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Any muffler that has sound deadening material in it will get louder as time/miles pass (magnaflow is a good example). Flowmaster is nothing but metal inside. It will be a more consistent sound over the long haul.

Sorry to hear about that. Truthfully, your story is nothing new to me (in terms of non-OE parts). I am still on the look out for used OEM ones.

Super sweet price on that amp. My local shop sells it for $169

My 05 V8 says 365 mile range (roughly) when I fill it up. I get about 16-19mpg (19mpg is 95% highway) keeping it below 70mph. The post that says 75-85mph is the sweet spot....ridiculous. I would say its around 40-45mph in 5th gear. which would get you 23+mpg....but that is too slow for highway...

To be honest, the 50 SUV I have does have some resonance at highway speeds. But, like I stated in my thread, (at highways speeds) the wind noise in a 4Runner is more prevalent (in comparison to my muffler noise). And, in comparison to the stock sawdust muffler, any free flow muffler will have...

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I am playing devil's advocate. (b/c I have a 50 SUV Flowmaster) I do not like Magnaflow. I have seen a 5-6 yaer old one so rusted out before (in California) and the packing (fiberglass?) they use inside the muffler (to deaden the 'drone') fades out in time (from my online education) and becomes...

I agree. I have a 920BT and its nice. But they are pricey. I paid $900 a few months ago EDIT: I see you don't need navigation. The Pioneer double din DVD/iPod/etc I was looking at when I was still deciding can be found for $400-600 They have front USB plug decks and rear USB plug decks. I chose...

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This would be nice but I feel it is not realistic. Anyone would be hard pressed to find a exhaust sytem that "claims" it is tuned for a specific motor. Mufflers, in general, are universal (in terms of purpose). The biggest factor is inlet/outlet size of the muffler (and actual piping size)...

They do sound quite different. If I had the V6, I would have just done the side dump. Some like the stock out the back exhuast but I hated it. Looks like some motorized adult toy....lmao. I will post a before and after pic so you guys can see mine. I had no chrome tip and it looked like two...

You can get the side dump cheap. I would think less than $60 with a tip.

I'm glad I am able to help some of you guys hear a 50 SUV for the first time. I am happy with it for sure. Drone isn't that bad. Its there in comparison to the whisper quite stock saw dust filled muffler lol But I have no complaints. I am use to louder exhaust so I may not be a good enough...

Hard to say just yet. Need to go through a whole tank and drive similar to my baseline (17-18mpg on a tank wth mix driving).....Add the fact I probably push the throttle down a little more now....lol

Well that Mustang sounds loud as hell! No cats....40-series....whoa! There was a performance gain for sure. I have a K&N filter replacement in there too and both bumped things up nicely.....figure less than $300 for both and I got 8-15hp at the crank (yes I know its a huge window but I'm...