firestang70
06-19-2012, 10:09 AM
Ok I will chart my exhaust journey on my 5.0 with a 6r80 auto tranny. I will give opinions on each setup. Also feel free to add good and bad combos, it might help save a member some cash on exhaust combos.
STOCK- TOO QUIET! Remeber the +10 cabin is much quieter than 05-09 cabin, its difficult to hear combos with the windows up.
Roush axle backs, rest of exhaust stock. Very little to 0 drone. They are LOUD, deep idle,they are a little too "gurgly". Nice axleback with cats on. I was disappointed in the quality of the muffler thought they might have rust issus later ( Ihave seen several threads on this very issue). never had the stock tips, I added some aftermarket double rolled tips that looked amazing.
Roush axleback + Lethal O/R X+ stock resonators. YUCK. Way too loud and sounded like an old beat up truck with headers and straight pipes and droned in the cabin. It didn't last long like this.
GT 500s+ Lethal O/R X + stock resonators. This was an excellent combo, deeper than stock idle, nice performance tone at WOT, 0 drone. Was a little quiet but have heard cars with resonators removed and is a little louder and meaner. I have heard these mufflers with cats and still has a nice rumble. the only cons to these are 1. still heavy as stock 2. the tips are not as nice aftermarket tips. Great mufflers.
Stainless Works LTs+ SW O/R X+ GT 500 mufflers. I can never leave well enough alone. This combo had some raspiness, that I did not like, did not have a performance tone that I liked.
Stainless Works LTs+SW O/R X, Bassani axle backs. Pros- lighter than stock mufflers,nice tips, deep idle, aggressive tone, very little drone. Cons-expensive, there is slight drone in the cabin, still has a more performance sound than old school muscle sound. I like this setup quiet deep idle, sounds great at WOT, it shrieks lol. It even crackles alittle on deacceleration.
So with cats on the Roush sounds good, heard several GT 500 muffs with stock cats and sounds nice and mellow. Catless the Roush suck. the GT 500s sound GREAT, sound even better with resonators removed. Adding LTs the GT 500s sounded raspy. The Bassani sounded good and deep but still long for a deeper old school style sound with no to little drone.
Hope this helps anybody looking.
Dale
STOCK- TOO QUIET! Remeber the +10 cabin is much quieter than 05-09 cabin, its difficult to hear combos with the windows up.
Roush axle backs, rest of exhaust stock. Very little to 0 drone. They are LOUD, deep idle,they are a little too "gurgly". Nice axleback with cats on. I was disappointed in the quality of the muffler thought they might have rust issus later ( Ihave seen several threads on this very issue). never had the stock tips, I added some aftermarket double rolled tips that looked amazing.
Roush axleback + Lethal O/R X+ stock resonators. YUCK. Way too loud and sounded like an old beat up truck with headers and straight pipes and droned in the cabin. It didn't last long like this.
GT 500s+ Lethal O/R X + stock resonators. This was an excellent combo, deeper than stock idle, nice performance tone at WOT, 0 drone. Was a little quiet but have heard cars with resonators removed and is a little louder and meaner. I have heard these mufflers with cats and still has a nice rumble. the only cons to these are 1. still heavy as stock 2. the tips are not as nice aftermarket tips. Great mufflers.
Stainless Works LTs+ SW O/R X+ GT 500 mufflers. I can never leave well enough alone. This combo had some raspiness, that I did not like, did not have a performance tone that I liked.
Stainless Works LTs+SW O/R X, Bassani axle backs. Pros- lighter than stock mufflers,nice tips, deep idle, aggressive tone, very little drone. Cons-expensive, there is slight drone in the cabin, still has a more performance sound than old school muscle sound. I like this setup quiet deep idle, sounds great at WOT, it shrieks lol. It even crackles alittle on deacceleration.
So with cats on the Roush sounds good, heard several GT 500 muffs with stock cats and sounds nice and mellow. Catless the Roush suck. the GT 500s sound GREAT, sound even better with resonators removed. Adding LTs the GT 500s sounded raspy. The Bassani sounded good and deep but still long for a deeper old school style sound with no to little drone.
Hope this helps anybody looking.
Dale