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Originally posted by Curt:
straight pipes sound like crap

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loud and crappy is the way of the straight pipe.
 

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Posted by 4.6 EATIN GM'S (Member # 1633) on :
 
yeah it will sound like shit and you will loose power
 

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Posted by racsirx (Member # 1710) on :
 
I have a Mustang here that has a stock H-pipe with no mufflers and turndowns, sounds cool, doesnt seem to lose power, did this back in the day on another Mustang and added an extra balance tube on the stock H-pipe and it sounded way better.
 

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Posted by STANGSALLY76 (Member # 5342) on :
 
if you still have cats what your doing is
pointless you will lose low-end and its not
worth the shity sound
 

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Posted by erik89gt (Member # 7364) on :
 
It doesn't necessarily have to sound bad, it depends on your setup. I have FMS shorties, the stock 4 cat hpipe, straight pipes welded in place of the muffler and then mandrel bent tailpipes the rest of the way back in the stock location.

Sounds pretty damn good to me, and I always get compliments. Then again I also have a cam, GT40 upper and lower and some other goodies so again its dependant on your setup. It can also be very tame around town depending how you drive it, and when you give it a rev it sounds excellent and over 3k to WOT it just screams.

Also I'm pretty sure with the stock 2.5" hpipe and 4 cats a lack of backpressure will not be a problem, but again it does depend on your motor combo as well.
 

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Posted by warhorse58gt (Member # 7702) on :
 
why do people leave there stock cats on? when you can get x/h pipe with high flow cats. why drop the mufflers when you still have the bottle neck of you 4 cat stock 2 1/4 pipes?
 

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