How LOUD would it be?

tjmaxx

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I have a 1996 Mustang Gt with a few mods. For exhaust I have a 2 1/2 in. X-pipe, 2 1/2 in. catback, 3 1/2 SS tips. If I were to buy Mac 1 5/8 in. Long tube headers how much louder would my car be? Also how much more power might it give me? My car is pretty loud now but I love loud cars so would this make it too loud or would it still rumble and sound nice? I also have a fenderwall intake and plugs and wires if that matters at all for the HP question at all

 

Built98GT

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I dont know about how loud your setup would be but when I put my longtubes on back before my cam and supercharger it actually didnt get any louder at all-maybe a tad bid quieter. I had a bbk x pipe and 2 chamber flows and then I added a short bbk x and mac longtubes. As far as power you could gain up to 15 rwhp from the longtubes. Just remember though if you get longtubes and something needs to be fixed on your car such as your tranny at a later time It will cost you more money on labor since they will have to pull your K member drop the motor slightly and take off your passenger side header-(you do not have to do this with shorties). If I could do it over again I would have bought some shorty headers. Good luck

 

CobraRed_96_GT

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i've been wondering it it's worth it too. Im headerless but with how much of a bitch it is to install i dunno if it's worth it really

 

tjmaxx

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Yea my car has 117k on it so im sure it will need some tranny work sooner or later so maybe I will hold off on getting headers.

 

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SilverBullet00

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It wont make the car louder by adding longtubes. Longtubes actually smooth the flow of the exhaust so they produce a softer sound.

 

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at idle, but when you go WOT it screams

 

four six

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power wise long tubes. It really won't make it any louder just make it sound little better

 

Built98GT

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tjmaxx said:

Yea my car has 117k on it so im sure it will need some tranny work sooner or later so maybe I will hold off on getting headers.

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You could buy some shorty headers which would allow you to still get to the tranny easy.