells(which i agree sounds a bit too whooshy,pretty much like the mac will as well, a charecteristic of a single muffler)but if you do it this way i'm sure you will be pleased. sorry to be so long winded but i hope this helps

 

I've got JBA shorties, Magnaflow High Flow Cat mid-pipes and a Magnaflow cat-back. Wouldn't have it any other way. Not too loud, but you can hear me coming and going. A good healthy sound.

 

I had a pair or 40's.. The worst sound of all my setups. Way to much drone and had a "flap in the wind" sound. Maybe on a N/A setup but something about the blower throws off the tone IMO. I think a magnaflow or bassani setup would be your best bet.

 

i have dyna tech headers and high flow cats/mids with bassani x pipe and cat back and i love it . just like he said not loud at idle but when you step on it you and everyone else around knows it

 

thanks for all the info now, i think im gonna go with bassani high flow cats and bassani catback, now i'm going to take my wife out to eat and get her tipsy and use her credit card.