Those Magnaflows look like a set of glass packs when you look into them. No wonder they crack like they do. As funny as this may seem you might get a better and more mellow sound with a set of Flowmasters. I ran a set of 2 1/2 Flows with the factory 427 manifolds all the way out the back on my old 63 Galaxie. It was a cruiser and I was very happy with the sound, it was just right. Of course the engine was almost stock so that may have kept it mellow as well. JMO
Dave Walters
427 Galaxie Registry
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