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Old 08-10-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Hey, I was wondering what you guys think is the best exhaust system for a 1993 mustang. Flowmaster? Magnaflow? What system is the loudest/overall best in quality? Let me know. Be specific. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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I love how my exhaust sounds, but I have heard that some 1 chamber flowmasters sounds very nice, and with turndowns sound even better.
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Gotta love the sound of two chamber Flowmasters on 'Stangs! Personally my favorite and they flow very well but I have heard that Magnaflows flow a little better... Check out one of the hundreds of magazine comparos on that issue. Go with the Flows!
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One chamber's sound pretty good i think personally
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Yeah coffee can exhaust sounds like a damn dragster. You know just like a Honda has! Dude you think it sounds funny, try it, you'll see! LMFAO JK! seriously, I don't want to be kicked off this site! Yeah Flowmaster has a great sound in general if you ask me. But my neighbor has his 5.0 with long headers and MacPro dumps on his, OMG you can hear it a mile away clearly at night!
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If your lookin for a good sweet hollow sound go with an H Pipe and sum Flowmasters straight out tha back!
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I personally love Flowmaster. I have the Flowmaster American Thunder mufflers with a BBK off-road H pipe (no cats) and BBK shorty headers and my car is very loud, it resonates in the car pretty bad also. I get tons of compliments on the sound and it is very intimidating to others that have modded cars. I have not raced anyone i my car and according to a couple guys at my local parts store, I have the fastest car in town. So It must be the exhaust. I LOVE IT!!
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Original Flowmaster 40's ont he 5.0 is unbeatable for the price,sound,and respect. BUt you have to have a hpipe and header to deliver 5.0 the rumble out of any exhaust, if your worried about emissions or something there is a h-pipe or maybe a x-pipe with high flow cats on it made by mac i think, i would consider some, UNequeal length headers,h-pipe,original 40's, and be done with it(that sounds so mean and thats at least 5-10hp maybe even 10+ if you pray....
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yeah, u need to go with the no cats and the flows....good luck on ur exhaust....report back wen u get whatever and tell how it sounds!
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my MAC muffler with Offroad X-pipe runnning straight out the back and shorty headers sounds mean and loud on my 5.0. I recommend that combo but there are a lot of great exhaust set-ups out there. But these guys are right for the money you can't beat the Flows.
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BBK headers, MAC o/R h pipe, MAC catback with DUMPS. Sound loud and is a nice rumble sound.

Do not get me wrong. i like the way Flowmasters sound AT IDLE. But at wot to me they are annoying.

I plan on changing my exhaust over to either MAGNAFLOW or BORLA mufflers. But I willnot lose the TURNDOWNS/DUMPS setup. Gives it even a nicer/deeper sound.

WhenI had tailpipes it sounded nice as well. But did not have the headers on at that time.
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Im running an O/R X-pipe and American Thunder 2 chambers. Its a different sound. Its a little raspy compared to the H - pipe, Flowmaster combination.
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Check this out http://www.cardomain.com/ride/597849/1 , it has a couple sound clips on page 3/4 and on page 5 is a muffler comparison with hp/tq and db ratings as well.
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Anybody got Borla sound clips?
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ya im with the rest of 'em... flowmasters and mac off road x or h-pipe. i had the flowmaster force 2's with the stock h-pipe with cats on and it was a good tone under about half throttle acceleration but after i put the x-pipe on its made it a hell of alot louder with a more crisper tone, and sounds great at wot too. i still have stock headers though so i dont know what tone differences they have.
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