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Old 10-11-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Question 1999 3.8L Mustang. Should I put money into performance or visual?

half of you have probably seen a picture of my car by now, or have seen one of my many threads already. just for your opinion because im stumped and only have 700$. should i put money into performance or into visual. or for a third, sound. i already have flowmaster muffler. but being a v6, one pipe. isnt as loud as i want it to be. so help please with your opinion on performance(if so what parts) and visual(if that then ill tell you some ideas) and sound( whats a good brand of an exhaust system i could use?
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half of you have probably seen a picture of my car by now, or have seen one of my many threads already. just for your opinion because im stumped and only have 700$. should i put money into performance or into visual. or for a third, sound. i already have flowmaster muffler. but being a v6, one pipe. isnt as loud as i want it to be. so help please with your opinion on performance(if so what parts) and visual(if that then ill tell you some ideas) and sound( whats a good brand of an exhaust system i could use?

You can get a dual exhaust flowmaster 40 set and K&N CAI installed for around 700 maybe less.
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how much did you pay for your duals? and how do they sound
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It depends on what you want. Do you want show or go? We all want more power, that's why we're here......
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well thats exactly something i cant decide i want my car to look awesome. but i want it to be able to smoke someone if im ever challanged to a well tuned car. and just for the sake of argument(i say this in just about every thread now, i want a 2005+ gt model mustang so money money money, what to put it towards)
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Well you have a good base to build your motor on, so check out all the threads here and come back with some questions about what you want to do, and a timeline. We can help walk you through the rest. There is everything here from exhaust to motor mods in the last couple pages.
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For $700 I would recommend a true dual exhaust like a MAC or Flowmaster 40 and an intake. The exhaust would cover visual, performance and sound so that solves all your problems. And depending how good of a deal you get on those two things maybe some ud pullies but if you don't have alot of money and you don't have a tuner already I'd stay away from things that may require a tuner for optimal performance.
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If you wanna do it go for both show and performance. I was asking the same question a few years ago and every body was telling me just to do one but I made it it looks good and runs good and sounds great. I still having a lot to do but it just up to what u want for some people myc ar is full done but for me is not.
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