Question on exhaust

[martyd]

Ok I plan on dumping my exhaust. I am going to get a pair of summit shirties and 2 1/2 inch piping back to about the fron seats then into a pair of mufflers and then dump the exhaust.

I have a couple of questions being a noob to the 5.0 crowd. Am I loosing out by not running a X-Pipe setup? Loudness will not bother me at all but on a performance stance am I? Also I know sound is objectionable as far as who likes this or that but I hate flows and the way they sound. Also I would like a straight through muffler design. What is a good muffler that will give a nice deep tone that is very noticable for a good price.

 

[90limited]

If you want a nice deep sound, I would go with the H pipe... You might give up some ponies on the dyno, but may gain some low end torque. Depends on how the engine is setup and even then, who knows... I have ceramic shorties into a magnaflow catted H and a Mac Catback... LOVE the sound.

 

[martyd]

I am fairly firm on dumping the exhaust

 

[SteedaGT9150]

might as well just run a o/r x or o/r h and just dump it after the mufflers

 

[squeak93]

You need either an h or an x pipe. So with that said, its all about taste. H has a nice low ruble and gives good torque down low. X has a bit more raspy exotic sound and gives more hp up top. I have ran both an x and h with flows and liked them both. The x was even dumped. Wasn't that loud either.

 

[martyd]

I plan coming back from the shorties then into mufflers then going with about a 45 to exit in front of the rear wheels. Is a H really going to help enough to complicate the simplicity of my plans?

 

[reddog]

Depends on if you want a bolt on exhaust or fabbed from straight pipe. Even the bolt on stuff may have to be fabbed alittle to fit your application, I had to cut, bend and reweld my X-pipe because of my blowproof bellhousing. As far as mufflers with a straight thru design, I like the dynomax ultra flows. Heres a couple of short clip of my exhaust, sound qaulity sucks but, oh well. YouTube - 87 GT LONGROD 306 and YouTube - LONGROD 306

 

[martyd]

I am doing a complete custom system. Ordering piping and flanges from JCWHITNEY and doing all the welding myself. I have also thought of running cut outs.

 

[reddog]

Don't get the junk cable operated POS. Do you have a pipe bender? Alot of times you can go to your local muffler shop and talk to some of the guys and work out a cash deal, much easier and less headache, plus it gets done quicker.

 

[martyd]

I dont have a bender but any bend I would need could be had from jcwhitney. I am 2500miles from my stomping ground so connections and hook ups are out of the question.

 

[reddog]

Find some new connections, drive around to different shops and see if they drive mustangs, you never know unless you try!