THE EXHAUST IS DONE! im so happy with it. its excactly what i wanted, not real loud inside the car(but awesome tone), and pretty loud outside and even better tone. i was a little worried about it bogging down with 1-5/8 headers, but no bogging down at all. the specs on the mods are in my sig now.
but i went from this...
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5712.jpg)
to this...
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5716.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5715.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5717.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5708.jpg)
now im just waiting for my pulleys to arrive, then ill completely bypass the airpump (its still hooked up and turning, but its blocked off fromt he exhaust now). btw, this is the first thing ive done to my car that wasnt some sort of handmedown (ie, HO intake and tb).
Nice !!! I remember when I went with aftermarket everything.I loved it.
nice!!!!!
Mmmmmmm flowmasters :D . Feels nice to have REAL exhaust, huh? It's a great thing.
And out of curiosity, how well did those headers go in? Did they bolt right in or did you need to modify them at all?
yeah looks good dude. What kind of headers are those?
they went right in. probably the easiest part of the exhaust. bolts came right out, none broke, nice n' easy. i was really surprised actually. i thoguth for sure i'd snap a bolt
thier BBK 1-5/8'' mustang shorties
looks like a clean install. do you have any pics of the tails?
Is that an X pipe? Nice exhaust, bet it does sound nice without cats on it. Whose GTX? Me like!
I dont see an X pipe anywhere...in his sig, he says it's an H pipe anyway. :flame:
The stock Y pipe still makes me cringe...
Don't disconnect the airpump,it's only worth 1hp(dyno proven) and it will keep your cats alive alot longer.
I don't think he has cats anymore.
From his sig:
You are right Mike no more Cats to keep alive.
So screw the air pump. Rip that thing off!!
sweet! looks kind of close to the driveshaft though. so hows it smell without cats?
haha, yep no cats...smells like an old hotrod, sounds like one too, i love it! best thing i've ever done to this car!
but the pulleys should get here in about 6 days, so ill just leave the pump hooked up till they arrive, then ill buy a belt (76'' i believe) , do everything at once.
that GTX is my uncles. thats where i was able to get a lift. its a 67 (if i remember right). its actually a belvedere convertable, but he did the cosmetic upgrades and some performance ones to make it a GTX. it has the makings to be a sweet car when he gets more time.
and as for clearance, the drivers side fits no problem. but the passenger side was different. its about half an inch from hitting everything when it was on the lift. so i just moved it over a little to give more room everywhere else, and barley touch the driveshaft.
but obvoiusly when the cars on the ground, the driveshaft goes up. which clears the lers alot better. ive driven it all day today and havent heard any squeeks or clunks...just an amazing exhaust tone.
it also helped out the top end power in this car, and thats where it really needed help. before it stoppped pulling hard at about 3500, now it pulls pretty strong to about 4500. buying new stuff is addictive, i think i'll have a couple more upgrades buy the end of summer. :D
Nice, can't wait til my truck is paid for. that is the first thing I'm doing.
Looks great:D
What did ya do for tail pipes?
haha, none actually. my buddy was supposed to get some from his friend and give to me, but he kept putting it off, and i got sick of waiting. so its just ran the 2.5'' exhaust tubing right out that back and put a slight angle cut on it. it actually looks pretty good. good enough that i think ill keep it that way untill it rusts up and starts to look bad, then i'll buy tips. i'll try to get a couple pictures of the tips if i remember tomorow.
ok, the pulleys just came in this afternoon, ill try to get them on and remove that airpump sunday if i can.
heres the pictures of the tips you guys asked for.
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5739.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5733.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5731.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5732.jpg)
headers
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/cougar/HPIM5724.jpg)
looks good i got flows on mine but the only reason i got them was $100 for a used pair and someone had them on there car for less than 2 weeks. But i gotta get some cherry bombs soon because i never wanted flowmasters to start with.
Can you post up a video or sound clip? of the exhaust system
i can try to figure out how to put one up. ive never done that before, i think my camera will do that, but i gotta figure it out. i put the march underdrive pulleys one today, and got rid of that air pump. between the exhaust and pulleys, i highly recomend doing that to these cars. its helped out so much. plus i can already tell im getitng way better MPG. ill try to get that sound clip up though.
Arnt you glad you listened to me ;)
Im glad to see youre getting somewhere with the car. Theres still more to be done :evilgrin:
Cherry Bombs sound good, thats what I run. They are really quite inside, but loud outside the car. And no annoying resonance
yeah, yeah. and theres is more to be done, the next things to do is probably a CAI and 3.73's (yea, you're right, again)
thats sorta the way my car is now. its good and bad, its nice 'cus its not annoying you, u can talk to the person sitting next to you, and all that. but its kinda sad sometimes, cus everyone else can hear how loud and sweet sounding car is, but me.
Ride around in my car for a while, youll appreciate it not being loud in the car.
heres the video, it did an alright job capturing the sound of my car, i was worried it would sound different, but it didnt, so here it is
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/th_HPIM5750.jpg) (http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/grutinator/?action=view¤t=HPIM5750.flv)