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When I bought my 5.0 it had brand new exhaust on it. However it was oem and whoever put it on put the pipes on crooked and all in all it looks like crap. I want to put on some Flowmaster American Thunder 40 series on it but I was 3 inch chrome tips somewhat like the current GTs. The flow master kit looks like it has basic stainless steel 2 1/4. Is there any other kits I can get so I dont have to buy two seprate ones to get the look I want?
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in my opinon the crome tips dont look as good as the alluminum tips do. but i agree 3 inch would be nice. i wouldnt worry though just get the flowmaster set up, you will be too tied up in the sound and you wont care that your tip is 1/2 inch smaller than you like.
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Magnaflow has the highest quality components I have ever seen and will blow right by flowmaster in the performance area. But, if you want to be obnoxiously loud and don't care about performance, then flowmaster is the way to go.
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Magnaflow still outdoes the 2 chamber flows? I know that magnaflow is alsmost striaght through, but I like the American Thunder flowmaster sound. You can get it in a 2.5 inch tip i think, but 3 inch i havnt heard of unless you weld some on. before my new system I had some 40 series that sounded awesome, great rumble and supurb at about 2300 rpms, I welded some 3" chrome on and they were long enough that you couldn't even tell.
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hehe I agree with you to some extent, and I personally LOVE the flowmaster sound... but you can't deny the fact that magnaflow outperforms flowmaster by a ton
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If a ton is only 5 hp, then Ill go buy some octane booster and get the lost hp back. I havnt really heard a magnaflow system, but you seem to really like it. I mean, how could you not like it with a guy like Mario Andretti doing the commercials
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I'm with flowmasters all the way. The American Thunder series is tough to beat for the price, and you can always use the extra cash on other mods that will bounce those hp numbers up with the competition. Also remeber that with any of these exhaust systems, you won't sound like a freakin' buzzzzzzing rice rocket.
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[QUOTE=95Stealth302]If a ton is only 5 hp, then Ill go buy some octane booster and get the lost hp back. I havnt really heard a magnaflow system, but you seem to really like it. I mean, how could you not like it with a guy like Mario Andretti doing the commercials[/QUOTE]
Octane boost won't do jack, bro. It will save your motor if you are running nitrous on 89 octane ;)
Don't forget Flowmaster has the dreaded drone!
Magnaflow out performs and their quality is absolutely superb, do some research on www.google.com about Magnaflow and you will see everyone who owns a Magnaflow system 100% praises and stands behind them. Do the same for Flowmaster and you might wish you spent your money elsewhere..
But hey, each to his own! Some prefer sound over performance!
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[QUOTE=95Stealth302]If a ton is only 5 hp, then Ill go buy some octane booster and get the lost hp back.[/QUOTE]
If flowmaster cat-backs are worth 1 - 2 hp and magnaflow are worth 7 - 8 hp, that is a ton... thats 4x the hp difference, which will stay with you throughout all the rest of your mods. If your making 400hp instead of stock, that difference may be 10 hp instead of 5.
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