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Exhaust Poll

  • Thread starter Thread starter 01White5spd
  • Start date Start date Sep 25, 2008

Which exhaust should I get?

  • Stock - Free

    Votes: 9 24.3%
  • FRPP GTA - $340

    Votes: 6 16.2%
  • FRPP GT5 - $500

    Votes: 8 21.6%
  • Corsa - $625

    Votes: 14 37.8%

  • Total voters
    37
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autumn_again

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Oct 2, 2007
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Oct 2, 2008
#21
  • Oct 2, 2008
  • #21
hell yeah.

my dad thought the 500 dollar kits for my old car were ridiculous. i'm not even let him look at the kits offered for my car. haha. its half the tubing.

i love the stock exhaust. a part of me wants it a little raspier. but outside it sounds perfect. inside is where i want the raspyness. at the same time i don't want to lose how nice the car is with the windows up just cruising, talking to a chick, you don't want blaring. haha.
 

walter

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Oct 2, 2008
#22
  • Oct 2, 2008
  • #22
x3 come on what are they made of Element 115? Do they make your car levitate?
 
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kevanp

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Oct 26, 2008
#23
  • Oct 26, 2008
  • #23
I used the Ford Racing Mufflers and they did sound nice.

But on the performance side, They didn't make a bit of difference in my track times.
Actually my best time is on stock exhaust.
 

blacksheep06

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Oct 27, 2008
#24
  • Oct 27, 2008
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Corsa sounds good but they're too expensive. Get the FRPP 5-GT which are made by borla. I got mine for only $390 which is high enough for mufflers in my book.
 

metroplex

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Sep 7, 2003
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SE MI
Oct 29, 2008
#25
  • Oct 29, 2008
  • #25
If you value your ability to hear, stick with the stock, GTA, or Corsa. The mufflers that have lots of drone will damage your hearing over time.
 

Zora

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May 13, 2007
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Oct 29, 2008
#26
  • Oct 29, 2008
  • #26
dtlionsfan said:
I love pypes violators.Cheap,fit great and sound awesome.
Click to expand...

DITTO!
For quailty and price.... even made of SS.....you can not beat Pypes Violators!
 

metroplex

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Oct 29, 2008
#27
  • Oct 29, 2008
  • #27
Pypes Violators FTW if you love hearing-loss inducing drone. Had them for 6 months, and am now using stock.
 

stangzilla100

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#28
  • Oct 29, 2008
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if you're thinking of corsa's, take a look at these MBRP's just like corsa, but cheaper. i have the deletes and the quality and fit were excellent.

MBRP Axle-back Exhaust 2005+ Mustang GT/GT500 - S7200304
 

Frank S

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#29
  • Oct 29, 2008
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About GTAs versus stock

I put the M-5230-V6 dual conversion, which comes with GTAs, on my '06 convertible automatic. I loved the sound, but after a while they seemed a little too loud to my old earbones. Had no other objections to them, and until I bought a new GT/CS, didn't intend taking any "corrective" action.

After three thousand miles in the GT/CS I decided it was a little too quiet for my style. I had spent many, many hours driving manual shifts, and in the new car it seemed I was missing some of the important cues I was used to. I had a little trouble matching engine revs and car speed when shifting down, for instance, and wasn't as smooth starting from a standstill and shifting normally through the gears, as I had been accustomed to.

Last week I took the GTAs off the V6 and replaced them with the GT takeoffs I'd bought more than a year ago. One of them had been on the V6 for a year as a single, before the dual conversion.

The GT takeoffs on the V6 FRPP dual conversion are ideal. Same sweet music, just not as loud. I liked the GTAs better at idle, but for driving, it's GT takeoffs all the way.

I took the stock mufflers off the GT/CS and put on the GTAs. As someone mentioned, they are not that much louder than the stock ones, but they sound really good, and are just over the threshold of meaningful sound for an ear-shifter like me. I can hear them when I'm paying attention, but they are not obtrusive. I was never sure if I was hearing exhaust sound, wind, tire noise or differential noise, with the stock exhaust. Now I know.

I don't know how much of the differences in my perceptions are due to the nature of the convertible versus that of the coupe. The coupe filters out a lot of noise the convertible allows to pass through to the driver, top up or down.

The GTAs are really quite a bit lighter than the GT or GT/CS stock exhausts. I like that idea, too.
 

metroplex

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Oct 30, 2008
#30
  • Oct 30, 2008
  • #30
Frank, I agree. With my stock GT mufflers, I can't hear the engine at the stoplight if there is a Harley next to me or a semi hauler.
 
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