Right now I'm running a Magnapack in place of the factory muffler with a 4" tip in the factory exit. It sounds great on cold starts and through about 2k-2500 RPMs but after that you tend to hear more motor than exhaust. I don't want drone or it to be annoying on long rides which it isn't now, but wish it really growled through all RPMS. Suggestions?

-Curtis-

 

What size pipe?
Stock size?

Can you post a vid?

 

Stock piping from the Y to the muffler then stock from muffler to tip. 2.5" i believe?

I'll see if I can't find a way to get a video.

-Curtis-

 

Which Magnapack do you have?

 

Or - Ask ol' DewserB ...


MGD

 

Buy an XR-1. lol

 

That's the nature of those mufflers, hi flows would make it louder all around, but that might be louder than you want. An XR-1 would probably be a good option as Arklight mentioned. They seem to hold the tone through the whole rpms

 

4" x 14"

-Curtis-

 

That is sort of the nature of most exhaust on most vehicles. As your engines revs threw it's RPM range, it is rolling threw a million different sound frequencies. Different mufflers cancel out different frequencies in many variations. Different mufflers will also change the drone sweet spot a little bit, based on the tonal properties of the muffler construction, and the rest of the system all together.

What I am trying to explain here, is that is impossible to engineer a perfect muffler. Even if you did, it would act different on every vehicle, and on every system.

So... get used to it or buy a new 5.0 mustang and throw a stinger exhaust on it!

haha

 

But really, if you want it louder in the high RPM, your going to have to put up with more noise all together.

 

true dual it and hi flows. ive got plenty of growl in my 2010 with true dual magnapacks and 4"x18" tips

 

3" tailpipe or dual tails with 12" long tips.

Hey there! Been awhile since I have seen your prowling the exhaust section with your high sense of humor!


True duals will drone real well.

 

Don't know if this is much help but my magnaflow catback that came on my Lightning did what you described, I called it falling on it's face. I have since removed it and used an x-pipe from the cats to two dynomax bullets (you could use the magnapacks in place). It's drones a little bit but it's nothing like cars I've ridden in with flowmasters and exhausts like that. It's very aggressive sounding throughout the entire RPM range now. I'm sure with a quieter/ larger muffler you could control the drone and still get a good tone out of it.

 

O' Exhaust Emperor!




MGD

 

To the OP:

Well, it looks like you're running the 'right' MP for the sound you're after, but it also looks like you're searching for that exhaust Holy Grail.

Ain't no sich thang! If you want more volume, drone will start to be an issue, and as others have pointed out, more volume throughout the RPM range means more volume overall.

If you want it louder, true duals or SI/DO may be the route you want to go. Remember, with the stock exit point you have now, that's about the furthest point away from the driver's seat. You won't be able to hear it as well with that exit style verses some form of 'dual' exit.