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new exhaust - 8/30/2003 6:26:42 PM    Shaggy Posts: 191 Joined: 8/30/2003 From: St. Charles, IL Status: offline i am the proud owner of a new 2003 GT, and i want to put a new exhuast system on. first i want to know which is better the bassani x-pipe or the magnaflow x-pipe. i have a friend with an 03 SVT cobra with spintech mufflers which sound realy nice but i havent heard anything about their performance. most people say flowmaster but im just curious what the best set up for my stang would be Post #: 1

new exhaust - 8/30/2003 10:15:32 PM    jBrandtGT   Posts: 95 Joined: 4/28/2003 From: United States Status: offline i like flowmaster, but i've heard good things about dynomax exhaust systems (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 2

new exhaust - 8/30/2003 10:32:47 PM    Jugador1   Posts: 2963 Joined: 6/8/2003 From: United States Status: offline just do an exhaust cutout.  pass inspection but be able to still tear it up (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 3

new exhaust - 8/31/2003 5:56:38 PM    InMyRearView   Posts: 147 Joined: 8/25/2003 From: United States Status: offline People spend a lot of time in the area of exhaust.  The bottom line is this--H-pipe will yield more low end torque.  X-pipe yields more high end power.  So the starting point with exhaust is where do you need the power.  Secondly, mufflers are for the most part going to be a matter of sound preference,give or take a few horsepower between different brands.  Contrary to popular belief, there is no superior exhaust system when comparing X and H pipes.  Overall, the size of the exhaust(2-1/4,2-1/2,or3in)will be a more important factor along with stock manifold,shorty,or full length header selection in relationship to how much modification you do to your engine. (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 4

new exhaust - 8/31/2003 6:40:37 PM    Jugador1   Posts: 2963 Joined: 6/8/2003 From: United States Status: offline im pretty sure it's the other way around, x-pipe having more torque. (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 5

new exhaust - 9/1/2003 3:08:33 AM    2002 Stang GT   Posts: 161 Joined: 6/30/2003 From: United States Status: offline if u do get the x or any cat back go with bassani, go to www.stangnet.com and go read the reviews! nothing but good things said (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 6

new exhaust - 9/1/2003 12:29:01 PM    Dan04COBRA Team MF Member #420 Posts: 14534 Joined: 7/24/2003 Status: online Magnaflow!!!!!!! I guess I'll start digging up reviews about Flowmaster, they aren't very pretty at all. If you want to hear clips of my 02 GT with Magnaflow PM me ;) (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 7

new exhaust - 9/1/2003 12:35:34 PM    Shaggy Posts: 191 Joined: 8/30/2003 From: St. Charles, IL Status: offline ya ive heard alot of good things about bassani and that was my original choice, but my friend whos got a 03 cobra said that bassani doesnt make a true x-pipe and that magnaflow makes a better system. ive heard both good and bad about bassani and magnaflow, so i was curious if anyone knew if either isnt a true x-pipe or what. also i have heard that bassani doesnt sound good.Shaggy37865.5425462963 (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 8

new exhaust - 9/1/2003 10:47:51 PM    Redline5th   Posts: 802 Joined: 7/17/2003 From: United States Status: offline well lets see there are about 20 diff. threads about this.... (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 9

new exhaust - 9/7/2003 3:20:59 AM    Shaggy Posts: 191 Joined: 8/30/2003 From: St. Charles, IL Status: offline how much would a catback with an x-pipe from magnaflow be for an 03 gt? (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 10

new exhaust - 9/7/2003 9:01:27 AM    mdvaldosta   Posts: 8826 Joined: 9/2/2003 From: United States Status: offline Magnaflow cat-back will run you about 100 buck more than flowmaster... expect to spend 350 - 400 if you shop around.  X-pipes will run around 200 bucks. (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 11

new exhaust - 9/8/2003 6:41:40 PM    Black Horse   Posts: 751 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: United States Status: offline Yeah, magna-flow has a great sound...I have them on my '01 GT along with a Bassani X-Pipe....The bassani x-pipe will run you around $500 that is with the "high-flow" converters... but even with the converters i guess they flowed too much which threw on my MIL so I had to get MIL eliminators (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 12

new exhaust - 9/8/2003 6:55:25 PM    mdvaldosta   Posts: 8826 Joined: 9/2/2003 From: United States Status: offline I'm not partial to bassani sound unless your whole exhaust is bassani... which is the most expensive exhaust company I know of by the way (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 13

new exhaust - 9/8/2003 7:29:00 PM    2002 Stang GT   Posts: 161 Joined: 6/30/2003 From: United States Status: offline i think bassani sounds sik (in reply to Shaggy) Post #: 14

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