Magnaflow releases full stainless steel exhaust systems for 65-70 Mustangs

My 67 has a rear sway bar and with the 2.5" system I have no interference...

It clears it with no problems- same as on my 66-

Ill give you several reasons-

contingency money-

Flowmaster, Borla, Dynomax pay contingency money, so if a racer is using their exhaust and wins- they get paid an amount anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars-

We get a ton of racers calling us and asking us if we do contingency, and at this point we are very select with it-


Now lets look at one of the only competitions where we do pay contingency money-

The Hot Rodding Magazine Engine Masters Challenge-

This year, the 1st, 2nd, and 4th place winners said they made more power with Magnaflow mufflers-

Last year the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners said they made the most power with Magnaflow-

Now lets look at another popular race series-

Monster Trucks-

At some stadiums Monster Trucks are required to run mufflers now, and Grave Digger who seems to do pretty well has chosen Magnaflow as well-

There are also several NASCAR teams using some of our product now as well- of course none of them I can name- because we have to give them alot of money before we can use their name for advertising purposes-

Hopefully that gives you the answer you are looking for- we get alot of racers that are intersted in using our product- until they find out we dont always pay them- or if we do- its not as much- because we have decided to concentrate advertising dollars more in other areas-


Cant say that I blame them- racing is a business too-

Hopefully this is the answer you were looking for- if this was not really the answer you were looking for- let me know- I may have gotten your point incorrectly-

Thanks for the great question though-

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302 coupe said:

Is there a particular reason they don't offer more contingency money? I think it would really help sales. With the exception of an occasional late model, I don't ever hear of or see anybody using them.

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I dont have an honest answer for you on this one- because I dont really know-

I do agree with you BTW- I think it would increase sales even more-

But I know sales have been growing really well over the last 6 years- double digit growth every year in fact- and last month was a record setting month-

So my only guess is- (this is my theory- not that of Magnaflow)

if sales are growing this fast with out doing it- then why spend the extra money until sales growth starts to slow-

I guess we could do it to try and grow faster- but I think we dont want to over extend ourselves- growing a company too quickly can end badly-

these are my own theories however-

I am just a sales manager- they let me know what I need to know and thats fine with me- sometimes its better not to know

But from a company stand point- I have no official answer for you-

I can tell you though- at the rate we are growing- I am definitely not complaining- who ever is making these decissions- must be doing something right-


Thanks for the great line of questioning- let me know if you have any other questions-