Sound
Check
Installing Flowmaster's new exhaust system
for 67-70 Mustangs. |
1978
F250 Exhaust Upgrade
In this article I'll show you the steps
I went through to add a new exhaust system to FordMuscle's 1978 F250
4x4. Also known as Project Redneck, , this F250 has a nearly stock
351M....
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Street/Strip
Friendly Exhaust
Here is a way to have both a quiet,
neighborhood friendly exhaust for street driving and a full out performance
exhaust when you are headed to the track. My Dynomax Turbo
mufflers are street friendly.....
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Stop
Loose Header Bolts
A common problem experienced by heavily
used performance engines is loose header bolts. This is caused mostly
by the expansion and contraction of the heads coupled with engine....
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Neighborly
Exhaust
Here is a bar chart and video I made
while in search of the precise decibel level at which your neighbors
will become pissed off about your Ford project car's exhaust.....
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Header
Tubing Fabrication Tips
When I started my home built
twin turbo car I had to do a lot of firsts, one of which was fab up
exhaust tubing, charge piping, and make header modifications in order
to meet my goal....
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Best
of Both Worlds
There aren't many aftermarket products that put money in your pocket.
Flowmaster's muffler for 05-07 V6 Mustangs does just that. Learn how
they created a design that increases both fuel economy and horsepower...
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Sound
Thinking
Make your '05 Mustang sound mean!
Many
owners of the new Mustang are installing new mufflers to make their
GT's sound more aggressive than stock. Unfortunately many exhaust
companies used their existing muffler designs to get to market quickly
and as a result have introduced resonance into the new car. We review
a muffler that is engineered specifically for the '05. |
Exhaust
Notes
We continue to modify the Big & Ugly Work Truck. This time we're
addressing the restrictive single exhaust system. The truck receives
a set of Flowtech shorty headers and a Flowmaster exhaust kit. Greg's
Mufflers of Lafayette, California gives us tips on how to install
a clamp-together exhaust kit without leaks.... |
Project
MX
Going Mobile
FM puts  Project
MX on the road with Flowmaster's new "U-Fit Dual Kit", universal
mandrel bent dual exhaust. Six months after retrieving Project MX,
we reach our short-term goal of making this reckless acquistion more
than another anchor in sideyard, driveway, or street. |
Sound
Thinking
Make your '05 Mustang sound mean!
Many
owners of the new Mustang are installing new mufflers to make their
GT's sound more aggressive than stock. Unfortunately many exhaust
companies used their existing muffler designs to get to market quickly
and as a result have introduced resonance into the new car. We review
a muffler that is engineered specifically for the '05. |
eXtreme
eXhaust
Coming up with an exhaust system for a strip  car
is a bit more challenging that for a street car. On a car that is
predominantly used for the street, your concerns may be, in this order,
sound quality, power, ease of fitment, and perhaps durability. Let's
face it, most people who get an aftermarket exhaust do so for... |
Xhale!
Give your modular Mustang an aggressive bark with an crossover-pipe.
 It
is rumored that Ford engineers spent considerable time and money developing
just the right exhaust note for the 99-04 4.6L 2V Mustang. We give
them props, it is a pretty respectable rumble in stock form, but as
with most Mustangs there is something left to be...
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5.0L Exhaust System
Upgrades
Ford was on the right track when they  introduced
tubular headers and dual exhausts on the first 5.0 Mustangs. However
the factory systems still fell short in performance, as they were
designed to minimize sound and emissions, rather than maximizing performance...
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Five Minute
Mufflers: Tunable Exhaust Inserts by Car Chemistry
 One
of the dilemmas when building a street-legal strip car is what to
do for an exhaust system. Most strip cars run best "uncapped"
-meaning open headers with no mufflers or pipes. Mufflers, as their
name implies, are meant to muffle... |
More 5.0L Exhaust
Tests:
Testing the MAC Prochamber
When
Ford first designed the
fuel injected five
liter Mustang, the exhaust system was a study in compromises. With
the need to meet federal and California emissions standards as well
as federal drive-by noise standards, the stock exhaust does not qualifyas
a high flow system. At least it was... |
Keeping
it Green:
Testing High Flow Catalytic Converters
"Smog certificate required", the three dreaded words that
muscle car owners hate to read on their registration notices. Most
states now require some sort emissions testing every one or two years
in order to register a vehicle. In heavily populated (and polluted)
states like...
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