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Bolt on 5.0

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Hey guys, Ive been reading alot about the exhaust for our cars. Cant really decide, but I know I need somthing. The cars a '07 Gt, all stock and way to quiet. From what I read there is not alot of HP gain from the axle back systems. Does the high flow catted x make a good noise increse? I def want to keep the cats and figured if a high flow h sound alot louder it would be worth it instead of just buying mufflers that only make it louder.
 

McQueens Dream

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with cats, you won't get the sound you are looking for, sorry, but offroad is the only way to wake up these cars. i still run the factory h pipe with Stingers and it's still too quiet, except for the interior drone at 2000 rpm...
 

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Bolt on 5.0 said:
Hey guys, Ive been reading alot about the exhaust for our cars. Cant really decide, but I know I need somthing. The cars a '07 Gt, all stock and way to quiet. From what I read there is not alot of HP gain from the axle back systems. Does the high flow catted x make a good noise increse? I def want to keep the cats and figured if a high flow h sound alot louder it would be worth it instead of just buying mufflers that only make it louder.
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u wont get much of a gain in hp from aftermarket axlebacks. adding an x pipe will definitely give u more of a "pop" at high rpms and the drone soothes the savage beast at highway speeds. u may or may not like the "raspyness" of the x pipe, i personally have grown to love it, especially when my 8 year old son begs me to pick him up from school in the "stang". anyway, this is a sound clip from the inside of my car(bassani full setup w/ x pipe and hi flo cats) http://www.youtube.com/ecyrb72
 

Bolt on 5.0

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thanks guys, and that bassani clip sound pretty nice. Ill look into that. I am not looking for too loud, and cant get rid of cats, to much pain with emmissions here in NY.
 
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i had the cats off my bassani x-pipe and loooved the way it sounded with the stock exhaust had to put the hi-flow cats on it that came with the x-pipe and it sounds JUST like the stock exhaust if you're looking just for sound get axel backs I can personally tell you it won't make one bit of difference with the hi flow cats
 
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