Exhaust opinions wanted please....

[JH96GT]

It's time to ditch the MAC's on my Capri. I'm wanting to quieten the car down, but keep it sounding nice. W/ the F-cam, longtubes, and H-pipe it sounds wicked at idle now.... but I've grown to hate the loudness when I'm cruising or playing with it.

I've been looking at two options but don't know how they'd sound, so I'm hoping the Stangnet faithful could give me some opinions. Keep in mind, I'm looking to quieten her down. I will be keeping the LT's and H-pipe.

Option 1 is the Magnaflow exhaust. MagnaFlow 15630 - MagnaFlow Performance Exhaust Kits - Overview - SummitRacing.com

Option 2 is the Force II (3 chamber I believe) from Flowmaster. Flowmaster 17203 - Flowmaster Force II Cat-Back Exhaust Systems - Overview - SummitRacing.com

What do you guys think?

Thanks.

 

[CRASH7772]

I run Mac equals, Prochamber, and Magnaflow. Love the sound, nice when cruising and you can hear it when you get into it.
MUFFLER SHOOTOUT:

Results based on 5.0 Mustang Magazine December 2002 issue (page 55). Test car is a �90 Coupe with 370 HP and 11 second potential. A number of 66 pulls were made to compile this information. Where does your muffler stack up?
The results in HP order:
1.Flowtech Warlock (open) 374.2 hp/ 333.1 tq
2.Bassani Real Street 373.7 hp/ 333.8 tq
3.Hooker Maxflow 373.5 hp/ 333 tq
4.Borla XS 373.3 hp/ 332.6 tq
5.Magnaflow 372.8 / 332.5 tq
6.MAC 372.3 hp / 331.5 tq
7.Flowtech Afterburner 372.3 hp/ 330.1 tq
8.Hooker Aerochamber 372.1 hp/ 330.4 tq
9.Bassani 372 hp/ 333.5 tq
10.Spintech 371.6 hp/ 332.2 tq
11.Edelbrock Performer RPM 370.9 hp / 331.3 tq
12.Borla XR1 370 hp/ 334 tq
13.Flowtech Terminator 369.5 hp / 331.3 tq
14.Dynomax Ultra Flo 369.4 / 333.2 tq
15.Flowmaster 369.4 hp / 331.8 tq
16.Flowtech Warlock 366.3 hp / 325.3 tq
17.No muffs 365.2 hp / 330.1 tq

Sound Off in Quietest to Loudest (Decibels):
1.Borla XS, 80db at idle, 90db at 2,000 rpm, 110db at WOT.
2.Hooker Maxflow, 80db at idle, 90db at 2,000 rpm, 120db at WOT.
3.Magnaflow, 82db at idle, 91 at 2,000 rpm, 114db at WOT.
4.Flowmaster, 82db at idle, 93 at 2,000 rpm, 115db at WOT.
5.Flowtech Warlock, 83db at idle, 92 at 2,000 rpm, 112db at WOT.
6.Dynomax UltraFlo, 83db at idle, 94 at 2,000 rpm, 113db at WOT.
7.Borla XR1, 83db at idle, 96db at 2,000 rpm, 118db at WOT.
8.Bassani Street, 83db at idle, 96db at 2,000 rpm, 120db at WOT.
9.Edelbrock RPM, 84db at idle, 93db at 2,000 rpm, 118db at WOT.
10.Bassani Real Street, 84db at idle, 96db at 2,000 rpm, MAX. (120+db).
11.Flowtech Afterburner, 86db at idle, 94db at 2,000 rpm, 115db at WOT.
12.Flowtech Terminator, 86db at idle, 94db at 2,000 rpm, 119db at WOT.
13.Hooker Aerochamber, 87db at idle, 94db at 2,000 rpm, 114db at WOT.
14.SpinTech, 87db at idle, 97db at 2,000 rpm, 116db at WOT.
15.MAC, 87db at idle, 98db at 2,000 rpm, 119db at WOT.
16.No Muffler, 91db at idle, 103db at 2,000 rpm, MAX. (120+db).

 

[aar0s]

ive got the flows on my vert with turndowns and get lots of complaments on them. I dont get the drone that most complain about, but my cars ragtop would let the sound on through and not drone. Only problem i have is that they have the turndowns so the sound is right under me, i wish they were catbacks.

 

[rbonella]

I'm in the same boat as you. Love the loud healthy sound of non catted H-pipes with 2 chamber flowmasters, but now that i'm getting a tad older, the car could be quieter a bit. I've heard Magnaflows are a great option. I have turndowns which have to go soon! Back when I rented I didn't mind pissing off a few neighbors, but now that I own, i kind of want to save face JUST A LITTLE lol. If you get MFlows, let me know how it turns out!