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What did you do to your 5.0 today?
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All I have is ma fone. I'll try to get something this weekend, after I clean it up a bit.
And a long wheel base dollar is a $100 bill. A short wheel base would be a ten spot.
And I just got home from a drive with the wife, and this thing sounds mellow and low. Not raunchy at all. She loves it. She said it sounds perfect. Could be a touch louder for her, so I'll have to work on that next.
And a long wheel base dollar is a $100 bill. A short wheel base would be a ten spot.
And I just got home from a drive with the wife, and this thing sounds mellow and low. Not raunchy at all. She loves it. She said it sounds perfect. Could be a touch louder for her, so I'll have to work on that next.
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Glad that it sounds good, Marc!
And PS to modded:
I've got 1 7/8" long tubes, O/R midpipe (switching to an x and frankensteining in the Boss sidepipes I have whenever I can get a new catback) and full 3 in piping back to the outlaws (catback, it includes a shitty midpipe).
So.... it's loud lol. Ask Nosympathy and 2012stangman lol. I'm looking to tone it down a HAIR. Mainly no drone would be the top priority. I think I can live with a reduction in volume as it is my DD and I've started to notice that my left ear doesn't work quite as good as it used to lol.
This is the only real exhaust clip i have of my car, and it's full on WOT lol
Marcy marc, I'm not sure if that's cool to post or not considering the contents. But, if not, lemme know I will take it down.
And PS to modded:
I've got 1 7/8" long tubes, O/R midpipe (switching to an x and frankensteining in the Boss sidepipes I have whenever I can get a new catback) and full 3 in piping back to the outlaws (catback, it includes a shitty midpipe).
So.... it's loud lol. Ask Nosympathy and 2012stangman lol. I'm looking to tone it down a HAIR. Mainly no drone would be the top priority. I think I can live with a reduction in volume as it is my DD and I've started to notice that my left ear doesn't work quite as good as it used to lol.
This is the only real exhaust clip i have of my car, and it's full on WOT lol
Marcy marc, I'm not sure if that's cool to post or not considering the contents. But, if not, lemme know I will take it down.
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Should have heard this MF when I called him on the phone. He had to slow down so we could hear him his exhaust is so damn loud.
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My car is 3" starting with cat deletes (all the way back to 4" double walled tips (like marcs but duels not quads) I dont think longtubes increase volume really as much as they increase flow and tone through timing the collection of exhaust pulses at the midpipe, but LTs do change the sound for the better.
I would say my car is every bit as loud as that vid, but i do think the tonal properties are bit better (like i said earlier, hard to tell from the vid, but your car sounds sick)
My car is stupid deep in person and sounds straight mean nasty, but its not obnoxious, the tone is still great. To give you an idea, people could here my car through the phone with the windows up BEFORE i took the cats off, lol. It wasnt anything like it is now, now its like..."hold on, i gotta pull out into traffic"......"ok you there?" lol
Im very confident you would love the comp CB through your current LTs and o/r X. It would also be cool to NOT be another 5.0 with outlaws :shiftyeyes ...i will convert you all (i dont have a problem with Flowmaster, just kiddin)
Id love LTs for the sound of LTs, but i cant justify the cost for the power difference lol. My car sounds pretty damn nasty as it is.
I swear ill post a vid soon.
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Resonator delete!
Im really surprised you didnt get the full CB right off the bat, marc...so unlike you lol.
I think that's that thing I keep going over...
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Modded, longtubes **DEFINITELY** increase volume lol. I went straight from a catted set up with the outlaw catback (all 3in piping) to the longtubes with the outlaw catback. The amount of loud from just adding longtubes to the set up is absolutely nuts.
I'm still interested in the comps, but I'm not sure it would cut down on the volume enough. Especially with me wanting to add the side pipes to it.
I'm still interested in the comps, but I'm not sure it would cut down on the volume enough. Especially with me wanting to add the side pipes to it.
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Sounds good! I love the way the exhaust tips look and when I go 13 rear end I might look into getting that setup so I am curious what it would sound like.
Oh ok I see, thank you for the info!!
The Kooks side pipes? I definitely wouldn't do it if I were you lol. Not saying the Kooks are terrible but with your setup being just one or two decibels on the illegal side it would be even louder than it is now hahaha.
I love those Kooks side pipes, they really make the car loud and mean IMO. I just have to get mine straightened since one of the tips is bending at a downward angle :facepalm:
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Not the kooks, just the regular boss pipes. Banking on an increase in volume (lawl), a bit better tone, and maybe a bit more cracklyness as opposed to the occasional giant BANG that comes forth from my exhaust lol. But, I'm hoping that a slightly more tame catback can balance that out along with as much reduction in drone as I can manage.
