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Exhaust drone (continued)

So apparently the drone from my Borla straight through/packed lers is exactly the same as the Flowmasters they replaced. Anyone have any ideas on getting rid of it? I'm about ready to test the "theory" over at Corral on welding 2 foot long pipes onto the tailpipes to change the resonant frequencies. Any ideas on anything else I can try prior to doing this? I've also heard of going to larger tips helping cut down on exhaust drone.

It's that  1700-2000 rpm range around 130Hz (slightly lower than on Mustangs). I guess the easy way around it would have been a single exhaust :p
1988 Thunderbird Sport

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Reply #1
As you probably know from the Corral thread, I put Corsa lers on mine for the drone - they did squat. Resonator type exhaust tips help some, obviously the resonator tubes will work if you want to go to that extreme.
11.96 @ 118 MPH old 306 KB; 428W coming soon.

 

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Reply #2
If you've got the resources and ability to make those, do it and let us know the results!!!!
 
Yet another reason I love my 3.73s......above that rpm on the highway lol :hick:
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #3
Quote from: Cougar5.0;265574
As you probably know from the Corral thread, I put Corsa lers on mine for the drone - they did squat. Resonator type exhaust tips help some, obviously the resonator tubes will work if you want to go to that extreme.

Hah, yeah, that sounds like it was a waste. I may just go that far to try getting rid of the noise - it drives me nuts. It's annoying around town too unless I get on it, let off, and get on it some more to keep the motor out of that rpm range. It grabs around 2200 rpm's with this stall converter.
1988 Thunderbird Sport