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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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SO GET THIS - AFTER BUYING MY 2006 V6 MUSTANG, I LET MY DAD DRIVE IT BECAUSE ME AND HIM ARE ADDICTED TO MUSTANGS. MY DAD HAS HAD TWO, ONE OF THEM, 98 GT, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY 16TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT, BUT THE WAS THROWN DOWN THE TUBES WHEN SOMEONE HIT HIM ON THE FREEWAY AND TOTALED THE CAR. (HE WAS FINE THANKS TO THE AIRBAG)
NOW, AT 20 YEARS OLD, I BUY MY FIRST MUSTANG 6 MONTHS AGO.
SO WHEN HE DRIVES IT FOR THE FIRST TIME HE GETS THAT SMILING GRIN ON HIS FACE LIKE HE IS SEEING A PAIR OF T*T* FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND NOW 6 MONTHS LATER HE COMES HOME IN A BRAND NEW 2008 GT IN DARK CANDY APPLE RED. AND DESPITE MY ENVY FOR IT I FEEL I OWE HIM THE HELP OF FINDING PARTS FOR IT, SINCE HE STARTED MY MUSTANG ADDICTION WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
HE WANTS AN OPINION ON WHAT AXLE-BACKS HAVE THE LEAST INTERIOR DRONE (LIKE WHEN YOU ARE CRUISING AT 60-65) BUT STILL POSESS A NICE THROATY TONE WHEN ACCELERATING?
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 01:56 PM
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I have Borla stingers and I love them to death. The only drone I get is between 1800rpms to 2000rpms but before or after that its golden. Very deep throaty sound when you step on it and at idel.
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THOSE. THEY SOUND REAL GOOD. HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR THEM?
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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boomtubes ftw!
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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Corsas, but they are about $700. Ford Racing GTAs are supposed to not have any drone. They are loader and deeper than stock. Another choice is JBAs, which I have. Not too loud but have a deep tone and sound awesome when acclerating. JBAs do have a very slight drone, almost unnoticable.
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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WTF ARE BOOMTUBES. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THEM. DO YOU HAVE A SOUNDCLIP?
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:02 PM
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I ACTUALLY HAVE THE WHOLE JBA TRUE DUAL ON MY V6 AND IT SOUNDS LOUDER THAN THE STOCK GT SYSTEM. I HAVE BEEN TELLING HIM TO GO WITH JBA. SOUNDS GOOD AND NOT TOO PRICY.
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by V6GreenMachine
WTF ARE BOOMTUBES. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THEM. DO YOU HAVE A SOUNDCLIP?
since you asked, i do have a few clips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6YB9vv63dE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBVhK...eature=related

boomtubes are made by Mac. they are straight thru muffler deletes w/ baffles inside a lot like a resonator. loud at WOT, not that loud at idle. i also have LT's and o/r x pipe. the boomtubes cost about 290.
my other favorite axle backs are borla, bassani race, mac, pypes mid mufflers.
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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THANKS GUYS, I THINK IT IS BETWEEN MACS AND JBA
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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+1 to what cutterwolf said.

I have a set of Steeda axlebacks, same as the singers as far as I have heard and I really like them a lot, not too loud and really no drown, but they can have a lot of grunt to them when you want them to.



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