Does anyone else NOT like the sound of straight-thru mufflers?

[Nobody]

The way people talk about Magnaflow and Bassani on the forums, you'd think that this was the greatest new invention. Borla and Dynomax have been selling this muffler design for as long as the 5.0L has been around.

A stock cammed motor sounds muddy with straight-through mufflers. H-pipe or X-pipe, I think the stock catback sounds better than any of the above mentioned mufflers. Am I the only one?

 

[DFG 5OH]

I'm not real big on straight thru muff's either, i like chamberd myself.

 

[SuperDust22]

I think the stock catback sounds better than any of the above mentioned mufflers. Am I the only one?

I think you are the only one. I have bassani O/R X and bassani mufflers and I love it.

Dustin

 

[GRGT1994]

I'm with you. A Mustang should sound like a Mustang. And that means chambered mufflers. Some say that straight-through mufflers make a Mustang sound more exotic. But a Mustang should not sound exotic IMHO. It should rumble and sound a bit mean.

 

[DFG 5OH]

I'm with you. A Mustang should sound like a Mustang. And that means chambered mufflers. Some say that straight-through mufflers make a Mustang sound more exotic. But a Mustang should not sound exotic IMHO. It should rumble and sound a bit mean.

I agree and disagree. EVERYONE knows that flows sound bad ass on a mustang, and who doesnt have flows on their stang? Its nice to have a little different sound with some different mufflers. I'm not a big fan of the exotic straight though sound, but to each his own. The straight through muffs. remind me of a 4.6

 

[5.0_GT_kid]

My friend had Magnaflows on his 95 GT with an off road H-pipe, and it sounded really good. Not "exotic' but not like flows either.

I loved the way that thing sounded

 

[hotrodnut]

Ok, the Mustang came out in the 60's, so if a Mustang is to sound like a Mustang then to me it should be from the originals, am I right? Back then, the majority of the aftermarket high performance mufflers were of straight thru design, so still today I like the straight though sound over any thing since!

 

[wytstang]

I personally like loud and chambered give ME that sound I like. Drone doesn't bother me at all no matter how bad it is. That being said I don't think it's the muff's (to an extent) the mid pipes have a roll in it as well. The old h vs. x comes to mind sound or raspier with a slight hp increase (<-even then the x has been shown not to beat the h with in the average rpm range [2000-5000]).

 

[4Jenna]

My stock 89 has straight thrus (dynomax) with a offroad H...i dont like the sound that much...when my 95 was stock i had flows/offroad h...thing sounded MEAN.

Even though they say the straights are worth a few more hp (i'm not a fan of the way they sound)....I worry more about the sound than 3-5hp.

 

[Nik_95Cobra]

Well my car sounded like absolute pure and simple CRAP with the macs (unles you like the way cement trucks sound), and a switch to bassani solved that issue.

 

[stang_dan]

i love flowmaster but what i really like is a nice set of macs o yea
dan

 

[sade04]

ive got the SLP-loudmouth system...for those that have heard it, how do you like the sound?

 

[95riosnake]

I like both chambered and straight through muffs...they both sound great to me in different ways.

 

[1slow95]

I absolutely LOVE the sound of my dad's car with a pro-chamber and flows, but Im not real sure I like the sound of my friends 427W with flows...I hope my Ultraflo's sound better on my 418...

 

[cavscout371]

2 chamber, 3" flowmasters

 

[CManT1914]

ive got the SLP-loudmouth system...for those that have heard it, how do you like the sound?

I have an o/r h-pipe with 2.5" flowtubes and SLP's dumped. It sounds freakin awesome. Did I mention I have one of the loudest cars in town? I had a video hosted somewhere of me revving then doing a 180, I'll try and find it and post it.

BTW, does anybody know what happened to that website with all the mustang exhaust clips? NOT mustangexhaust.com, I think donjon had it or something. Chris can you post a link to it?

EDIT: Nevermind, I found it. This is my exhaust, taken from donjohn's site at www.donjonhii.com.

http://donjohnii.com/Exhaust_Clips/59.mov

 

[RedHot91GT]

I dont think you can say straight through mufflers in general all sound the same, so I dont think you can just make it a straight through/noise cancelation muffler arguement. The trueth is lots of straight through designs sound different, and even some noise cancelation ones sound different from eachother. It all comes down to personal preference in the end anyway. Whatever you like.

 

[1hot5.0]

I dont think you can say straight through mufflers in general all sound the same, so I dont think you can just make it a straight through/noise cancelation muffler arguement. The trueth is lots of straight through designs sound different, and even some noise cancelation ones sound different from eachother. It all comes down to personal preference in the end anyway. Whatever you like.

 

[Scott_95GT]

On my old stang I had straight-through borla's and they sounded mean, especially with headers and a mid-pipe. I also like the way my single chamber's sound.

 

[Black Stampede]

Hmmmm.......if you don't drool over the sound of an X-pipe and Spintech Pro-streets especially with a cam, then I worry about your mental state.