I currently have a Bassani X-pipe on my 2000 GT. No catalytic converters whatsoever. Loud and sounds amazing. I love it.
However I live in Miami...and this isn't the main reason, but it's a bit of a "heat" up when I just want to pass someone or go WOT from time to time to get my blood flowing.
So I'm thinking (and slap me if you think I'm wrong, but hear me out) of ways to quiet it down. It's my DD. I'm not a "street racer" and I don't take it to the strip. It's basically factory aside from a few bolt ons.
In any sense, anybody have a quiet stang setup? How do you like it? What should I do? Economically to my wallet please. thank you in advance.
My '03 came to me with an off-road H-pipe and Flowmasters welded in to the stock catback. Great sound at idle and low load, but get on it even a bit and it was both obnoxious¹ and caused every cop within 1/4 miles to turn their head to get a look. Then there was the cabin "drone" at 2100 RPM...
Took less than a week for me to scrap all that and install a UPR catted X-pipe and Magnaflow catback. The result is a nice purr at idle and growl when you get on it, but not anything that would require people standing near to have hearing protection.
BTW, "off-road" pipes do not make one bit more power than a catted pipe having so-called "high-flow" cats--just more noise.
As to your particular situation I would look into having a pair of inexpensive glass packs, or better yet a pair of Magnaflow Magnapaks, welded into your X-pipe. The are straight through and will add not restriction, and will quiet it quite a bit.
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¹ - I have never been wild about obnoxiously loud street cars, even when they have the muscle to back it up--which 99.44% of "bolt-on" GTs, including mine do not.
I currently have a Bassani X-pipe on my 2000 GT. No catalytic converters whatsoever. Loud and sounds amazing. I love it.
However I live in Miami...and this isn't the main reason, but it's a bit of a "heat" up when I just want to pass someone or go WOT from time to time to get my blood flowing.
So I'm thinking (and slap me if you think I'm wrong, but hear me out) of ways to quiet it down. It's my DD. I'm not a "street racer" and I don't take it to the strip. It's basically factory aside from a few bolt ons.
In any sense, anybody have a quiet stang setup? How do you like it? What should I do? Economically to my wallet please. thank you in advance.
I put electric cutouts on mine. Just flip a witch and its almost SILENT (magnaflow mufflers) and open it up and it's pretty much open headers with turndowns. Pretty cool and it Didint cost that much.
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I used to have flowmasters on my 98 with an o/r x and it was too loud for me. I got a magnaflow catback(not the magnapack) and its soo much better. Barely any drone and when you're just driving you can still hear it but it screams when you get on it.
I currently have a Bassani X-pipe on my 2000 GT. No catalytic converters whatsoever. Loud and sounds amazing. I love it.
However I live in Miami...and this isn't the main reason, but it's a bit of a "heat" up when I just want to pass someone or go WOT from time to time to get my blood flowing.
So I'm thinking (and slap me if you think I'm wrong, but hear me out) of ways to quiet it down. It's my DD. I'm not a "street racer" and I don't take it to the strip. It's basically factory aside from a few bolt ons.
In any sense, anybody have a quiet stang setup? How do you like it? What should I do? Economically to my wallet please. thank you in advance.
I have a magnaflow catback with an offroad h pipe, in my opinion its very quiet. Especially when compared to my dads with an offroad h and flowmasters. In my opinion the magnaflows are way too quiet and I would prefer something like loudmouths or maybe even cutting out the magnaflows and welding in dynomax bullets. In your case, magnaflows are definitely the way to go.
Since you have the Bassani X-pipe you could just buy their high flow cats off the website and slide them on. Their x is designed to let you switch between catted and O/R pretty easy
Put only flowmaster original 40s and fiancés 04 gt auto and went to a new oil place and they said that's the first time I've ever heard a quiet stang ;(
Living in NY i simply can't tell you to throw your cats back on b/c we stang owners up here envy you guys down in FL lol... i so wish i could remove my cats... as for a quite stang im not sure ive ever heard of a quite one before in my life... i suppose yours screams now so our definitions of quite may not be the same ha
IMO, keep the bassani mufflers and put some cats on the x pipe. Im running bassani catted x w/ bassani catback and its simply one of the best setups ive heard. Only reason id change it would be to go louder.
colin idk why you want it quiet, mines a dd too i say ftw lol, however im quiet when idling, anything after not so much lol, flowmaster 40 dumped down, o/r x, stock manifold for now, quiet when just sitting, get on it raspy and loud, backfire adds that oh sorry your rice cooker cant do that thing to it lol, j/k j/k however its better than having a honda with a coffee can attached to it like most have here in miami -_- smh
Haha mines all stock except no cats and welded in a pair on pypes m-80 bullets. It's not loud at all until you want it to be. I can only imagine the drone you have with that set up lol
I actually enjoy the drone. Its not bothersome at all. That and atleast i will know if she misses or acts up since i know the sound of her normal i can pick up when she has an issue.
Mine has lts off road h pipe so no cats .. and flowmaster cats .... 50 series I don't like it ... It is quiet but can get loud has a nice wine around 2100 but ima about to switch out my mufflers for pypes m-80s! Can't wait if my dad dosent want my mufflers for his truck I am selling them ill do an exhaust clip tomorrow most likely
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