Too, HMP has my car tuned for the midpipe that I've got sitting in the garage, not the one that is on the car. They told me it would backfire more with that being the case and they are defiitely right.
Annnnd, to give an idea as far as what the camera takes away from the sheer ridiculous loudness of my vehicle, the GTO I was racing (fully built & cammed ls2 i think it is) has like a foot of pipe behind his longtubes with no cats and you can barely hear it in the vid. Needs toned down lol
Too, HMP has my car tuned for the midpipe that I've got sitting in the garage, not the one that is on the car. They told me it would backfire more with that being the case and they are defiitely right.
Annnnd, to give an idea as far as what the camera takes away from the sheer ridiculous loudness of my vehicle, the GTO I was racing (fully built & cammed ls2 i think it is) has like a foot of pipe behind his longtubes with no cats and you can barely hear it in the vid. Needs toned down lol
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Just got off the phone with my paint dude. Gonna drop the car off Monday to paint the spoiler and should be done Tuesday. I can't wait.
That said, now I'm thinking of what to do with the front. I have a few ideas, but what would you guys think to do?
That said, now I'm thinking of what to do with the front. I have a few ideas, but what would you guys think to do?
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Something along the line of tucking the fogs. I like having them just not out in the open. I went cheap with just a tint kit in mine. (Marc, this shouldn't be a tiny cell phone attachment)
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You work at ford, all you would really need to do is weld in some pipes where the resonators are lol.
HELL you could even PAY yourself to do it lmao.
Budget...lol, i know of a particular pic-o-sexiness that shows about what your definition of "budget" is lol.
Yours got louder because, when you installed the LTs, you eliminated your cats. The loss of cats is what cause the huge volume increase, not the longtubes themselves. (Im assuming you bolted/welded your LTs to the outlaw catback, in which case your midpipe would have been catless, which is why you saw such a drastic volume change, you lost the cats)
I was talking about my car, specifically, it wouldnt get any louder with LT's because my X pipe is catless already. Increasing the length or diameter of the exhaust manifold wont change volume level, only the frequency at which the exhaust pulses join and resonate, which would change the tone, but on my car, it wouldnt make any noticable difference in volume because as it sits, its completely unrestricted, the only thing that doesnt make it 100% straight pipe is the comp mufflers, which are completely unrestricted as well, lol.
Trust me, my mach 1 had AMR 1 3/4 LT's through an o/r X and borla stingers, and my 5.0 is EVERY bit as loud, if not- louder lol. I know its a different power plant, but in a general sense the biggest difference is the displacement of the motor by .4L. Which isnt going to make a huge difference in volume.
But you are correct, from a factory catted catback setup to longtubes in any form would definitely be louder. and even more so if the midpipe is o/r because you just deleted your cats by installing the LTs, lol.
And no, the comps arent any quieter than Flowmaster outlaws, lol. If you wanted to find a happy medium between FULL CATLESS Crazy loud and catted quietness, i would suggest a hi-flow catted X pipe. Itll be louder than the catback through factory cats, but not as crazy as a full on o/r setup.
I actually think our cars sound really great through high flo catted midpipes.
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I would only switch to comps if you want a small change in tone. They will sound different than the outlaws probably, but i dont think there will be a volume difference.
My car is pretty crackly. The amount that mine backfires is very controllable through the way I shift/drive. If I keep the Rpms out of the crazy zone and let off the gas right before I press the clutch to shift, the car almost wont backfire at all because your stopping/lessening the fuel flow right before the car adjusts spark for less load or DFCO (Deceleration fuel cut off, most modern cars use little or no fuel when you coast in gear) If you lessen the amount of fuel that goes into the engine right before the computer adjusts spark timing for no load...then you stop the backfire because not enough unburned fuel fumes make it into the exhaust to pop.
Hit the clutch as you let of the gas....snap crackle bang pop boom.
If your car is tuned by HMP, you can probably control it too.
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Just letting you know my real world experiences with them, man. I've been around cat-deleted cars with full exhausts and stock headers, mine definitely has the edge on volume; Yes, they round out sound and give the car a bit more "bite" as far as that sound goes, but the longtubes will make it louder. I don't care what set up you have currently, it'll get moar loud. Come back when you've got some longtubes and let me know what your car does.
