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Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 11:53 am
by zed
Just two more photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53116286@N07/10539180224/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53116286@N07/10539180134/
I have to make a decision on an exhaust system. Boral, Flowmaster and Magnaflow have mufflers that are similar in appearance to original (based on old photos and brochure illustrations)
The FJ40 Land Cruiser forums have several discussions on these units.
Keith
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:42 pm
by RiverPatrol
Looks ready to drive.
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:15 pm
by miller
Looking sharp Keith, a set of 16" splits would really set it off
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:59 am
by moore_rb
Very nice Keith !
Window seals turned out awesome -- seems all your research paid off.
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:48 am
by bosque
Nice pictures Keith.
1. BORLA® doesn't stop with unsurpassed technology. We engineer and manufacture all our exhaust products in the USA of aircraft-quality T-304 stainless steel and back our street exhaust with a Million-Mile Warranty.
2. As always, all Flowmaster mufflers and exhaust systems are developed and manufactured only in the USA. Lifetime Limited Warranty applies to Flowmaster’s stainless steel mufflers, stainless steel exhaust systems and stainless steel exhaust kits.
3. Magnaflows vid is very informative and seems they have innovations beyond the other two brands.
http://www.magnaflow.com/05news/video/M ... yTour.html
I like Magnaflow.
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:59 am
by Esteban
moore_rb wrote:Very nice Keith !
Window seals turned out awesome -- seems all your research paid off.
X2
Great photos, Keith, and it's looking great!!
Was looking at some other pictures while in there.
How's the windshield rubber working?
And it will be very interesting to follow your exhaust post. You'll be the guinea pig there, and we all will benefit from it.
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:53 pm
by moore_rb
The Mean Green El Paso machine has a Flowmaster 40 series muffler on it, and it actually sounds really nice. - Let me get it running again this weekend and I'll shoot some sound clips for you.
I've run just about every performance muffler out there at one time or another, including the 3 brands you are tossing around. Here is my feedback on each:
From a pure performance and backpressure standpoint- nothing matches Flowmaster's pressure gradient scavenging design- Nothing. The trade off is that stainless Flowmasters are expensive, and they will be the loudest (although like I said- the exhaust on my green one is hardly what I would consider "loud" at all...
Borla: My opinion is to pass - they are expensive. Not better, just more expensive. You are paying for the name.
MagnaFlow- high quality exhaust system- not too loud, but a solid performance muffler. Benefit includes stainless case construction, and a sound that is more mellow than the raspier output from a Flowmaster.
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:07 pm
by zed
Robert,
Great comments, thanks.
Keith
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:28 pm
by moore_rb
Hey Keith-
Here's a short sound clip of my green Patrol with the 2 chamber Flowmaster 40 series muffler. I shot this on Sunday morning.
Compared to this, the Magna flow makes a slightly mellower sound, not quite as "sharp" , but the tone/pitch of the exhaust note will be similar.
Re: Zed's 1969 Patrol
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:28 pm
by bosque
Nice Robert......sounds a bit aggro!