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Gald to hear you found the problem. Sounds like the pin outs were not connected correctly or somthing. It always does some good to check over all connections.
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Well man It is back on and I made a thread to see if anyone else has had this problem. It came on around the 70 mile mark. OH well I guess if no one can help I will have to put the stock exhaust back on and take it in to the dealer. I think I will pay to have them put back on.
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Thanks for the good info, it took a little while to get through but good info is worth the wait. I have been looking into exhaust for a while now, I am looking for a comfortable idle a fairly deep growl on the wind up and a comfortable ride at 50 to 60. If anyone has any sugestions on witch set up will make my dreams come true the help would be much appricated.
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Everyone is going to tell you what they like you need to hear things and decide what you like man. I like the x sound with flowmasters.
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I was checking some of the other posts and someone mentioned the web site mustang exhaust.com so i cheched it out. They had some sound clips. some of them were alright but it was hard to get the true sound since most of the clips were broken up pretty bad. the plan is to try and find some better sound clips and go from there. i think that if i am going to do anything the best way to go about it is new headers new x pipe and new cat back all in one shot, so i have about 6 months to decide witch way to go.
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Hey what are you leaning towards now? I still am up in the air on the cat back. Let me know if you find any good clips.
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sorry its been so long the work has been keeping me busy. the borla's had a rich tone and there were some other that had some decient clips. the sight was free to sign up for and they had the same set up as this one. plenty of good info to go around.
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So you are leaning towards borla huh? They are spendy.
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There was a lot of good info on this thread. I just have a few questions. Someone said that it takes hours to install headers, but the stock exhaust manifolds do just fine..is that right? Also did I read it correctly that an O/R H will hook up directly to the exhaust manifold? I was thinking of a good 3" O/R H pipe but I cannot find any. And I have flowmasters now on my 5.0 and I love the old school sound...will I get the same sound coming from the mach even though it is only 4.6? I would want to get 3" flows to match the mid pipe, but again, I cannot find them. Any help
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I think the headers flow good to a certain point. If you put on a power adder then their is good power to be had from the change
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Yes Borla's are a little 'spendy' but worth it . . . IMO... '96 Impala SS - When I wanna go fast in comfort... '03 Mach 1 - When I wanna go fast; period... |
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I guess you have a point on the borlas. I personally don't like them.
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Get a tune, and have the tuner turn your cat light off in the computer.
When I took my stock catback off, we cut it just behind the muffler. So I could look into the muffler. I couldn't believe how small the pipe is coming thru the muffler. I would guess in the 1 3/4" range. A major cork. Ford saw fit to use a 2 1/2" mid pipe and 2 1/2" catback on the 05's, on an engine making slightly less power than we make. Does that tell you anything? BTW....3" is way too big for 300 HP....someone above mentioning that. You want exhaust free flowing enough to exhaust, but not so large as to slow down the velocity. Keeping velocity up is important. I have some tuner friends who like to tune around LT's, X pipe, and stock 2 1/4" pipes with good flowing mufflers welded in. They get great street power. And the smaller pipes are quieter than larger pipes...,a lot of the drone from 2 1/2" systems comes from the larger pipes. |
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Pardon my ignorance on this, I'm new to the Mach I world, but what is a "tune", who does it, and when do you need it? :what:
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i have an x pipe w/o cats and dual flowmaster 40 series and the install looks like crap. i want to go with a long tube header and a great sounding/performing system that doesnt look like it was put together with spare parts. what are the best full systems on the market?
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a tune is best described by a read of all information on your specific car. i would recomend one after an instalation of any performence part. it helps that part to perform at its maximum potential
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Awesome overview...thanks a million
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i agree with the difference with the h-pipe and x-pipe. i have jba headers, pacesetter o/r h-pipe and bassani cat-back, the car sounds great and sounds like a muscle car. i don't like the x-pipe sound cuz it isn't a deep deep rumble. they way mine is set up is loud loud, but not to loud. i have another buddy with just mac o/r h-pipe and borla cat-back and we both sound almost the same, the big difference on exhaust is that mid pipe, my headers just gave me a deeper tone, but not to much. but the mid pipe is what give the car that different sound weather you want a deep muscle car sound or a raspy sound.
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Great info, thanks to all who had contributed, a special txs to Orange!
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Great thread.
I'm buying an 03 with a shifter, brake work and a K&N. Is exhaust the next thing I should do? I'm not looking to build a drag car, just want to boost the performance a bit. Is there a natural progression for the bolt-on mods? |
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so with ceramic, basically the only difference would be less heat in the engine, but more heat in the exhaust? am i understanding it correctly, or is there more to it such as benefits or downfalls?
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Great info, does anyone make a 3" O/R midpipe for our cars with stock mannifolds?
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