Dual Exhaust on 2001 Mustang V6.

SGlightning said:

I went to an exhaust shop my mechanic recomended to me to get my exhaust fixed.

After he fixed it he told me about some dual exhausts for my car.
He quoted me $350 to get either a Flowmaster or Magnaflow true dual exhaust and install it.

That seems like a good price to me, but I'm new here, so is that a good price? (Actually I could probably get him to do it for $300)

If I recall correctly the Flowmaster gives about 3mpg more than the stock single exhaust.
I'm pretty sure he also said that the Magnaflow is a louder more agressive sound, but he said both would wake up the car nicely.

Reviews that I've read have all leaned heavily towards the Flowmaster.

Which one do you recomend I get? Also, if I go with the Flowmaster, how much louder will my car be than it is now? And is the quality of the sound better on one than the other. (what I've read says the Flowmaster sounds more quality as opposed to just loud)

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well flows rust/ and drone realy bad. that dont sound to bad. not very loud. magnaflow sounds realy good and is loud but miight get a little high pitch! make sure he cutts of your Y pipe to make it TRUE dual. and yes and true dual set-up will wake the car up nicely

Just wondering if the increase in sound and the little more mpg is worth $350, because there are lots of other things that I can do for that price.

For $350 I could get the rear bumper inserts, rocker stripes, 3rd brake light decal, windshield decal, hood decal, red/black car specific seat neosupreme seat covers, and still have $70 left over, so is the dual exhaust sound that good?

A true dual exhaust is def worth the money. Not for the extra power cuz you wont even notice it but just for the sound alone. It wont be as throaty or aggressive as a V8 but it will still be a great improvement over stock. And as for which one to go with id say the flowmasters but i think youd be happy with either one

Who the hell told you that you get 3 more mpg's from any exhaust work? You won't see any.....

If you get an exhaust get flowmaster, magnaflow sounds like s*** on our sixes

Flow 40's x pipe long tubes and high flow cats
Mustang V6 flowmaster exhaust - YouTube

The exhaust guy I went to told me that I'd get better mpg. I assumed the guy wasn't lying.

He told me 2-3mpg improvement, and many other people have heard the same claim from sellers according to research I just did.

Most people agree with you though, it will not give you much improvement, maybe 1mpg more, if that.

Remember, I'm new to cars, especially Mustangs, so I know next to nothing, so when a professional who my mechanic, who is a friend of mine, reccomended to me, tells me something, I tend to believe them.

But that doesn't really matter to me, I don't drive far, everywhere I go is within a few miles of my house.

I'd be getting it for the sound and the dual exhaust looks pretty cool too, I don't really care about 1-3mpg, if I did I wouldn't have bought a Mustang.

SGlightning said:

I'd be getting it for the sound and the dual exhaust looks pretty cool too, I don't really care about 1-3mpg, if I did I wouldn't have bought a Mustang.

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That's how it's suppose to be haha
Why get one if your worried about it? I mean it's nice and all getting 20 mpg average with a gt's horsepower but I don't honestly care :bigthumbsup

I'm going with the Flowmaster!

It would rest under the rear bumper, since mine has no cutouts for the exhausts. It would look like the first picture, but that car is red and mine is silver.

I'd rather have it with the cutouts. Like on the GT, Cobra, or Saleen.

I wouldn't think about buying, painting, and installing a GT or Cobra bumper just to get some cutouts, nor would I make cutouts in my bumper.

I do like the Saleen rear bumper, and it would be cool to gradually make my Mustang look like a Saleen.
But, would that be bad, like badging it as a Cobra or Saleen when it's not?
I mean, other than us people who actually own Mustangs, or people who are into cars, the casual onlooker or average Joe wouldn't know if it really was or wasn't a Saleen, at least where I live, lol. And with the dual exhaust it wouldn't sound like a Saleen by any means, but to most people it won't sound like a normal V6. Is that a bad idea?

I really want to individualize my Mustang. A few days ago I saw the same exact car as mine, no lie, exactly the same, and I need to set it apart in some other way other than some bumper inserts and rocker stripes, any ideas?

I mean look at the Saleen rear, its sick!
It would be all I need to do to set my car apart. Where I am in South Florida there are no Saleens, not even at dealerships, only Cobra and Roush.

I'd never try saying its a Saleen, and if anyone asks I'd say it's a V6 that looks like a Saleen.
I don't go to the track, therefore don't care if it is as fast as a Saleen, just that it looks like it.
Besides, a real Saleen and a fake Saleen, if done right, would look pretty damn similar to eachother both going 45 in the city and around town.

In an ideal situation id want a Saleen Mustang. But I don't want a superfast car, still in high school, and don't have the cash to pay for a superfast engine and stuff, so I figured it would be a good idea to do the next best thing, a Mustang V6 that looks like a Saleen, at a much, much, much cheaper price.

Thank you for choosing Flowmasters over the Magnadrones.

