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I'm considering putting one of the Xlerator mufflers on my truck. I have a 98 GMC Sierra with a 5.7l 350 in it. Does anyone know anything about these mufflers? Any reviews or experience with them? Or does anyone have any suggestions on any other mufflers? I love the old muscle car sound, but I don't have old muscle car money.. I'm not fond of the raspy poppy noise that the glass packs give.

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I wasn't sure what exhaust to go with on my truck, but my exhaust guy talked me into it. I had one put on my 2012 Sierra with the 5.3l about two months ago.. Sounds freaking awesome! very deep, no drone, just plain ol' good sounding exhaust. i'd put it against borla, corsa, magnaflow.. any of them anyday! I looked at Borla, corsa and magnaflow and i haven't regretted my gamble one bit. DO IT.

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kstruckcountry, when you say Cherrybombs, do you mean cherrybomb glasspacks? I've thought about glass packs before but i'm not fond of the raspy, poopy noise after the rev down.

And offroadn11, do you have dual exhaust? or is it just a single muffler?

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Yeah I had the Cherry Bomb glass packs on my 1990 when I first got it. I had them replaced with generic glass packs since the welds on the Cherry Bombs weren't very good and it was easier than trying to patch up the holes. The generic ones didn't have the bubbly softer sound of the Cherry Bombs. Neither setup droned (or maybe I couldn't hear it over the wind and tires). No cats either. My exhausts were run straight out the back so that probably helped. I'm a big fan of the longer Cherry Bombs on the 350's now since they were so much better than generic.

 

But I have a Magnaflow 22" on my 2006 and it's very mellow and sounds good. Even with a Magnaflow you'll get a pretty big burble on run down. Solution: Put it in gear before you give it gas. Sounds better that way and more importantly the gas actually gets used for something :lol:

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Thank you guys for the input. My truck doesn't have dual exhaust.
I want a good, deep, throaty roar, should I just save up and go with duals?

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And about the duals, would duals with two separate mufflers be better than a single pipe ran into a single in dual outlet?

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I had true duals on my old pickup, but I was in high school in a small town, it's mandatory. :lol:

 

On my 2006 I stayed with one pipe all the way and I'm really happy with it. 2 mufflers will be quieter than one, but the Magnaflow muffler is pretty mellow so it's still not really loud. I think you would be happy with a single pipe, duals are mainly for looks I think.

 

Most people go with duals for Flowmasters or glasspacks.

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So, I've come down to the decision of a flowmaster super 10 delta series, si/do. I know a lot of people say flowmasters are restrictive and they hurt performance, but considering I still have the stock muffler, and i'm not looking to add performance and i'm not worried about losing any cause I don't race my truck. haha. I just want a nice, aggressive sounding tone to make my truck actually sound like a truck.

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