Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

So I was watching the Power Block thing on Spike and I keep seeing commercials for the Cherry Bomb Exhaust, saying how it's the best and so on. Has anyone heard of them, or have them?

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

I went to thier website, it looks like good stuff, but not worth swaping out my flowmasters for, unless they dont drone that much...

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

Haha, I just saw that comerical. Cherry Bombs were really cool about 15 years ago, when I had my old Impala. They had a nice raspy sound and used a straight through design. I wouldn't put them on my Stang though.

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

Yeah all I have is a Flowmaster muffler. But are these louder? I like the loud stuff :D.

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They are extremely cheap too, which is good for a 16 year old ;).

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I saw the same thing and was wondering the same thing. Wouldn't buy them without hearing clips though.

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LOL they have been around for years and they are nothing but a large paper weight! They buzz like hell, sound like crap, have problems with cloging up causing your engine to over heat, also a BIG problem with catching on fire! Think im full of b.s.? I had one on my truck when i was 16 and had to take it off because it was clogging up and glowing red..(no it wasnt mud from offroading i never did that). Also a friend of mine put one on his 89 camaro and wouldnt you know it 2 mounths later his busted into flames...no more camaro. All in all i am suprised they still make them.

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hah yeah my brother had one on his 89 Escort GT. Worst mod ever. Sounded like ****, performed like ****. They're what me and my buddies joke about now. Like when a crappy civic rolls by someone usually says "..must have a cherry bomb on it.." Theres a reason they're so cheap...

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

On modern muscle cars, there is NO way they could sound good at all. There are soo many better options out there that have tone, and a good exhuast note.

I listened to Cherry Bomb knock offs on one of the '71 Mach's we looked at before getting out '72, I thought it sounded good, but at the same time, it didn't. It was a terribly unrefined sound that was neat on an old car, but now that I have seen what is out there, wouldn't consider them for our '72 Mach.

I think if you want your Stang to sound like 90% of the TRUCKS on the road, go for it. If you like it when people hear your car and turn to see what it is, don't get them. We all know when something takes off and it's loud and nasty, it's almost always a truck.

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This only happens when you have no cats and your car backfires!!!

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just get slp' they like cherry bombs are sraight through designs but theres sound bette rand doesn't catch on fire. Weren't the old cherry bombs made out of fiberglass?

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

So, what is the LOUDEST exhaust set up, with good performance and all, you can get? Has to be legal also.

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

O/R Midpipe + LM I's
O/R Midpipe + Stingers
" " + Packs
" " + LM II's

After LM I's, I would assume it's all very close.

EDIT: for legality... add " aftermarket catted midpipe" to the list instead of o/r

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

never heard of cherry bombs on a newer mustang but you might as well get glasspacks instead if you want just loud

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

If you want loud, go for Flowmaster one chambers (10 series). They are extremely loud and somewhat raspy but I like them.

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

If your interested & need sumthin' cheap, get Thrush exhaust instead

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Yeah, they have about the same quality as a Fram oil filter:D

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their cheap..

RE: Cherry Bomb Exhaust?
 

The commercials are for the Vortex muffler, not the 1968 glasspack Cherry Bomb everyone seems to be thinking of.

Glass packs themselves are very inexpensive, and require the correct sizing to prevent raspy sound. I've had them on a few cars and they have a very deep rumble, vibrating everything in the area. No rasp.

BTW, if you happen to catch a glass pack muffler on fire, you should check your tuneup. Fiberglass isn't flammable. But, any muffler soaked with gas from a crappy tune up will catch fire.