Steeda vs Magnaflow

seidler

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I am considering a Steeda or a Magnaflow Cat Back for my 04 Cobra. Any opinions? I do not want it to sound like a kids GT and to get dirty looks in traffic (unless I am doing something stupid). I do not want a drone at cruise. Deep clean sound yes, crackle pop, back off, no
 
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I run the Steeda cat-back (Borla) and love it. Not to loud or obnoxious and it has that nice rumble on decel. Also top quality with no fitment issues. Of course I came from a Mustang using both Dynomax and Mac so just about anything is an improvement in quality and sound.
 
I run steeda with akook longtubes and catted h pipe and it sounds good on a 2001 cobra,but if I just wanted a catback I would go with magapack on a gt and magnaflows on a cobra The steeda will be pretty qiet with just catback,I had a gt with magnapacs and it was sweet If you are going with other exhaust mods packs may be too loud for you,just some thoughts hope it helps
 
I can't find a 99-01 catback on complete exhaust's website .. :(


So, I was just on the MagnaFlow website looking up the part# for the 99-01 cobra catback .. And I see that Magnaflow's 99-01 part number is identical to the 03 cobra catback.. (part # 15644) .. Is it me, or is this strange considering the 03 is supercharged ??

check it out ...

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/cat-backs/mustang.htm

So, if I order the same cat back for the 03 cobra from complete exhaust.. I get the same product listed on magnaflows website for the 99-01 (15644)... :shrug:

Anyone else had an experience with this part # issue before ??
 
dark_cobra_01 said:
I can't find a 99-01 catback on complete exhaust's website .. :(


So, I was just on the MagnaFlow website looking up the part# for the 99-01 cobra catback .. And I see that Magnaflow's 99-01 part number is identical to the 03 cobra catback.. (part # 15644) .. Is it me, or is this strange considering the 03 is supercharged ??

check it out ...

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/cat-backs/mustang.htm

So, if I order the same cat back for the 03 cobra from complete exhaust.. I get the same product listed on magnaflows website for the 99-01 (15644)... :shrug:

Anyone else had an experience with this part # issue before ??


Yes, the fact that the '03 is supercharged has nothing to do with it. That particular catback will work with any of the 99/01 & 03/04 Cobras because they all utilize the IRS (from the factory anyways -LOL).
It's all about how the exhaust was designed to run under the IRS in these vehicles, check out some "underneath" car pics & it will help better explain things...
 
COBRA90GT said:
Yes, the fact that the '03 is supercharged has nothing to do with it. That particular catback will work with any of the 99/01 & 03/04 Cobras because they all utilize the IRS (from the factory anyways -LOL).
It's all about how the exhaust was designed to run under the IRS in these vehicles, check out some "underneath" car pics & it will help better explain things...

That is very correct. Same system.

Here is a quick pic of my Magnaflow and Dr. Gas X with Cats.

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Naz