Hi All,
A year and half ago I installed a complete (O/R X and Catback) Magnaflow system on my '02 GT.
Ever since I put it on, there has been a somewhat loud hissing. It sounds like a "Tssssss" when I'm doing anything except for VERY light acceleration. I had originally thought it was a leak, so I had the catback welded. It was still there.
Put the car up on the lift and they could still find no leaks and I couldn't hear any either. It seemed to be ONLY when the car was under load. So, out of desparation, the muffler shop welded the mid-pipe to the catback as well. No change, the sound was still there..
I took it to another shop the other day and they said that X pipes will sound that way. I havn't heard that before, so I turn to my trusty Stangnet Forums and I see there are many other people having similar issues. So, if that's just the way they are, then I can accept that. But - I must say, it sounds like crap.. I've lived with sounding like an old dump truck for a year and a half, but I can't take it anymore!!
It's especially bad when I'm accelerating between two vehicles at a stop light.. I can hear the hiss echoing off the vehicles around me and it sounds horrible..
My question is: Is there anything that can be done to eliminate/reduce this "hissing" sound? I was thinking of using some header wrap on the X in the X-pipe. Has anyone tried this before?
Thanks!!
Riley
A year and half ago I installed a complete (O/R X and Catback) Magnaflow system on my '02 GT.
Ever since I put it on, there has been a somewhat loud hissing. It sounds like a "Tssssss" when I'm doing anything except for VERY light acceleration. I had originally thought it was a leak, so I had the catback welded. It was still there.
Put the car up on the lift and they could still find no leaks and I couldn't hear any either. It seemed to be ONLY when the car was under load. So, out of desparation, the muffler shop welded the mid-pipe to the catback as well. No change, the sound was still there..
I took it to another shop the other day and they said that X pipes will sound that way. I havn't heard that before, so I turn to my trusty Stangnet Forums and I see there are many other people having similar issues. So, if that's just the way they are, then I can accept that. But - I must say, it sounds like crap.. I've lived with sounding like an old dump truck for a year and a half, but I can't take it anymore!!
It's especially bad when I'm accelerating between two vehicles at a stop light.. I can hear the hiss echoing off the vehicles around me and it sounds horrible..
My question is: Is there anything that can be done to eliminate/reduce this "hissing" sound? I was thinking of using some header wrap on the X in the X-pipe. Has anyone tried this before?
Thanks!!
Riley