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Joined: 9/15/2003 From: United States Status: offline
Sup guys, I recently purchased my 2000 v6 mustang. Hoping to give it a more aggressive exhaust sound by upgrading the exhuast. I'm interested in dual exhausts but not really sure what to go with. I'm looking into the 40 series flowmasters, which would be a better choice in performance and sound, the deltas or the original? I'm pretty sure I'll be needing an H-pipe, what brand should I look for? What else am I missing.
*Also where can I find "true duals" for my stang?*
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Joined: 10/12/2003 From: United States Status: offline
Hey man, forget the flow masters if you will, go with Magnaflow, the have a great sound and have excellent performance reviews. If you go to the magnaflow web site it has options of hear the actual exhaust, what it did on the dyno,...etc. Just give it a shot, it's worth looking into. I have Bassani dual exhaust on mine and it to sounds great. Just some food for thought.
hey im running a true dual flowmaster 40 orginals it sounds good and flows nicely id say go with that i have those mufflers with bynomax pipes no h-pipe or x-pipe just staright out from the cats on. thats what i recommend
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Joined: 10/21/2003 From: United States Status: offline
can anyone try to get some type of sound clip of the STEEDA.. that seems like a nice HP gain, how does it affect the low end though.. same for the magnaflow, they have GT or COBRA gains on there (forget which) so how well does it work for the sixer :)
any time you open something up you run the risk of loosing low end torque usually its not too bad though but if u do true dual u will notice it but the high end it goes i know becuz i have a true dual setup
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is the magnaflow or steeda system considered 'true dual' or is it not? is steeda the same as the borla system? i saw borla warranty mentioned on their page for it.. and from what i've seen borla always sounds great on cars, even the little 2L zx2 i just got out of
I dont know anything about steeda or borla or magnaflow i run flowmasters and what i mean by true dual is i have no H-pipe nothing it comes straight out of the engine and straight back
uh... you're severely misinformed. True duals has nothing to do with having an x-pipe or h-pipe. Most cars with true duals have some sort of crossover. A dual exhaust system that's not "true" has a y-pipe after the cats that goes to one pipe in the muffler and two back out, like the F-body.
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Joined: 9/28/2003 From: United States Status: offline
HAWKS05, Hot Rod Magazine or Car Craft or somebody did an article way back (hold onto your keyboard) in 1988 on putting a proper crossover in a vehicle. It involved some special high-temp crayons that would melt at (I think) 400 degrees. Probably any really good exhaust shop would know about this.
You drew a line from your header/manifold all the way down your pipes on both sides. Then you cranked the car and let it get hot. The crayons would melt until the point in the pipes where the temperature dropped enough. That point in both pipes was where you installed the crossover. One side might be further toward the motor than the other, but it didn't matter. You installed it THERE.
A crossover balances both sides of the motor and really helps low-end. Something about sonic waves and back-pressure and such (I'm no physicist). Anyway, it's not an expensive thing to add to your car to help your low-end.
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