The main reason I suggest the Flows (however overdone they are) is that they are chambered mufflers. Magnaflow's are straight-thru mufflers. Those styles do not give a "Mustang" sound. They give it more of a buzzy "import" sound. You would sound more like a 300ZX or 350z.

Yeah Redlyr. I still want it to sound like a Mustang.
I'd rather have a Mustang with a quality Mustang noise between Stock V6 and V8 noise than a very loud import sounding car I see too many of near Miami.

Rather it be medium amount louder but still sound Mustang than be a lot louder and sound 300zx.

They are the same price from the guy I'll have do it. Probably get him to go down to $300 for the parts and installation.
He said the same thing, that Flowmaster isn't as loud, but is more Mustang than just a loud noise.

David, that sounds great compared to other youtube videos.

What is that thing you said I'd need with the flowmaster duals?

I'm new here so could you tell me what it is, what it does, and about how much it costs?

That car in the last vid you posted is a v6, right? But it had some GT decals on it I think. It does sound close enough to a V8 for most people, especially ones who are not familiar with the exact sounds of mustangs.

SGlightning said:

David, that sounds great compared to other youtube videos.

What is that thing you said I'd need with the flowmaster duals?

I'm new here so could you tell me what it is, what it does, and about how much it costs?

That car in the last vid you posted is a v6, right? But it had some GT decals on it I think. It does sound close enough to a V8 for most people, especially ones who are not familiar with the exact sounds of mustangs.

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If your talking about the first video just cats long tubes and whatever midpipe you like the sound of

If your talking about the second video you need a camshaft with ported and polished cylinder heads port and polished lower intake with a Windstar upper intake long tube headers high flow catalytic converters (my car has an x pipe but it would be deeper with a Prochamber or h pipe)

Heads/cam/lower intake all valvetrain upgraded and labor $3125 (EGR and IMRC's deleted)
Headers $195 (since your not to mechanically inclined labor would probably be needed so about $200-300)
High flows cost me $90 (49 state emissions legal, 5 year warranty)
Mid pipe really cost depends on your choice
Windstar swap can range anywhere from under $100 to $450 that's a DIY job from junkyard or the VAP kit (more expensive)
And a custom dyno tune to bring it all together $250

The whole point of these mods is to increase the flow of air through the engine, a basic description of an engine is a giant air pump, the more air you can push through it and the faster that air can be pushed through it the quicker the car will go

It may all seem like a lot but it's worth it to me

Oh and the gt badge yeah I took it off already, I have V6 badges on there now haha

$3125!:weeps:surprised
I only paid $3700 for my 2001 V6! (plus $300 to fix things such as alternator and whatnot):gringreen

If I wanted to spend $7000 on a Mustang I would have gotten a GT, minimum. I don't need a fast engine, just one that sounds fast, lol.
Or a 2005 for the newer design, but that would be more money.

I'm happy with my V6, actually I don't want a superfast car. I'd just like my car to sound louder, not crazy loud, just louder.

Would the flowmaster dual exhaust sound good on its own?
I know it wouldn't sound as good, but would it be noticable? Would it be worth the $350 (which is 1/9 the price of the other stuff)?

SGlightning said:

$3125!:weeps:surprised
I only paid $3700 for my 2001 V6! (plus $300 to fix things such as alternator and whatnot):gringreen

If I wanted to spend $7000 on a Mustang I would have gotten a GT, minimum. I don't need a fast engine, just one that sounds fast, lol.
Or a 2005 for the newer design, but that would be more money.

I'm happy with my V6, actually I don't want a superfast car. I'd just like my car to sound louder, not crazy loud, just louder.

Would the flowmaster dual exhaust sound good on its own?
I know it wouldn't sound as good, but would it be noticable? Would it be worth the $350 (which is 1/9 the price of the other stuff)?

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Pssshhh who wants a gt, those slow things :winks
Get him to make an h-pipe with your exhaust, if you do just that and the mufflers it will be louder and sound good, is he running it off your factory cats or going all the way from the headers and removing the cats?

Even just straight pipe from the cats to the mufflers sounds pretty good, thats what I have.

For the guys asking about doing a saleen body kit, its a cool thing to do, just dont badge it up, also try and get a bumper with the saleen lettering filled so it doesnt say saleen to cut down on the issues of it being mistaken.

Of course i dont care about those issues so i went full cobra on my 6. All a matter of preference.

Way to go Derfdog!

Thank you!
Finally someone who isn't bigoted about badges and bumpers and writing and stuff.

If someone wants to go Cobra on their V6, then that's their choice. All you real Cobra owners, don't get angry.
Here is why:

Cobras, Roush, Saleen, etc... all tend to be very expensive and very fast.
Not everyone can afford the price of a Cobra, but want to have a Cobra.
They then get the body kit and decals and emblems, and if they get the dual exhaust, to the untrained eye, they are driving a Cobra.
You can still tell the difference from the sound they make of course, but the average Joe thinks it's a Cobra.
This gets the Cobra owner angry. ex: "I spend 3x the money on my Cobra, but people think this guy has one too!"

I can't afford a Saleen, but want one, so I get a kit.

One way of putting it.