exhaust on a V6

alright i sat down with myself and decided that im not going to any extremes to make my mustang a freakin tank. i think im just gonna do some minor things to the mustang i have now. My question is; if i get an intake and headers, would an off road h pipe sound like a fart cannon or what. I dont think it would be that deep, maybe a little deeper cause of the intake and headers but not like a V8. idk what do you guys think. And girls. :face:

ok wanna do the 3.8 right with minor bolt ons?

Exhaust:
Long Tube Headers
Off-Road X-Pipe (If you wanna go off road route)
Flow 40s (they will give you a really deep mellow sound for a v6)

Intake:
Port and Polish Lower Intake
Windstar Upper Intake (Comes with Cold Air Kit)

Other:
Underdrive Pulleys (Dont do if you plan to go SC)
Tuner
3.73 Gears
Posi-Trac

After all that youll have a good amount of horsepower and keep up with 6ers like eddie and lightly modded gts

If you want to go N/A...
4.2L Bore and Stroke Kit w/ forged internals and a mild cam

at that point you can get nitrous and run 150 shot fine

If you want to go forced induction...
Pick turbo or supercharger then from there bore and stroke according to compression ratios...Will (TT_05stang) is the best to talk to about FI

Anymore question just ask ive dont alot of research on modding the 3.8

All I can say is pick a goal and do it right once. I have wasted tons of money on parts, and then end up ripping them off later because they wont work with somethign I am modding...

As far as the v6 they are stout to the 450rwhp mark. They come already with forged rods. The pistons are that causes issues past the 450 mark. If you like to do mechanical work yourself, I would do a DIY single turbo kit on your car. I believe you can use the stock headers, and flip them forwards, use a ball and socket flange and create a crossover tube. I have a mig welder we can fab up the hot side with. Tubing will cost you around 100 or so for a box of tubing we would need to cut and weld together for the hot side crossover and the cold side. You wuold need a Blow through MAF sensor preferably a Pro Tube (300). Injectors (250+). The 7.5 rear end will not handle the power and will have to be replaced with an 8.8 that will bolt right in, from a junk yard for under 300. Finally you will need a turbo. You can get a Master Power t-60 for around 500 new. Get yourself a tuner for under 300, and you have yourself a GT killer.

Will

yeah me too believe me ive dreamed all about everything you said but all im thinking about doin is exhaust right noww. One step at a time man, money's tight. I was lookin at shorty headers, the pypes x o/r conversion mid pipe, and SLP loudmouths

slp sound nasty on a 6 if you like the raspy sound if i ever put exhaust on my 6 it would be slps...

stock, the 99-04 v6 mustang comes with cast iron manifolds. a short tube header will have 3 separate primaries (1 for each exhaust port) that merge into one at a collector pipe close to the engine. the primaries are short in length - hence short tube headers. these flow better over the stock manifolds, but long tube headers flow more and can support more flow overall, thus are a better option for a supercharged motor or a motor with more air flow.

the power is mostly found by moving the powerband up higher in the rpm's and increasing it as well.

for power and sound:

manifolds < short tube headers < long tube headers

and i believe shortys are better for turbos but once again I lack in the forced induction area of knowledge...ask mr will

Ya, the 3.8/3.9 sounds great with Flow's, my buddy had them on a 3.8 and it was real close to the sound of a GT, almost, as for the 4.0 the Mac sounds best, but it doesn't get near as close as the 3.8/3.9 with Flwo's

speaking of the devil with them flows...when are we gonna see him again?

the 65 is still being painted, it may not be done till spring

well he could just not be a bum and come hangout

I had a buddy with a 95 sixxer and he had shorties, off road H pipe and flows and it sounded damn near a stock GT, for what it's worth.

just get some GT takeoffs.

prodrifterx wrote:just get some GT takeoffs.

Not loud enough

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I'm thinking about twin turbo-ing it later like the new GT-R so i might go with the shorties and plus, that way i can put my stock exhaust back on for emmissions testing.

chrome header wont stay pretty very long with salt and driving everyday

well then i'll get the polished
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but then i think that slps are such good looking tailpipes that i'll get them
http://www.americanmuscle.com/slpexhaust.html


with flowmaster super 44's mufflers
http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/products/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4135&zenid=9682696651a0d827d49f72569518b02d

yeah 3 inch slp tips are nice and yeah polished will look a bit better over time probly

why do you want to buy shorty headers, whether bolt the off road H on your stock ones or get the LT's.

im hoping for it to sound like this