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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / May 2007

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Mufflers  5.0

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harry - 18 May 2007 16:16 GMT
I was thinking of replacing stock with flowmaster 50, I dont want it too
loud and do not want the drone,
I think the Flowmaster 40's are too loud for hte neighborhood.
Any quiet type aftermarkets out there?

Thanks
Spike - 18 May 2007 19:13 GMT
>I was thinking of replacing stock with flowmaster 50, I dont want it too
>loud and do not want the drone,
>I think the Flowmaster 40's are too loud for hte neighborhood.
>Any quiet type aftermarkets out there?
>
>Thanks

Go to the Flowmaster web site and check out their collection of sound
files for comparisom.
Ironrod - 22 May 2007 05:04 GMT
If you put Flowmasters under your car you will regret it.  (Been there, done
that.) The only set of mufflers that ever worked for me were the application
specific turbos that Midas sells.  P.S. Don't change to a larger pipe
diameter otherwise you will lose your low end torque.

> >I was thinking of replacing stock with flowmaster 50, I dont want it too
> >loud and do not want the drone,
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> Go to the Flowmaster web site and check out their collection of sound
> files for comparisom.
WindsorFox - 22 May 2007 22:56 GMT
> If you put Flowmasters under your car you will regret it.  (Been there, done
> that.) The only set of mufflers that ever worked for me were the application
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>> Go to the Flowmaster web site and check out their collection of sound
>> files for comparisom.

   Regret Flowmasters?? Highly doubtful.

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harry - 24 May 2007 04:45 GMT
>> If you put Flowmasters under your car you will regret it.  (Been there,
>> done
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>
>    Regret Flowmasters?? Highly doubtful.

I dont want anything too loud, friend has a car and you can hear him from
blocks away,
cannot find anything that compairs to stock, to flowmaster 40s or 50s etc.
Blue Gator - 24 May 2007 20:55 GMT
>>>If you put Flowmasters under your car you will regret it.  (Been there,
>>>done
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> blocks away,
> cannot find anything that compairs to stock, to flowmaster 40s or 50s etc.

Check out Bassani if you want a good stainless muffler with a nice deep
rumble without setting off all the car alarms within six blocks.  Some
say they're too quiet, but I like mine a lot.  I can hear them when I
drive, but they don't overpower the stereo or a conversation like the
Flowmasters.

Blue Gator
Ironrod - 26 May 2007 07:26 GMT
Interestingly enough, assuming you have a stock engine, there is little to
be gained by changing out your stock cat-back system.  (Less than a 1hp
difference according to one source.)  By way of comparison a good tune-up
could give you more than a 12hp increase.  If age and wear mandate
replacement I would recommend just getting a good set of staggered length
(to avoid the drone)turbo mufflers.

> >> If you put Flowmasters under your car you will regret it.  (Been there,
> >> done
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> blocks away,
> cannot find anything that compairs to stock, to flowmaster 40s or 50s etc.
faust_151@hotmail.com - 29 May 2007 22:19 GMT
i just got flowmaster 40s (the louder ones) on my 89 GT and i LOVE
them. i dont think its too loud with 4 dam cats in front of them. wish
there were only 2.

a friend has an 89 5.0 with NO cats and flowmaster 40s and it is
obviously louder and meaner sounding which is the whole point.

But with the stock 4 cats on there might as well get the most bang for
your buck and it wont be that loud, theres a decent, but not great,
idle sound, (because of the cats), and when im at about 2000 rpm or
about right before i shift is the sweet spot for the mean sound and i
cant get enough.

> Interestingly enough, assuming you have a stock engine, there is little to
> be gained by changing out your stock cat-back system.  (Less than a 1hp
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> > blocks away,
> > cannot find anything that compairs to stock, to flowmaster 40s or 50s etc.
GILL - 29 May 2007 23:20 GMT
> i just got flowmaster 40s (the louder ones) on my 89 GT and i LOVE
> them. i dont think its too loud with 4 dam cats in front of them. wish
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> about right before i shift is the sweet spot for the mean sound and i
> cant get enough.
That's called "Drone" or resonance, and it's not sweet. It's the sound
waves working against each other. Kind of like a band stop filter in an
electronic circuit.

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Ironrod - 26 May 2007 07:16 GMT
2.25 inch cat back pipes with Flowmaster 3 chamber mufflers, they don't
sound too bad until you actually put a load on the engine, like going
uphill.  Not only that but they drone at certain RPM's.  When I lived in
California I would take trips up to Reno Nevada, when leaving Sacramento you
start on a constant uphill grade for almost 80 miles before getting to Reno,
first thing I did after checking into the Hotel was to take the car to the
nearest muffler shop and have those things hacked out.  The shop in question
had quite an impressive pile of used Flowmasters laying about, some were cut
open in order to show the level of degradation that even a slightly used one
suffers on the inside.

> > If you put Flowmasters under your car you will regret it.  (Been there, done
> > that.) The only set of mufflers that ever worked for me were the application
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>
>     Regret Flowmasters?? Highly doubtful.

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