also some experience is good to have so if you slightly don't feel comfortable installing this I would recommend you either buy stuff and take it to a shop OR buy only the catback and have the shop installing it make you a custom midpipe having a shop custom make you a midpipe may be cheaper in the long run if you are considering having a shop install all of this for you

 

I was hoping to do as much of this my self as I could. It doesn't look too hard to install once I figure out whats what, one of the reasons I asked about bolt on.


So to be street legal I need the h/x pipes AND the exhaust catted? Since I'm getting an h/x pipe I can get any exhaust or x/h pipes including gt's? What are highflow cats? The headers would replace the stock manifold, right? Soryy, you guys must be getting tired of all these questions. I've been trying to find it elsewhere in the forum but too much unknown lingo.

 

yes you want to be looking for exhaust system's for GT's because you no longer have the "V6 exhaust system". You don't need to replace your headers but you can if you want. If I were you I would stay simple and forget the H pipe and just get X because a lot of the X pipes are catted (it seems like you want to stay catted the O/R don't pass smog i believe so if your state doesn't test smog then you really have nothing to worry about but again if you really want an H pipe and you want to be legal you can get cats welded on there).. and look at it this way anything is going to sound better than stock lol

 

Taking the stock stuff off can be a PITA

 

The one on the driver side looks pretty acessble but the passenger side is barly visible. Is there anything I should take off to make it easier?(Hopes I wont have to take off half the engine 0_0 lol)

 

someone else will have to answer that question

 

Hmmm.. it would appear that one of my manifolds is cracked apparently causing a rattling I've been hearing since I bought it. Looks like I need a header too. Just found this one, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/94-97...QQcmdZViewItem
good deal?

 

sorry was doing accounting lol considering the picture they are showing isn't even what they are selling i would not recommend buying from them.

This is the product they are suppose to be selling:


This is the picture they are saying it is:


Looks more like they are selling shorty headers instead of long tubes like there description says.. I wouldn't buy from them

 

Oh, wow thanks. Can u suggest any sites that sell or specialize in headers? American Muscle seems pretty good but kinda low on selection.

 

but that sure is the price for long tubes

 

Think they just gave it the wrong pictures then? I mean they hve 100% after +2000 sales, maybe it was just a mistake.
Either way, does haveing a short, mid, long limit or expand my choices with x/h pipes or exhaust?

 

yea its probably just a mistake i just don't like using ebay because a lot of people i know have gotten screwed over but many people like it so i guess u just take a chance everytime. If I were you I would call one of these websites up either americanmuscle, stangmods, or v6mustangstuff or any others those are just the ones i deal with. Tell them you want to do full exhaust headers, midpipe, catback. They know what they are talking about and I bet you can get a pretty sweet discount getting all 3 things from the same company. Just check out the sites and see what kind of brands they have. I've seen quite a few people run BBK Long Tube headers, then from there basically any x or h and catback preference you have. For midpipes and catbacks Mac, magnaflow, slp, flowmaster any of those major brands you will be sure to get some good quality products.

 

when getting headers make sure u get it for the V6 of course though but im sure ya know that one (just to be sure though) then you can use any GT catback

 

Ok thanks, you've been a tremendous help. This should be more than enough for exhaust. I'm going to take this one step at a time but this cold air intake thing looks a lot cheaper than exhaust, I might do that first. What is it and what does it do?

 

I would probably get this:

http://www.v6mustangstuff.com/Headers.htm MAC long tube headers

http://www.v6mustangstuff.com/XPipe.htm MAC O/R H Pipe for Long Tubes

http://www.v6mustangstuff.com/V8Exhaust.htm MAC Performance 2.5" System 3" Tips 96-04 GT 4.6

MAC Systems sound good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-lCDJ1hA0 <-- Did a youtube search and heres the sound that would get you. The vid is of a V6 so this is exactly what it would sound like. Not the best vid someone could make but u will get the point lol

EDIT: wow thats a really riced out stang haha

 

Wow, that's just the sound I like, and all of that ends up just inside my price range thanks again. In the description for the headers they said they wont fit convertibles,my mustang is a convertible, I didn't mention it because I didn't think it would matter with exhaust, does it?

Oh almost forgot but what does a chambered/ pro chambered mid pipe mean?

 

hrm I'm not to sure if you liked the sound of that I would call them tomorrow and ask why. I'm not to sure with convertibles but I believe they sit a little lower than coupes so maybe there is a clearance issue with long tubes?? no idea though i just pulled that one out of no where. I would call them up tomorrow and ask what the deal is. If it is clearance just do the same thing go to the links i gave you but get the MAC shorty headers, the MAC O/R H pipe for shorty headers, and that same catback I would think it would sound fairly similar.

 

I'm pretty sure the pro chambered just increases the flow of the exhaust and probably a deeper tone but im not positive. I think those are for long tubes though which looks like it might be out of the picture.

 

With sound I'm not too obssesed with volume as tone, and that was just about what I was looking for.
I thought I needed both the mid pipe and exhaust to be catted to be street legal.

 

you just won't pass smog. But hey if you like the sound when you go in for testing if your state tests for smog throw the guy a few extra bucks and call it a day lol. Like i said though u can either get some cats welded on or attach some cats to make it look like you have them and if none of those fly then you will just have to get an X pipe. Plenty of people get away with it just depends how strict your state is

 

http://www.dmv.org/smog-check.php Thats a good site for State laws

 

I'm pretty sure we have a smog test here as for severity I'mnot sure. I've had some friends that have been complaining about not passing it, one of them has had his car tested 3 times.

 

my bad dude i guess i fucked up =/ gotta have a v6 aftermarket midpipe and then the catback can be a takeoff gt or whatever. I edited the link a couple posts up to show the change

 

Ok,I just got a reply from my e-mail to v6mustangstuff and they made it seem like I couldn't use an x or h pipe because I have a convertible, but I'm asking that specifically now to make sure.
Browsing though there stock I found a cat h-pipe in the garage sale section http://www.v6mustangstuff.com/GarageSale.htm
would using this and a catted exhaust be too much or just enough to pass smog?

 

just have a custom exhaust made your making this too much work

 

Maybe, how much does a custom set-up usually run labor, installation, parts included?

 

400-600

 

Hmmm that definitly seems cheaper aswell as easier. Would the average muffler shop do this or would I go to a "cutsom shop"?

 

muffler shop should be able to fab up a true dual system for you. However they wont touch the cats. If you wanna replace them with highflow cats they would do that im sure; unless you live in CA then have fun with that.

 

What are high flow cats? Do normal cats restict airflow and high flow don't as much?