Whats the difference?

farbyhardcore · Apr 19, 2005

Whats the differemce between Magnaflow exhaust, and the Magnapack exhaust?

blumi00GT · Apr 19, 2005

farbyhardcore said:
Whats the differemce between Magnaflow exhaust, and the Magnapack exhaust?

They are both the same kind of muffler (straight through pipe with small holes in it, wrapped by sound-deadening material, not chambered like Flowmasters), but the Magnapacks are round and smaller (less insulation) -> more aggressive.

Blumi

caballo · Apr 19, 2005

Slp!!!

farbyhardcore · Apr 19, 2005

Oh, so I want to change my exhaust. I want to put in an aftermarket H-pipe (not an off road one, I'd like to still pass emissions), then a cat back exhuast. So whats best? I found a website that has sounds of each one, but I can't really decide. I want something nice an agressive, but not obnoxiously loud.

hotmustang331 · Apr 19, 2005

If your staying with cats, get the magnapacks, because if you get regular magnaflows with a catted mid pipe it really wont be much louder than stock LOL...even my O/R X and magnaflows my car is very quiet durring cruize compared to other O/R X GTs, BUT when I go WOT it gets darn near as loud as the rest of them. Sleeper when cruizing and scare the crap out of people when you hit it. Gotta love it.

farbyhardcore · Apr 19, 2005

hotmustang331 said:
If your staying with cats, get the magnapacks, because if you get regular magnaflows with a catted mid pipe it really wont be much louder than stock LOL...even my O/R X and magnaflows my car is very quiet durring cruize compared to other O/R X GTs, BUT when I go WOT it gets darn near as loud as the rest of them. Sleeper when cruizing and scare the crap out of people when you hit it. Gotta love it.

granted I don't know anything, but I didn't realize you could have a non-catback exhaust. What makes an exhaust a catback or not?

GDawg · Apr 19, 2005

farbyhardcore said:
granted I don't know anything, but I didn't realize you could have a non-catback exhaust. What makes an exhaust a catback or not?

You can buy just the mufflers (magnaflow, magnapack) or you can buy the whole catback which is the mufflers with all the exhaust tubing from the cats back to the exhaust tips.

GDawg · Apr 19, 2005

What "H" pipe are you planning on getting? I'd like to swap out mine too but I need to leave the cats in.

BTW, my Magnapack catback with stock "H" pipe sounds awsome. I set off car alarms and at idle it is still "rumblely" enough to get compliments all the time.

farbyhardcore · Apr 19, 2005

GDawg said:
What "H" pipe are you planning on getting? I'd like to swap out mine too but I need to leave the cats in.

BTW, my Magnapack catback with stock "H" pipe sounds awsome. I set off car alarms and at idle it is still "rumblely" enough to get compliments all the time.

I'm not sure, I just assumed that to get a good muscle car sound, you needed to switch out your h pipe too. But you say that it sounds good with just magna packs, so maybe I'll do that. I never intened on buying a new "h" or "x" pipe, but I thought you needed one.

ninety15.0 · Apr 19, 2005

Most people buy the H or X pipe not only for the sound but the added performance. The catback alone will prolly only get u about 5-10 horse and a nice exhaust tone thats a little louder than stock. With a high flow catted H or X pipe you will again increase the loudness, but also tack on another 5-10 horse. And if u decide to go with an off Road H or X it will be even louder with a much more agressive tone and another 5 horse ontop of the catted mid pipe. A properly selected exhaust system including the mid pipe and cat back system can gain you about 20 hp and very nice sound! good luck hope this helps.

farbyhardcore · Apr 19, 2005

ninety15.0 said:
Most people buy the H or X pipe not only for the sound but the added performance. The catback alone will prolly only get u about 5-10 horse and a nice exhaust tone thats a little louder than stock. With a high flow catted H or X pipe you will again increase the loudness, but also tack on another 5-10 horse. And if u decide to go with an off Road H or X it will be even louder with a much more agressive tone and another 5 horse ontop of the catted mid pipe. A properly selected exhaust system including the mid pipe and cat back system can gain you about 20 hp and very nice sound! good luck hope this helps.

Any suggestions for a exhaust system? Mine is bone stock right now. I'm open to anything, I was just using maganflow as an example.

Thundermouse · Apr 19, 2005

farbyhardcore said:
Any suggestions for a exhaust system? Mine is bone stock right now. I'm open to anything, I was just using maganflow as an example.

I'm a fan of the MRT H-pipe with a Magnapack catback. Loud american rumble, but not hollow sounding.

my_03GT · Apr 20, 2005

I have the Magna-flow cat back and magna-flow high flow x-pipe, and it does NOT sound stock. The sound is awesome, I get compliments all the time. It also does not drone, I am a little older so I did not want the ultra loud exhaust, I have had the system on for a couple years now and do not regret anything about it. To each is there own for exhaust though, I had a friend change his exhaust out to O/R X and flow-master and some people thought it sounded great, to me it sounded like a large truck....again everyone has their own opinions..listen to some different set-ups and decide for yourself

Jones331 · Apr 20, 2005

hotmustang331 said:
If your staying with cats, get the magnapacks, because if you get regular magnaflows with a catted mid pipe it really wont be much louder than stock LOL...even my O/R X and magnaflows my car is very quiet durring cruize compared to other O/R X GTs, BUT when I go WOT it gets darn near as loud as the rest of them. Sleeper when cruizing and scare the crap out of people when you hit it. Gotta love it.

My thought exactly watson! Good work!

RedBullitt · Apr 20, 2005

i like the bassani, cant really go wrong unless you throw chambered mufflers behind the x, just my .02 though. the quality and fit is great, but the price is steep. worth it though i think

StevenGT-02 · Apr 20, 2005

I have the MRT H with FRPP cat-cack...sounds awesome..not to loud not to quite...

SonicB · Apr 20, 2005

packs with a stock h-pipe does sound just about right to me. i prefer it over the sound of packs with an x-pipe.

Muscles00GT · Apr 26, 2005

packs and an o/r H

GNN60GT500 · Apr 26, 2005

I like Magnaflow with magnaflow catted X pipe on my car-

loud but not LOUD....wife friendly.....good for my daily driver

For my weekend toy- no cat X pipe with Magnaflow- sounds incredible

mrvax · Apr 26, 2005

GNN60GT500 said:
I like Magnaflow with magnaflow catted X pipe on my car-

loud but not LOUD....wife friendly.....good for my daily driver

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