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im 16 and i just got an 01 mustang gt. ive been lookin for an exhaust but really cannot decide. im limited on money so no headers, h or x pipe just a catback system. i do want it to make some noise. can anyone help me?
Loud mouth 2 any good? borla stinger? flowmaster american thunder? magnaflow magnapacks?

 

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first of all welcome to the boards. secondly, go to this site to listen to a wide variety of exhaust clips.
http://66.29.18.42/forums/index.php

here's my take on the options you've listed. each one has its own sound, with the stingers, LMII and Packs being similar. the flows will give you that older muscle car sound, as well as some drone. the other 3 will be loud, but not compared to if you had an o/r or hi-flo catted mid-pipe. take that into consideration for the future.

the loudest you will get with the stock H-pipe is the LMI's, and it will sound good too. BUT, when you finally get a mid-pipe, you may not like the sound too much, especially if you get an o/r X. i started with the LMI's and stock H, loved it. then went to a catted X, LOUD as hell, but too raspy for me. then LMII's. too quiet. then LMII's w/ O/R X-pipe. Just perfect! it's LOUD, but not obnxious, it sounds real good and mean. similar to the Borla Stingers, but not quite as gurgly.

The stingers and packs are both great products. Stingers w/ o/r X is one of the best ive heard (of course bc its similar to what i have ). the packs are loud as well, but have a different, more racey sound than the packs or LMII's.

i highly suggest you think about what future mid-pipe you want to get, and use that to determine what exhaust to get. dont be impatient and have to have the loudest exhaust now, bc when you finally get that mid-pipe it will turn the sound of the car into a whole different beast. also, dont get the american thunder cat-back. just but some original 40's and have them welded in the stock tubing. save yourself some money. good luck deciding.

 

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Welcome to the board. The cheapest would be to weld in some mufflers that are louder. If you get used mufflers that would be the cheapest of all. Many people do this with good results.

 

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welcome to the boards. if you're tight on cash the best idea would be to get some weld in mufflers and a new midpipe. the gains between an entire catback versus weld ins is minimal. but swapping out the stock-h is what will get you the most gains. also what sound are you looking for, deep muscle car rumble or high raspy nascar like sound? as this is a big determinant on what you should get.

 

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first off welcome.... and if your porblem is money just get weld in mufflers or just save up some more for a good catback system but yeah check out that website posted for you to be able to hear different combos

 

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I would say go with the American Thunder... then save up for an off road H pipe. I got it and love it!! Probly the closest I can get to how my old 72 Nova and 69 Chevelle sounded.

 

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I’m kind of in the same boat. I want the deep classic muscle car grumble sound. I’m just going to replace the stock mufflers. I was looking at Magnaflow magnapcks, SLP Loud Mouth IIs, Flowmaster 40s or Mac Flow Path Mufflers. I would prefer not to have much drone like every one says the 40s have, at around 2000 RPM. What would you all recommend?

 

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straight-through mufflers like the magnapacks, Loudmouth I or II's wont give you the "deep classic muscle car rumble". they will be more aggressive, louder have a higher tone/pitch.

for that deep sound i'd recomend Mac Flowpaths with an o/r H (also sounds mean as hell with a VRS o/r X, but that was on a 4V cobra) or flowmaster 40's. they will give you the sound you want. paired with an o/r prochamber or H will sound deep and rumbly.

 

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You will spend more money on a catback than you would on an O/R mid-pipe. If you are set on getting a catback u just have to decide what sound u want. Helty summed it up pretty well.

 

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Well, I think I have it narrowed down to the Mac Flow Paths. Will they have the annoying drone that everyone talks about on the flows?

 

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Drone isn't that bad, just turn up the music... i do

 

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Thats not the answer I was looking for.

 

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i dont think* the drone is as bad as flows. drone never really bothered me. my car doesnt drone at all, but ive ridden in an 02 w/ prochamber and flows, and didnt notice much drone. if it was there, it wasnt bad or didnt bother me.

 

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Where is a good place to buy the Macs?

 

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ProChamber = partshopper
o/r H = brenspeed.com was the cheapest I've found.

 

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scupking said:

Where is a good place to buy the Macs?

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partshopper has the flowpath cat-backs and mufflers.