Flowmaster 44 vs Flowmaser 44 off Road.

[biglos454]

if your looking to add the performance of an after market exhaust but want to keep it quiet, look into hush power mufflers. they add the performance that a flow master gives you but are damn near stock sounding at regular engine speeds. u get a bit of a bark out of them at full throttle but even then its still quieter than a flow master. my experience with exhaust has always been the louder the faster lol but thats because i spend alot of time down at the track. but a friend of mine has a sleeper monte carlo with hush powers on it. you would never know it has a juiced 7.0 in it till he takes your mustang by 5 car lengths lol.

 

[jeepmedic46]

Thank you, I will check that out.:smiley_drive:

 

[X_Trippin]

Look at a 50 series Flowmaster. I'm running a 40 and love the deep rumble from the 4.0 (I sometimes get asked how hard it was to get the V-8 in the XJ), but it is pretty loud; it's not for everybody. The 50 series has about 25% less rumble, but still a very pleasing sound.

-----Matt-----

I was going to say the same. I would look at a 50 series. Actually, I'm going to look at a 50 series that has 2 in and 1 out. This is due to the extremely restricted Y pipe on the Xterra. The pipe coming from the left bank loses close to 50% of its diameter when it hits the Y.

 

[TheMike]

I have the FLowmaster 44 on my LJ and at this point will do it again if it needs replacing. I wasn't aware of the "offroad" version at the time of purchase (is that the diamond plated version) so no comments on that. To me, it sounds like a Jeep should and it's nothing too overwhelming. It's definately louder than stock but it's definately not glasspack loud either.

When I broke my track bar axle mount, the drive shaft was beating the crap out of the muffler when the body shifted way over. Other than a denting from that, it still performs as new. If the offroad version is just a different shell, I believe it would be a waste of money for that upgrade.

The 44 is a good Jeep muffler!

 

[JIMBO]

:sombrero:I had the Flowmaster 50, dual cat-back on my Xterra and am running the Flowmaster 40, dual cat-back on my Jeep JK

I've got it mounted right in front of the Evap-can on the jeep and both pipes run outboard of the can and sit a little higher, so there's no clearance probs

The sound of the 40 is very nice, with drone, only if i'm running in to high a gear

:victory::safari-rig::safari-rig: JIMBO

 

[IllianaXJ]

I have an el-cheapo Cherry Bomb turbo muffler on my 4.0 XJ. Cost $17 at AutoZone, tucks up to the body nicely and sounds good. It has a little bit of burble at idle, but isn't overly loud on the highway or on the trail.

Plus for $17 I can replace it several times before it gets expensive.

 

[jerdog53]

I had a single 3" 50 series Flow on my 77 F250 with a nice drone but a much longer wheel base and more displacement so i would think the noise would be about the same with a 4.0l and shorter WB and is what i was going to do.

 

[toylandcruiser]

What about a glass pack. They take up a small amount of space and will give you a mild sound. I've got a couple buddies running them and the sound is't obnoxious.

Glasspacks sound like trash. Especially when the glass gets blown out.