If a myopic lemming can chime back in............................

Ben, you've obviously had some exposure to Flowmasters that wasn't pleasant to you. But I also have to wonder if you've ever lived with a car that had a properly spec'd Flowmaster system. I have to wonder too, if you took the time to take the link to their site, as it clearly lists a variety of styles with an equally varying selection of sound levels. You made a point of specifying case size as an example. Most of Flowmaster's models excede your 20" definition of adequate case size. What you describe sounds a lot like you've been measuring all Flowmasters by the few boy racer types out there who only want obnoxious sounding cars.

Unlike you, I won't paint some of the alternatives you've posted with a broadly negative brush. Most of them are good products within their intended use. A couple of them, ironically, are nearly direct copies of certain Flowmasters, due to the market success of Flowmaster. As I stated in the other thread on exhaust sound, each person should pay attention to the cars at various events. When they find a sound they like they should query the owner about the system design. I say system, because from my experience, there's a lot more to "noise" than just the muffler. I've owned three vehicles with Flowmasters, and none of them had the annoying interior resonance you refer to. Mostly because I don't enjoy that kind of sound.

Your comments ignore the reality of the marketplace. Consumers vote with their dollars. Flowmaster has become one of the most often referred mufflers because so many people like them. If they were such a horrible product they'd only make a sale once, and wouldn't have enjoyed the longevity they have. It's the same for nearly every product out there. A marketer can only fool the consumer for so long. After that they have to deliver what the market wants, or perish.

Hopefully some day you and I will be at the same event when I've got the Bel Air. It's pushin' 468 inches of Big Block Bob through a pair of Flowmasters. We'll go for a ride and you'll learn that interior resonance is almost none existant. In fact, even the exterior sound is pretty subdued, not too much different than some Turbo muffler systems I've had. I've enjoyed your posts to date, and hope to in the future. But this sort of insult laced bashing seems uncharacteristic from you.