alfman9 said:No, they do not flow as well as the others, they sound better, but are cheap as hell. Id rather go with the high quality, better flowing, and good sounding Bassani or Magnaflow.
Craig Mack said:I ditched my flows for my Bassani. I loved the way both sound, but they sound very different. Bassani has more of a spintech type snarl, very edgy and racey, flows has that classic muscle car sound.
Anyways, mikey99cobra, there is a difference. My friend picked up 6rwhp alone from switching out his Flowmaster catback to a Bassani catback. I had flows welded into the stock pipes so I am hoping to pick up even more by going to a full bassani CB.
but damn do they sound good. Honestly, on the new mustangs, catbacks add such an insignificant amount of hp and tq that you should just get what you think sounds best. one might get 5 more hp over another but thats only gonna show up on a dyno.
mikey99cobra said:Again, it is my opinion that the gains are not enough to worry about. Get what you think sounds best. I have had magnaflow and i think the flowmasters sound way better than they ever did. With my longtubes and off road x pipe the magnaflows sounded like glasspacks on a 70s pickup. Again, this is just my opinion.
Craig Mack said:I personally hate Magnaflows as well, but some people like that particular sound.
IMO, the 6rwhp over the flow catback was partially enough to make me ditch my stock pipes/weld ins for a Bassani CB. Less interior noise, louder at full throttle, a bit quieter under 2krpm, and louder at mid rpm cruising.
But I also got a killer deal on my Bassani, $315 + $40 shipping brand new, I couldn't let that deal slip away.
mikey99cobra said:Yeah, i can see swapping out the stock pipes. I think that helps flow by itsself. And that is a great deal on bassani. I got 2 flowmaster mufflers off of ebay for $100 and got 15$ worth of clamps and pipes at autozone and made me some dumps. Very deep sound. I know i have lost some hp and tq but my car is a daily driver and id rather have a great sounding car at the expense of 6 hp. I guess its just personnal preference.
tygr1 said:How does that really HURT hp and tq numbers? Anyone have proof of this? I think the stock 2-1/4" 4 cat system with weld in (or bolt in) Flows and turndowns would be at least as good as stock (better by a little, I'll bet).
I want as much torque at as LOW an rpm range as possible (it's a STREET car driver in my case), so I'll keep the small pipe and Flows for now thank you.
It just sounds so cool too.[/QUOTE
By removing the stock midpipe and installing a full cat-back you lose back pressure and low end trq.SOTP you will definately feel it. You will make it back up on the top end.
dastang2 said:i've heard that somebody did a test with some newer stock mufflers and got more flow with them than flowmasters
Losing back pressure will result in loss of low end trq. Fact. SOTP. You will make it back up on the top end.tygr1 said:Ok, please...someone tell me how ADDING 30-48 inches of 2-1/4" pipe with bends and curves (I realize this creates a bit more restriction) is going to result in better performance.
Wait, better yet, just explain to me how turn-downs @ the mufflers HURTS performance.
I sincerely wish to understand this.
Dr. Wu 2000 said:Losing back pressure will result in loss of low end trq. Fact. SOTP. You will make it back up on the top end.
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