Just buy a complete catback new in box.
You can install it at home and have piece of mind about fitment.
Anything that has been previously welded is pretty much useless on another car.
The extra money you have to spend on a complete catback will be offset by the fact that you don't need to pay a muffler shop to fix another persons mess.
Keep in mind too, rarely do different tailpipe brands and mufflers match up to each other.
Latemodel Restoration sells a complete set of muffler back 2 1/2" stainless steel tails for $150. I wouldn't even consider putting on used pipes when they can be had that cheaply.
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-5212PR/86-97-Mustang-LX-Stainless-Steel-Tailpipes
Band Clamps FTW. Cheap, leak free and the tails remain fully adjustable.Even if the tailpipes do line up with the mufflers pretty well, you still may need someone to weld them, which means $100+. At that point you lose most of the adjustability, so the first time the tailpipe hits your rear tire, upper control arm, frame rail or gas tank (all of which i have had issues with in the past) you are screwed.
I'm going to have to get a set of those LRS tails. My aluminized stuff looks like butt.
3 inch is not needed for a street car, it's pointless overkill with major clearance issues.The thing is, I'd like to go to a full 3" system on my car, so I feel like I'd be pissing away 150$. But the 3" thing isn't happening soon, and those 2.5" tails look really nice.
3 inch is not needed for a street car, it's pointless overkill with major clearance issues.
Even if the tailpipes do line up with the mufflers pretty well, you still may need someone to weld them, which means $100+. At that point you lose most of the adjustability, so the first time the tailpipe hits your rear tire, upper control arm, frame rail or gas tank (all of which i have had issues with in the past) you are screwed.
Do yourself a favor, buy a bassani bx (or stainless if your budget is bigger) catback, slap it on yourself, and know that you have purchased a quality product that sounds good and is infinitely adjustable.
I've never heard or seen a single instance of a bassani system failing like mac, flowmaster and cheaper kits do.
3 inch is not needed for a street car, it's pointless overkill with major clearance issues.
Not pointless if he's got enough engine to back it up. Not to mention, the larger diameter exhaust system will have a deeper, more muscular tone. I’m wondering though if a 3” exhaust might look out of place on a Fox body. Those are some awfully large tailpipes!
...but I agree, from a pure functionality standpoint a 2 1/2" exhaust will move more than enough exhaust fumes for all but the most serious set ups.
Just so you are aware, catbacks on newer cars pick up nearly nothing, it's the headers that add all the power.All those 3" systems that sell like hot cakes for the '05-'12 cars must be pointless overkill, then.
Just so you are aware, catbacks on newer cars pick up nearly nothing, it's the headers that add all the power.
On newer cars they are done for sound not performance, the factory exhaust is very efficient. You get the default size based on the manufacturers sound you prefer, some are 3 in some are 2.5, which changes nothing for performance.
Not to mention 3 inch pipes easily fit on 05+ mustangs, so you aren't sacrificing clearances just to say you have a 3 inch exhaust.
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