badsp0rk

I finally got my new car, upgrading from a Probe GT to an '02 Mustang GT and I absolutely love it. The previous owner put 3.73 gears and a k+n filter in the car already, and I plan on putting an exhaust system on the car and getting a tuner. However, I have a few questions for you guys:
1) Which exhaust system do you guys recommend? And I live in Connecticut, so we do have emissions (I can't just pop the cat. converter off, nor can I get off-road pipes or whatever)
2) Which upgrade would be a better idea to do first? Obviously I'm set back some money because I had to buy the new car, and upgrading is a dream until the summer time but it's surely fun to dream. Now, my odometer/speedometer is completely off from the gears, so I was thinking I ought to get the tuner before the exhaust? sound good?

Thanks for your help!

blueangelfightr

How about a SLP system. You can do a x-pipe catted. And I would get the tuner before the exhaust. Or you can get them both at the same time.

Acer2428

Well, if it's a manual I really don't think a tuner is a good idea to begin with. Pretty much all it's going to do is add more timing and give you a few ponies.

For exhaust, since you have emissions, I like the catted mac H-pipe, with an SLP catback. Look around int he pipes, boost, and huice section, you'll see/hear lots of different combos.

badsp0rk

Is SLP... loud? My Probe had a flowmaster exhaust with a big hole in it, so it was loud as hell... I kinda didn't like it THAT loud. I was looking at the Steeda exhaust, heard it wasn't quite as loud as the others but still had significant performance gains.
Of course, it's also a lot more expensive which means waiting longer to upgrade.

badsp0rk

It is a manual; would you say it's a better idea to just get the speedometer/odometer fixer dongle-thingy put out by Ford Racing? It's siginificantly cheaper, and the biggest reason I'd get a tuner is for that (except the tuner says it does a ton of other things too, like HP and MPG, plus the live statistic thing looks interesting)


By the way, where do you recommend buying Mustang stuff from?

blueangelfightr

LOUD! IS IT LOUD? of course its loud. The louder the faster. Didn't you know that.

badsp0rk

I guess [sm=smiley3.gif]

I think I'm just going to get the steeda or something; it's everything I need + stainless steel. Thanks for the input tho!

Acer2428

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

The steeda is like $600. Magnaflow is also SS and is only like $350. So are the SLPII's.

blueangelfightr

The SLP I's are the best. Forget about the II's.

badsp0rk

http://www.mustangtuning.com/stgtststcaex.html <- steeda's 550 plus s+h

http://www.mustangtuning.com/maca94gt.html <- 450, free shipping...

http://www.lmperformance.com/5587/50.html <- 350, but does that come w/ muffler and everything? or can I use the stock or something?

are there any performance differences / noise differences between the steeda and magnaflow? I do like the lifetime warranty w/ magnaflow...

Stainless steel = key for me, because of that probe gt's flowmaster exhaust; the tips were either chrome or steel and they are perfect to this day (7 years after the install?) but there's a huge rotten hole in the muffler to go along with the rings that hold the system in place rotting off and the cat. converter rotting away as well; the whole thing is falling apart completely and needs a full replacement. I actually bought the mustang because I simply did not want to put any more money into a 12 year old car with 88,000 miles on it (with plenty of other problems too, like burning oil and the sunroof motor slowly dying.. lack of snow tires... etc.. etc..).

Although, I do have to say for anyone who cares, the Probe GT was a fun car to drive with a little bit of pep every now and then. Not power like the Mustang, but pep. Good beater cars for winter driving (as long as you have snow tires + 5 speed), too.