Believe me when I say I can control the backfiring to some extent, but with the midpipe being all weird and non-x-pipey right now there are some that I just cant stop from happening. And they are full on bangs, no snaps or crackles here lol.
Thinking that the MF streets are going to be my way to go when I pull the trigger. Especially with going to a midpipe that doesn't blow donkey balls and adding the boss side pipes. Buuuut, I've got drivetrain upgrades that need done before I worry about pulling the trigger on a redone exhaust.
Believe me when I say I can control the backfiring to some extent, but with the midpipe being all weird and non-x-pipey right now there are some that I just cant stop from happening. And they are full on bangs, no snaps or crackles here lol.
Thinking that the MF streets are going to be my way to go when I pull the trigger. Especially with going to a midpipe that doesn't blow donkey balls and adding the boss side pipes. Buuuut, I've got drivetrain upgrades that need done before I worry about pulling the trigger on a redone exhaust.
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I'll weigh in this. One of the loudest axle back setups on our cars is an O/R pipe and Roush axle backs. I drove that setup for just over a month before I tossed it for Borla axle backs.
Having ridden in my own car with that setup and having ridden in GT350s car before, I can 100% promise you longtubes to produce a volume increase on these cars.
His car is above and beyond louder than my O/R X and roush axle backs were, and that setup was damn loud.
My personal experience here.
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Having ridden in my own car with that setup and having ridden in GT350s car before, I can 100% promise you longtubes to produce a volume increase on these cars.
His car is above and beyond louder than my O/R X and roush axle backs were, and that setup was damn loud.
My personal experience here.
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I didnt know your Xpipe was weird, that could effect it, and the LTs.
The only way to tell if you had an edge on volume is if you were to find another 5.0 with your exact exhaust setup (muffler type/midpipe) with o/r X instead of LTs.
Im not saying on some technical level it couldnt be louder, all im saying is that it wouldnt be obviously noticeable, youd probably have to measure it with a decibel meter and if it was louder, i dont think it would be to the point where its worth 800+ dollars lol. The noticeable difference between the cars would be alot more tone than volume (but im not denying that there could be a volume difference). Dont get me wrong, im not saying longtubes are never worth it...they can be, id totally dig some longtubes for my car, if i didnt have a laundry list of other mods i wanted LOL.
From what i understand about sound (being vibrations travelling through the air) you could probably claim that since LT's do flow slightly better because of exhaust pulse timing, they technically move air more efficiently through the exhaust system. So on some VERY hard to measure scale of time, the sound waves MIGHT reach the outlet of the exhaust a tiny fraction of time faster than a factory header/catless car....
Now, at FIRST, you would think that since exhaust air reaches the exit faster, than it has less time to dissipate in volume; however, it has more to do with the density of the air the sound is travelling through. Stokes law of sound attenuation actually states that sound waves attenuation (or decay) is directly related to the distance traveled and the viscosity of the fluid its traveling through (in this case, exhaust air). So, IF there was a difference in volume, the only reason i would really occur is because each pulse of exhaust air reaches the collector at a different time in which case the overall viscosity of the air would be lessened slightly since the flow of air is more fluid, which could technically mean that in the short length of the exhaust system, a slightly less viscous air flow (with LTs) would ACTUALLY make the sound attenuate (or dissipate) FASTER because the air is thinner. The only other variable is sound frequency, but im fairly certain that makes more of a difference over longer distances....
SORRY to get all nerdy on you...i do that sometimes.
MY POINT...lol....was more about cost vs actual volume/power. LTs arent exactly bang for your buck power, thats widely agreed upon. If my car was bone stock when i got it, i may have gone that route, but it had the CB installed already, so some cat deletes were an easy way to open her up, add some power (for not much money) and the install was super easy lol.
I feel like reps are in order for the way i dissected the **** out of exhaust sound attenuation....
POSITIVE reps.... :shiftyeyes
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The point is the cost difference, not so much the volume. If you look at my post, ive said from the beginning that the difference would be minimal, not that there was NO way LTs could be louder lol.
I dont think anyone gets on o/r X for these cars and then thinks...."now what can i do to make this louder".
Again, im not denying that there could be a difference, im just saying that it would be minimal. Thats all.
I didnt mean to start an argument lol. LETS ALL BE FRANS...
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lol. Im....a technical person.
OH- and for the record. My last Mach 1 (ive owned 2) had AMR 1 3/4" Longtubes, 3" o/r X and borla stingers, so im VERY familiar with how longtubes sound. I DDed that car 31k miles in a year.
My 5.0 is absolutely every bit as loud. lol
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