haromaster87

Hey guys,

I have a stock 86 Mustang GT 5.0/5spd. I'm 16 so it's got plenty of power for me. lol I don't wanna do anything to it, cause I really can't afford it, and I just don't want to. lol But I do wanna upgrade the exhaust wich I know will give me a few extra ponies, not enough to notice a major difference, but they'll be there. lol Heres my exhaust plans and my questions, I'm gonna do bbk shorty headers, a bbk H or X pipe, and probly some classic cherry bomb glasspack mufflers. So first off, I wanna know is there any performance differences between H and X pipes? If so what? And what changes in the sound between H and X? Also does anyone have a good soundclip of a 5.0 running any kinda glasspacks?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Tony[/align]

mjr46

x pipes are suppose to produce a little better power.. not much though..and as far as glass packs[:'(]......not many have sound clips of such cause not many run them cause they just don't sound good on a mustang

302army187

dont go cheap, and youll have a nice sounding car.

if i was 16, with a mustang, id just do it to have a loud obnoxious car.

prob be cheaper to cut open your stock exhaust and gut them, then to pay someone to weld in cherrybombs.


belive me, if you spend the money on the exhaust, you will be alot happer.

Albizo66

x pipe is a little louder, and "raspier" for lack of a better word than an h pipe..will also give you a whopping 1 or 2 hp more than an H pipe...i have an x pipe, and will never get an h pipe..i LOVE my x..its ALL opinnion though

arent magnapacks and lm2s essentially glasspacks?

floodzilla

Dude, lol stop sayinglol.j/k.id go witha nice flowmaster exhaust system, there pretty affordable and sound great.

Stella94GT

if your not realy wanting to spend much or do much to your mustang then all you realy need to do is change out the catback. the stock headers and mid pipe do suck but as you said you dont realy want to do much to the car, if i were you id find a nice cat back and call it a day.

1992lx5.0

heres a clip of mine with BBK shorty 1-5/8 headers, Mac X pipe no cats, Flowmaster American Thunder 2 Chamber mufflers....Pardon the pics this was the first start up after i did the conversion froma 4 cyl to an 8glass pacs on a mustang just does not sound good i have herd them and seen them on cars before, not something i would brag about.....

http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/k...running022.flv

haromaster87

Well, my stock headers have a few holes in them, and I really wanna just get a new set of headers and a new midpipe. As for any welding, I wont have to pay, my bro welds, alot. I'll prolly just get some 2-chamber flows with the header and midpipe and call it a day.

Bullitt91

i have MAC 1 5/8 shorties, MAC catted h-pipe, and american thunder flows. my brother has an 89 gt and he has MAC equal length shorties, pacesetter X no cats, and american thunder flows. his is pretty loud compared to mine.

OneFine89Mustang

dont listen to everyone on here kid. i have glasspacks on my 89 with off road h pipe..not cats and it sounds amazing let me figure out how to load a sound clip on here and i will prove to this whole forum that glasspacks sound amazing...flowmaster everyone uses them they are old now