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When I bought my '00 SVT it had magnaflow mufflers on them. I don't like them. Sounds too ricey. Plus the 4" tips just look dead grotty on them. For christs sake I have 3.5" exhaust on my nitrous 347. That is an engine that turns 7500 RPM and I spray 300. Even for that much exhaust volume, I still lost a little bit of torque down low. Ford had something to do with this by making the rear valance big.  SO I guess it could look worse. I have a built-to-the-hilt 3L hybrid and so I guess what kind of mufflers can I put on that appear to be stock like and are quiet without impeding exhaust flow (significantly).
I tried a few searches but could only find posts that were concerned about making the exhaust sounding "better"
I guess this is the best place to put this post but if it fits better in another forum I appologize.
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PS if anyone is interested in the Magnaflow mufflers let me know. I will probably swap them out the middle of next month. If you PM me your email addy I can send you some pics. I have the original recipt and with install these mufflers cost $525.
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This is by no means the way to go, but maybe some options.
On my mostly stock SVT...I ran the stock mufflers, but got rid of the main cat and the resonator and put a resonator/glasspack (whatever you want to call it) it sounded good and I don't think I needed anymore flow than that.
I have a 3L trubo now, no cats, no mufflers, I have 2 3in resonator/glasspack's. It's a little louder than I would really want, but it sounds pretty mean.
What I have found is that Summit exhaust parts are very high quality and good price (they are actually made by a reputable company, but they don't say who) I kind of think it might be dynomax.
I have one on my wife's Exlporer and it sounds really good not loud at all.
Then from my mustang friend I have heard that the dynomax ultra flow are the ones to get for maximum flow and least noise.
I still don't know that you would need a 3in exhaust, but good luck. If you are worried abotu quality and price you could always have a cheap system made and then when you found out you liked it then have a nice one made. Then you eliminate a lot of the risk.
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Originally posted by giddyup306:
When I bought my '00 SVT it had magnaflow mufflers on them. I don't like them. Sounds too ricey. Plus the 4" tips just look dead grotty on them. For christs sake I have 3.5" exhaust on my nitrous 347. That is an engine that turns 7500 RPM and I spray 300. Even for that much exhaust volume, I still lost a little bit of torque down low. Ford had something to do with this by making the rear valance big. SO I guess it could look worse. I have a built-to-the-hilt 3L hybrid and so I guess what kind of mufflers can I put on that appear to be stock like and are quiet without impeding exhaust flow (significantly).
I tried a few searches but could only find posts that were concerned about making the exhaust sounding "better"
I guess this is the best place to put this post but if it fits better in another forum I appologize.
Thanks,
Mike
PS if anyone is interested in the Magnaflow mufflers let me know. I will probably swap them out the middle of next month. If you PM me your email addy I can send you some pics. I have the original recipt and with install these mufflers cost $525.
Hey, I don't know what the full exhaust is but magnaflows sound really good on the contours normally. I had the straight through design but you will get that ricey raspy sound and drone if you don't have a catalytic converter and a resonator.
I ran a main cat and then to reduce any drone I used a dynomax thrush bullet muffler/resonator in place of where the stock resonator goes, right before the 3" split. The mufflers and the resonator are all straight through design and they made it sound very smooth and rumbly, not too loud. Without a catalyst you will be louder and you may get some rasp on startup. The only thing you can do then is get the highest flow, offset or baffled muffler and use that in place of a resonator. Then you will solve the ricey sound.
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Originally posted by warmonger:
Originally posted by giddyup306:
When I bought my '00 SVT it had magnaflow mufflers on them. I don't like them. Sounds too ricey. Plus the 4" tips just look dead grotty on them. For christs sake I have 3.5" exhaust on my nitrous 347. That is an engine that turns 7500 RPM and I spray 300. Even for that much exhaust volume, I still lost a little bit of torque down low. Ford had something to do with this by making the rear valance big. SO I guess it could look worse. I have a built-to-the-hilt 3L hybrid and so I guess what kind of mufflers can I put on that appear to be stock like and are quiet without impeding exhaust flow (significantly).
I tried a few searches but could only find posts that were concerned about making the exhaust sounding "better"
I guess this is the best place to put this post but if it fits better in another forum I appologize.
Thanks,
Mike
PS if anyone is interested in the Magnaflow mufflers let me know. I will probably swap them out the middle of next month. If you PM me your email addy I can send you some pics. I have the original recipt and with install these mufflers cost $525.
Hey, I don't know what the full exhaust is but magnaflows sound really good on the contours normally. I had the straight through design but you will get that ricey raspy sound and drone if you don't have a catalytic converter and a resonator.
I ran a main cat and then to reduce any drone I used a dynomax thrush bullet muffler/resonator in place of where the stock resonator goes, right before the 3" split. The mufflers and the resonator are all straight through design and they made it sound very smooth and rumbly, not too loud. Without a catalyst you will be louder and you may get some rasp on startup. The only thing you can do then is get the highest flow, offset or baffled muffler and use that in place of a resonator. Then you will solve the ricey sound.
Personally, I dont know why people get rid of the cat so quickly... the Catalytic converter is a catalyst (duh) someone correct me if im wrong, but a catalyst is designed to speed up a reaction, wouldnt getting rid of it technically hurt your power gains? Plus any newer car without a cat I have ever heard sounded like anus, ESPECIALLY any honda without a cat.
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Actually a catalyst is designed to convert something without consuming itself (by definition). In the automotive world, it "breaks down" unburnt HCs (hydrocarbons). The downside is that it creates excessive backpressure. But, with most any car produced in the last 10 years or so the power loss at best is negligable.
Their is usually more power to be had by swapping mufflers IMHO.
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The exhaust is stock 'cept for the MSDS (which helped a LOT) and the mufflers. I still retained the main cat. In case if you guys misread me, I want this to be a hell of a sleeper. 
I want a STOCK sounding exhaust. I guess how much would a stock muffler impede the exhasut? Tom? Demon? Anyone?
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I have dynomax mufflers on my svt and zetec. Plenty quiet, yet can still be heard (atleast on the svt), and sounds pretty good (a few people complimented it this weekend). I'm probably going to go with a bit louder exhaust, but if quiet and good flowing is what you want, go with dynomax.
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Originally posted by giddyup306:
I want a STOCK sounding exhaust. I guess how much would a stock muffler impede the exhasut? Tom? Demon? Anyone?
Well just for reference...I don't know of any catback gaining more than like 5-8hp on a stock SVT tour.
The stock system flows pretty well, and I am sure Tom and Demon will agree the most restrictive part is the resonator.
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Originally posted by stilov:
Originally posted by giddyup306:
I want a STOCK sounding exhaust. I guess how much would a stock muffler impede the exhasut? Tom? Demon? Anyone?
Well just for reference...I don't know of any catback gaining more than like 5-8hp on a stock SVT tour.
Well my SVT is far from stock.
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I know...what I am saying is the stock SVT mufflers are pretty good.
You just can't get everything though. You gonna get more noise with more flow.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I have dynomax mufflers on my svt and zetec. Plenty quiet, yet can still be heard (atleast on the svt), and sounds pretty good (a few people complimented it this weekend). I'm probably going to go with a bit louder exhaust, but if quiet and good flowing is what you want, go with dynomax.
[compliment]You're right.. those ProSeries DO sound good! [/compliment]
Its quiet... burbles at idle.. yet sounds VERY nice at WOT.
I agree, though, that the stock setup flows well enough for anything but an FI'd 2.5 or a done-3L. (minus the resonator)
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