inlet size for tips....

Black Stang 97

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well im about to buy some 18" long exhaust tips, my question is, what size should the inlet be?? for all you guys that have gotten tips longer than 13 inches, please let me know what inlet size did you go with.

 

Black Stang 97

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should i buy the 2.25 or the 2.5 inlet size??

 

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depends on your piping. but usually its 2.5

 

Black Stang 97

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well is the stock catback, i know my tips are 2.5 wide, i dont know how wide it is 18 inches back.

 

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2.5

 

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Mine measured 2.25" when I replaced the tips.

 

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hold on ,the 96-97 years were 2.25

 

Black Stang 97

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i know the piping by the mufflers is 2.25, but i measured the tip and it was 2.5, it gets bigger by the tip.

 

jeffnoel

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Maybe your 97 is different but before I purchased my tips for my 02 I measured the pipe right at the back of the factory tip and it was 2.25". The tips I purchased were 18" by 3.5" chrome angle-cut tips with 2.25" inlet and they fit perfect.

 

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jeffnoel

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These are the same tips that I purchased and installed.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Two-...cmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33633QQitemZ7994498456

 

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Black Stang 97

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jeffnoel said:

Maybe your 97 is different but before I purchased my tips for my 02 I measured the pipe right at the back of the factory tip and it was 2.25". The tips I purchased were 18" by 3.5" chrome angle-cut tips with 2.25" inlet and they fit perfect.

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nie looking tips, maybe im wrong, ill see again i guess, i have to go back to the shop to measure

 

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todd4566

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As mentioned, the stock tubing is definitely 2.25. Aftermarket catback's are 2.5. I wouldn't stress the new tips inlet so much though.. a good muffler shop should have no trouble welding a 2.5 inlet tip to a 2.25 pipe. I've had it done on other Mustangs.

 

Black Stang 97

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ok, so just to make sure, ill get he 2.5 tubing they can prolly make adapters or sumthing right?

 

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Either way your safe. If you for some reason had a 2.5 inch pipe, and a 2.25 inlet on the tip, the beginning of the tip could be cut where it begins to flare. Vise versa, your could weld a small piece of 2.25 pipe with the end flared outward to meet with the tip (there is a machine that does this but I don't know what it's called). I've also seen my muffler friend take a thin metal rod he welds in between to fill gaps from different pipe diameters - I'm not sure if that makes sense, but I don't know how else to explain it without pictures. Point being, a muffler shop can do it.

 

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im getting these what do you guys think?


http://www.performancepeddler.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=MAG35143

 

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yeah the 96-97's are 2.25, 98's are 2.5

http://www.performancepeddler.com/d...UCT_ID=MAG35143 what are you going to do about hanging them, or is that a basic pic?

 

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tomustang said:

yeah the 96-97's are 2.25, 98's are 2.5

http://www.performancepeddler.com/d...UCT_ID=MAG35143 what are you going to do about hanging them, or is that a basic pic?

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im going to tell the guy to nicely weld a hanger from the top or the side from the side of the gas tank, where ever it possible and not as noticable.

 

tomustang

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i hope he uses a TIG

 

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2.25 inlet

 

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Black Stang 97 said:

im getting these what do you guys think?


http://www.performancepeddler.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=MAG35143

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Pretty good price, and they look good. I've had the stock 3" tips, 4" tips, back to a different 3", and now 3.5". No more.