I just put my passenger GT muffler on and I'm waiting for my brackets for the driver's side from Clevenger Ford. They were actually $39.00 and some change apiece and not $35.00, but that still better than the $58.00+ apiece that the local Ford dealer wanted. I ordered bolts as well. BTW not much difference inside the car with the single GT muffler but it is a little rowdier outside the car. When I get the brackets I will get the driver's side relief cut and mount the muffler. I will then take the muffler off and have the muffler shop set me up with a true dual system with H-pipe.They said that it would be about $100.00 for the work. The H-pipe should improve torque. Thanks for the inspirational thread Tres!
For Puleo76: That's the only pic I have right now. Installation is not bad. The hardest part seemed to be getting all of those like 11 pins out for the hood insulation.. Roush sends you a paper template that you cut outand tape to the hood.It locates off the windshield washer nozzles. You drll something like seven holes and 3M tape goes down the sides and back. Maaco painted mine for $75.00.
Hey, this thread has been brought back from the dead!! The brackets may have gone up in price since it's been about 9 months. Some people have just had the muffler shop provide hangars, it's a lot cheaper but it depends on the muffler shop to get the alignment right.
I've thought about the Roush hood scoop for mine too, I like it! I didn't realize it had 7 fasteners, I thought it just had two and some tape. Well, I guess it won't go flying off the car!
I have the Magnaflow Dual Exhaust part # 16650 on order. A friend works at the local Midas shop and is going to install it. I'm just worried about cutting the bumper. I'm afraid I may not get it right; and he seemed kind of shaky about doing it. The how to is great but doesn't really let me know how hard it actually is to get it right (may just be me). Has anyone screwed it up? How do you make sure you have the paper in the exact same spot when you flip it over to the driver's side? Here was my plan:
1. tape on paper with blue painter's tape all the way from mid bumper to the wheel well 2. put marks where the license plate cut-out ends 3. outline the exhaust outlet cutout 4. measure distance with sewing tape measure from wheel well to first side of outlet 5. flip over paper lining up the mark and measuring the outlet to match step 4 6. mark outlet area to be cut with white grease pencil 7. hang mufflers to make sure they are under the outlet to be cut out 7. cut with dremel 8. file / sand down outlet 9. align and tighten up exhaust
ok start small thats what i did i under cut the hole by about 1/2 inch i plased the muffler checked clearences and the smoothed it out and touched it up. it actually pretty easy just take your time
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wow looks great, ill soon-be purchasing a GT rear bumper off that guy to replace my stock rear v6 bumper that i cut for the flowmaters. thanks a bunch gretat post
I received my brackets and hardware today from Kevin at Clevenger Ford so the swap goes this weekend! He was nice enough to send a cool 2005 Mustang GT poster and a notepad with the Clevenger logo and somer other catalogs and cool pics and stuff for free with my order. Very cool!
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TNT, great to hear! Good luck on the install, I'm sure you'll love them Kevin is a great guy, apparently he always throws some extra goodies in with orders!
Gregbe, WOW that is a really fantastic photo gallery of the installation!! That's an excellent reference. The chrome tips look great, are those the Ford tips?
thanks Tres, I was happy to be able to get right in there and take some pictures hoping it will help others at the time they do there's, the tips are from MRT http://mrt-direct.com/2005/Pages/exh%20tips.php and they are a very very nice looking product
as for the clamps, I did buy 4 of them at the time from Ford, however the installer is a friend of mine, and he likes everything welded together to make sure nothing moves, and I did mention to him about how some have had troubles with the tank, so if that ever happens we can cut the pipes and use 2 clamps to get it back together...I saved 2 of the 4 clamps I had bought just to have myself covered on both sides of the coin
cool, so are the mufflers welded on also . because you would need to cut them and at at h to get the tank out. i know how it is with old dog and new tricks. i deal with that all the time. over all this is a great write up for the guys. i wish i would have taken more pics. thanks for the post. it should help alot of guys. but other people without the muffler connection may want to use clamps. BTW this is one of the nicer bend jobs i have seen so far.
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the GT take off mufflers have the clamps already on them, so they are the only clamps on the system, so if needed they can come right off...Thanks for the comments Afixer, Chris doe's exhaust work all day long as a job, he also builds exhaust systems for the track, and really loves his work and the chalange...this was his 1st V6 exhaust he has done, but even he said it's nice to have all the tools to work with.
I cut the bumper cover and hung the muffler with the new stuff to check for fit. I pulled the muffler and now I'm ready to go to the muffler shop not so bright and early. Thanks for the tip Tres about using the third clamp bolt from the original muffler to thread the bungs in the frame. It worked like a charm and saved me from buying a tap!
==thanks Tres, I was happy to be able to get right in there and take some pictures hoping it will help others at the time they do there's, the tips are from MRT http://mrt-direct.com/2005/Pages/exh%20tips.php and they are a very very nice looking product ==
Very nice, and I see they have some black chrome versions too! Cool! I really like the stock stainless tips, otherwise I'd be tempted Ford makes some chrome tips that go over the stock tips, I was wondering if those were the ones you had as I've never seen them. Kevin at Clevenger tried to sell me a pair when I bought the brackets.
==Thanks for the tip Tres about using the third clamp bolt from the original muffler to thread the bungs in the frame. It worked like a charm and saved me from buying a tap! ==
Excellent, glad the thread helped someone! Good luck at the muffler shop. One of these days I'm going to have mine redone just behind the cats and get an H-pipe put in, I'm not happy with how the shop cut in the new pipe. It's probably fine for now, but if I put a supercharger on it might cause some flow problems.
Are ther any problems with sensors when adding dual exhaust to the V-6? What is the piece mounted on the factory exhaust on the Y pipe? I want to add duals but do not want check engine lights on. Any help would be appreciated.
Boy, do I feel lucky to have found this forum. I have been trying to figure out how to put dual exhaust on my '05 V6. I had already figured out that I wanted to use GT takeoff mufflers, an X-pipe and stock hangers. I was looking at Google for anywhere that I might get the hangers a little cheaper ($59. ea. Ouch!) When I searched the ford part #, it brought me to this website. I have already benefitted a lot. One question, If I use shorty headers, will it require a change in tuning? The engine has no mods other than a K+N air filter.
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I am pretty sure that a tune is not required for jba shorty headers, but I am not sure. I do know that a tuner is the best way to maximize the hp gains from the shorty headers.
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RE: V6 dual GT mufflers how-to w/ pics - 
The brackets may have gone up in price since it's been about 9 months. Some people have just had the muffler shop provide hangars, it's a lot cheaper but it depends on the muffler shop to get the alignment right. 
05 MG ATO[MUSTANG dash sig][blk tail lght trim][18" foose whels w/ 255 ventus][GT takeofs][Xcal 91 tune][JBA sprk plgs][K&N filtr]+ 86 5spd gt hatch!
Kevin is a great guy, apparently he always throws some extra goodies in with orders! 
Thanks for the tip Tres about using the third clamp bolt from the original muffler to thread the bungs in the frame. It worked like a charm and saved me from buying a tap!
