V6 exhaust

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V6 exhaust

December 08, 2009, 04:55:03 PM

I see there's plenty of V6 users here.

What if anything can be done to make the V6 sound better? I'd be happy to keep the single exhaust as it's much simpler than moving fuel filters etc.

Is there a good sounding ler for the 3.8?

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Reply #1 – December 08, 2009, 05:11:19 PM

When I had a V-6 years ago,I had a true dual exhaust made for it with a crossover pipe midway between the exhaust manifolds and the lers,and a nice pair of turbo lers.Not glasspacks,not Flowmasters,just simple turbo lers.The car had a nice tone without sounding like the tuners,and it wasn't embarrassing.Sounded like the old Grand Nationals (if you ever heard one).

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Reply #2 – December 08, 2009, 08:39:21 PM

I've got 2.25" tubing from the manifolds to a high flow cat, then out as 2.25" dual into twin Flowmaster knockoffs(Previous owner did the exhaust). I like it, very quite at idle though :(. If you get on it though, you get a nice little rumble.:D

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Reply #3 – December 15, 2009, 04:35:40 PM

Search may yield more results.

On my v6 years ago I ran 94-up factory headers as they are tubular, Mustang 2.5 H-pipe, too two 2.25 tails through flowmaster 40's. You can clear the passenger side jsut fine you just have to smart when runnng the pipes as anything more than 2.25 wont clear easily.

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Reply #4 – December 15, 2009, 06:51:29 PM

if you just want a cheap dual set up, use the factory Y pipe for the fake duals on an '88 XR-7 then run a pair of lers of your choice, then mustang tailpipes with tips.

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Reply #5 – December 15, 2009, 06:58:05 PM

All great ideas. At least the exhaust is pretty much the last bit to be done. Lots of decisions.

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Reply #6 – December 15, 2009, 10:01:56 PM

On my first Cougar which was a 3.8; I ran stock manifolds to 2.25" tubing aftermarket catalytic converters and glasspacks. Great sound @ idle and part throttle. Slightly raspy, yet not obnoxious at full tilt. Loudest exhaust setup I've owned to date. Also a noted improvement in power.

My current car can set off an alarm at idle if I'm close to that car. When I had that exhaust on my 6 pot, I remember setting one off from about 40 feet in a public parking lot.

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Reply #7 – December 16, 2009, 04:47:00 AM

You also do not need a crossover, like and H in the h-pipe.

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Reply #8 – December 16, 2009, 11:45:21 PM

on my v6 i running 94 mustang longtube headers and true dual exhaust 2 1/2 inch exhaust no cats. if you have questions read my mod list under this post. its has a really loud rumbling sound but it would sound better when i get the a high performance cam in it.