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: SUMMIT MUFFLERS???


Robert G
Oct 27th, 03, 7:45 PM
Is there anyone running them on there chevelle ?
are they a good buy ? i know they sell three types. lower price turbo, higher price turbo and the stainless steel ones , witch is the best buy
and how do they sound
i have a 70 with a 454 that im looking to get mufflers for, but i don't want to do a high end muffler,i have done flowmaster, hooker, cherry bombs, thrush in the past
thanks :confused: :confused:

ronheb454
Oct 27th, 03, 9:42 PM
I have the cheaper Summit turbo mufflers on my 71 Chevelle 454. I needed some reasonable priced mufflers after engine rebuild to get the car going again. They sound pretty good. I am still running them after two years.

Wooderson
Oct 28th, 03, 1:03 AM
I run the $15 ones and they are top quality and sound just right. Not too loud, a nice mellow rumble.

Roadknee
Oct 28th, 03, 4:43 AM
I paid less than $14 each for 2-1/4" in/out Summit turbos after the 10% discount. Sounds and performs great behind my 383. Can't be beat for the money.

71454Chevelle
Oct 28th, 03, 5:27 AM
I don't have them on my Chevelle, but I do have them on my 94 Caprice 9C1 (LT1).

2 1/4" from the manifolds to the tail pipes with an X-pipe and gutted cats. Sounds real nice. A low, deep mellow sound, not real loud but loud enough to be noticed. ;)

New68SS
Oct 28th, 03, 9:05 AM
I'm runnin them on my '71 with 307. 2-1/4" all the way out the back, and the sound is perfect.

I would definately recommend them.

Dwayne

19Nova72
Oct 28th, 03, 12:06 PM
I had those on my Nova for years, now my dad has them on his truck. They are pretty quiet, but sound ok up close. They have a fairly deep bassy sorta noise from a ways away. They arent head turners like the flowmasters though ;) Maybe that is what you want, the sleeper image. smile.gif

cperrell
Oct 28th, 03, 1:28 PM
I just installed some.

Kinda loud IMO, especially considering I only have a pretty stock 283. Have had more people trying to race me in the past 3 weeks than in the previous 3 years.

It does have a nice sound, though. Nice low rumble, not the hollow raspy "flowmaster sound".

They do resonate around 2000RPM (freeway cruise speed for me). I am running stock manifolds and no crossovers. I am hoping that when I install the crossovers, it will shift the resonance frequency down some (or up).

You might want to conside the "hemi" long version of the turbos if you want a more quite.