American Thunder exhaust (pros vs. cons)

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I agree with striped in that the passenger side was a problem for me to line up. But I like my AT. You read all the time on this board about people knocking the AT because "it sounds like everyone else's mustang". Well, that is what I liked about it. I love the fact that when I am out driving around people can tell it is a mustang before they see it. It is the same way with the ricers...I hear that crappy wanna-be-a-tuner-car sound and I wanna puke . But with a mustang, I hear that AT with or without an O/R pipe and I just smile. It is very distinctive. It's great that people want their own sound, but I like sounding like other AT mustangs. Just me though

 

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I have this cat back and it fit great, know a guy that has the mac and it is rusted all to hell and back, mine other than some black carbon on the very end of the tips are still perfect after 3years and thats on mid west winters. I bought a off road h form that same guy that has the mac cat back and the fitment on that sucked real bad, I would guess that if you have a mac mid pipe on that is were you are running into some fitment problems. but the AT fit perfect for me. I will never buy another mac product agian, after seeing how mine and others have held up and installed.


BTW if you can get the SS tips get them I wish I had since the alumanized tips dont clean up as well and I am going to put my stock tips back on.

 

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i have a american thunder catback for sale good condition

 

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Everyone that is on here are talkin about that flowmasters are what ever car on the road has. Well where I am everyone had stock exhaust. Not just that there isn't ever very many GT's. Everyone has a V6. But personal I think my car sounds KICKA$$ and I didn't have any problem with it fitting. Hell there a older guys that use to rip on me when I first got my stang, now when I pass them and there hear the pipes then know to stand down.

 

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I have American Thunder Exhaust as well...sure I could have went with Borla or Bassani but they don't sound near as good as Flows in my opinion and are too much $$$ if you ask me...I don't car if my car sounds like every other Mustang out there...to me that means it sounds bad a$$...to some it may be too loud especially with o/r X pipe...The drone get's annoying sometimes but but it makes it sound intimidating at the same time especially at 2000RPM and when you're next to another vehicle...I give it thumbs up!

 

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i went with Bassani and would never turn back....Flowmaster just seemes to common for me and i wanted the best quality money could buy.....while Bassani is very expensive i wouldnt change my decision if i had to do it again




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VIPERn94Five-0 said:

i went with Bassani and would never turn back....Flowmaster just seemes to common for me and i wanted the best quality money could buy.....while Bassani is very expensive i wouldnt change my decision if i had to do it again




Anthony

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I basically had the same philosophy as you when I bought my exhaust. Mine's a little different (Borla cat-back and Bassani X), but from the same school of thought. I'd do the same thing over again if I had the chance. Ran me about $850 for both the Cat-back and the X-pipe. Money well spent in my opinion.

 

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i have the american thunder system and i love it....extremely good fit....the only problem i have is it is rather quiet...putting the off-road H on tomorow ....then she'll roar i hope

 

VibrantRedGT

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Just an FYI, if you live in a high humdity climate like I do find a muffler/cat back that is coated. In Florida Flowmasters are called Rustmasters (you can order them by this name) because that's what they do. My Force II kit lasted a little over 3 years before the tail pipes ate themselves away. My passenger side muff was a zero chamber muff as the internals were blown out. I won't knock the sound because hell they sound great but uncoated, c'mon. Shoot for those who have an AT kit, go look at the welds. You will find rust. ARed1995GT is my neighbor and I changed the stock H-pipe to a Prochamber (also has the Force II). We started it up and it was blowing rust from the tail pipes. The right side tail pipe was trashed. All you Bassani, Magnaflow, Borla, Dynomax (Ultra Flow) guys made good investments. Those will last longer then you. This also applies to headers-ceramic, jet hot, nickel plated, all good. Non-coated, HTC, bad. Chrome-I'll put in the middle, they turn blue.

 

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thanks alot that helps....im planning on ordering the flows soon