The Clueless Performance Shop and my V6 Stang

SonicStang · May 23rd, 2007, 06:38 PM

So I went to this performance shop today to order and get an estimate on install for an x pipe and flowermaster exhaust for my v6 mustang. And to make a long story short...they've never heard of putting a new midpipe on a v6 mustang and they told me that every midpipe and exhaust system in their catelogs would not reach the stock short headers and that if i wanted to get a new midpipe with new exhaust...that it would be a custom job or i would have to pay all this extra money for new headers.

All i want is a new midpipe rather than stock y and some new mufflers and as far as i have been reading over forums for months, people have been doing this with ease...can someone help me out here...

i'm going to go by another shop tomorrow, one that specializes in mustangs to see what they can tell me...is it or is it now easy with a reasonable price to replace the stock midpipe and mufflers.?

ByPopularDemand · May 23rd, 2007, 07:01 PM

Ha ha that's cause they proly work on imports...try goun to a muffler shop

SonicStang · May 23rd, 2007, 07:19 PM

nah, they mainly work on older cars...they just said they don't work on any v6 stangs...

ByPopularDemand · May 23rd, 2007, 07:33 PM

Oh...well tell wherever you go to cut b4 the Y and make you an x and that you want a flowmaster catback exhaust...

SonicStang · May 23rd, 2007, 08:28 PM

so, what you have to do is cut off right after the cats? and weld an x pipe on there in replacement?

chevy_killer · May 23rd, 2007, 08:59 PM

dude stock exhaust manifolds are the same length as shorty header....the only hard part is finding an x pipe that will reach your exhaust manifold

chevy_killer · May 23rd, 2007, 09:00 PM

looky what i found http://www.rpmoutlet.com/musv6ngauge.htm

ByPopularDemand · May 23rd, 2007, 09:12 PM

Cut before the Y bocomes 1 pipe...Are you having a catted X made

Onemanzu · May 23rd, 2007, 09:50 PM

tell them to put the car on a lift and tell them to do this

point to the two pipes coming out of the cats... say i want you to cut them right infront of those... run an H pipe right about ... here and point to where your current Y pipe is ... then say finish it out with some 2.5 or 3 inch tips right about here... and point to the ass end of your car

chevy_killer · May 23rd, 2007, 10:12 PM

has anyone even looked at my link????

HMUSN · May 23rd, 2007, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by chevy_killer

has anyone even looked at my link????

was it a link to a pypes exhaust?

nope... i never looked.

chevy_killer · May 23rd, 2007, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by HMUSN

Originally Posted by chevy_killer

has anyone even looked at my link????

was it a link to a pypes exhaust?

nope... i never looked.

im just trying to prove that no custom work is needed to put an x pipe in with exhaust manifolds....

mustang17 · May 23rd, 2007, 11:39 PM

whats wrong with having a custom exhaust setup? mine was and it was actually cheaper

SonicStang · May 24th, 2007, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by Onemanzu

tell them to put the car on a lift and tell them to do this

point to the two pipes coming out of the cats... say i want you to cut them right infront of those... run an H pipe right about ... here and point to where your current Y pipe is ... then say finish it out with some 2.5 or 3 inch tips right about here... and point to the ass end of your car

ahahahaha

SonicStang · May 24th, 2007, 12:35 AM

Thanks a lot for the responses guys....damn those guys didn't really know a thing...

May 23rd, 2007, 06:38 PM	#1
SonicStang Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Washington D.C. Area Posts: 39	The Clueless Performance Shop and my V6 Stang So I went to this performance shop today to order and get an estimate on install for an x pipe and flowermaster exhaust for my v6 mustang. And to make a long story short...they've never heard of putting a new midpipe on a v6 mustang and they told me that every midpipe and exhaust system in their catelogs would not reach the stock short headers and that if i wanted to get a new midpipe with new exhaust...that it would be a custom job or i would have to pay all this extra money for new headers. All i want is a new midpipe rather than stock y and some new mufflers and as far as i have been reading over forums for months, people have been doing this with ease...can someone help me out here... i'm going to go by another shop tomorrow, one that specializes in mustangs to see what they can tell me...is it or is it now easy with a reasonable price to replace the stock midpipe and mufflers.?

May 23rd, 2007, 07:01 PM	#2
ByPopularDemand Hardcore Enthusiast 2000 V6 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 2,371	Ha ha that's cause they proly work on imports...try goun to a muffler shop __________________ 2000 V6 Mac LT headers, Mac O/R H-pipe, Mac CAI, ASP 25% underdrive crank pulley, SCT tune, and a buncha cosmetic mods

May 23rd, 2007, 07:33 PM	#4
ByPopularDemand Hardcore Enthusiast 2000 V6 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 2,371	Oh...well tell wherever you go to cut b4 the Y and make you an x and that you want a flowmaster catback exhaust... __________________ 2000 V6 Mac LT headers, Mac O/R H-pipe, Mac CAI, ASP 25% underdrive crank pulley, SCT tune, and a buncha cosmetic mods

May 23rd, 2007, 08:59 PM	#6
chevy_killer Enthusiast 2000 v6 Mustang Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Winter Haven Florida Posts: 943	dude stock exhaust manifolds are the same length as shorty header....the only hard part is finding an x pipe that will reach your exhaust manifold __________________ The LS1 was finally subjected to a paternity test, and it's daddy was to '03 Cobra

May 23rd, 2007, 09:00 PM	#7
chevy_killer Enthusiast 2000 v6 Mustang Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Winter Haven Florida Posts: 943	looky what i found http://www.rpmoutlet.com/musv6ngauge.htm __________________ The LS1 was finally subjected to a paternity test, and it's daddy was to '03 Cobra

May 23rd, 2007, 07:19 PM	#3
SonicStang Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Washington D.C. Area Posts: 39	nah, they mainly work on older cars...they just said they don't work on any v6 stangs...

May 23rd, 2007, 08:28 PM	#5
SonicStang Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Washington D.C. Area Posts: 39	so, what you have to do is cut off right after the cats? and weld an x pipe on there in replacement?

May 23rd, 2007, 09:12 PM	#8
ByPopularDemand Hardcore Enthusiast 2000 V6 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 2,371	Cut before the Y bocomes 1 pipe...Are you having a catted X made __________________ 2000 V6 Mac LT headers, Mac O/R H-pipe, Mac CAI, ASP 25% underdrive crank pulley, SCT tune, and a buncha cosmetic mods

May 23rd, 2007, 10:12 PM	#10
chevy_killer Enthusiast 2000 v6 Mustang Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Winter Haven Florida Posts: 943	has anyone even looked at my link???? __________________ The LS1 was finally subjected to a paternity test, and it's daddy was to '03 Cobra

May 23rd, 2007, 11:39 PM	#13
mustang17 Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 96	whats wrong with having a custom exhaust setup? mine was and it was actually cheaper __________________ http://i11.tinypic.com/4xkzaqu.jpg

May 24th, 2007, 12:35 AM	#15
SonicStang Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Washington D.C. Area Posts: 39	Thanks a lot for the responses guys....damn those guys didn't really know a thing...

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