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Old 9/16/05 | 08:59 PM
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Yeah, I have decided that things I buy are going to be USPS or Fedex if I have to. I am done with UPS. jlb I am glad to hear your install was painless. I am actually taking my car to the dealer on Monday, and picking it up that night, so hope to have the system installed when I get it back. (there is a big chunk of chrome missing from my ins. cluster IUP)
Old 9/16/05 | 09:08 PM
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http://terrence-mann.com/mustang/muffler/v8.html

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Old 9/16/05 | 09:14 PM
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Originally posted by SixtySix@September 16, 2005, 4:42 PM
Probably has something to do with the fact that I can't say the term I usually use on this board
Funny you should mention the "language" issue. Someone, (they???) edited my response from an "A" followed by two dollar signs ($$) (I figured that would suffice) to "hiney" How funny is that??? Anyway, back to biness...after taking a few spins with the new setup, I do have to say it seems a little sluggish in the lower RPM range. And I hate to say, I've either gotten used to the new exhaust note very quickly or, dare I say, it is a bit more subtle than I'd hoped for. But darn, those tips look nice!
Old 9/16/05 | 10:13 PM
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The sluggishness will go away, just give it time. You really don't think they're that loud? :scratch:

Different ears I guess . They're alot louder than the Magnaflows and Magnapacks that I've heard.

Maybe longtube headers, off-road x-pipe and SLP's are in your future
Old 9/16/05 | 10:38 PM
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I need to listen to it next to a stock GT...my wife says it's a lot louder...as far as some people saying it sounds like rice...no way at all it sounds like that...period!
Old 9/16/05 | 11:52 PM
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Let your wife drive, you need to be standing behind the car to get the real effect.
Old 9/17/05 | 02:12 AM
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Originally posted by jlb@September 16, 2005, 10:41 PM
I need to listen to it next to a stock GT...my wife says it's a lot louder...as far as some people saying it sounds like rice...no way at all it sounds like that...period!
Give us a sound clip! let your wife DRIVE off or do some passes, and record them for us...Im sure it will do good to many.
Old 9/17/05 | 12:23 PM
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Originally posted by jlb@September 17, 2005, 12:41 AM
I need to listen to it next to a stock GT...my wife says it's a lot louder...as far as some people saying it sounds like rice...no way at all it sounds like that...period!
I think because the mufflers are at the back of the car you don't realize just how loud they are.

Do what I did, get someone to rev your car for you while you stand behind it.

Then post your thoughts
Old 9/17/05 | 01:41 PM
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Or try driving through a tunnel at WOT with the windows down!
Old 9/17/05 | 02:41 PM
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Originally posted by Redfire 05Gt@September 17, 2005, 12:44 PM
Or try driving through a tunnel at WOT with the windows down!
Oh ya!!! :worship: :worship: I love the sound from my FRPP Exhaust when I light it up in an underpass!!
Old 9/17/05 | 02:49 PM
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Originally posted by Redfire 05Gt@September 17, 2005, 1:44 PM
Or try driving through a tunnel at WOT with the windows down!
Oh, yeah... sometimes I forget how loud they are till I nail it under an overpass!
Old 9/17/05 | 03:37 PM
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I've got a stretch that I use on the way home that's not an underpass, but a narrow access road for the freeway. It's a 12ft wall on one side and 2-3 story buildings on the other.

Man, that is pure sweetness
Old 9/17/05 | 03:47 PM
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You guys need to hear the "WOT in the tunnel" trick with Loudmouths!! OMG!!
Old 9/17/05 | 05:22 PM
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I think we should all meet in a tunnel somewhere, line up and let em rip.

Old 9/17/05 | 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by SixtySix@September 17, 2005, 4:25 PM
I think we should all meet in a tunnel somewhere, line up and let em rip.


Next time I'm in Phoenix, let's go through the I-10 tunnel under Central Ave!!
Old 9/17/05 | 11:18 PM
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Yeah, that sounds fun..maybe you all could take a ride out to Music City and let me show you a good time...a bit of a drve, espicially from out west. One place that's really awesome is Gatlinburgh/Pigion Forge in east TN. They usually have several car events (See "Daytona Beech Bike week on four wheels in the Great Smokey Mountains...and the locals love it...mosly. And there is a ton of fun (non-car) stuff the do for the rest of the family. But there's nothin' like taking over a tourisp strip with a bunch o' hot-rods. Awesome cabins, too. I would love to put together some info for those of us that would be interested.

My wife just left for a week long business trip, she's usually gone M-Th to visit one of her practices, so I will try to hook up w/ a buddy on some sound clips of the FRPP...it's slowly growing on me...from some other threads I've read, a good CAI will really make the exhaust come alive more. That;s next on my list, but I'm thinking of some frpp shorties too. Anyone have shorties installed??? Big difference??? Waste of $$$??? I guess my short list of mods goes about like this: Any and all feedback is appreciated. The last hot rod I had was 20+ years ago in high school. '69 bick block Camaro...Edelbrock, Holley, Crane, Mallory, B&M turbo400 lot's of Moroso chrome, NO COMPUTER...bottom line, this old dog needs to learn some new tricks.

BASE =2005 GT Prem, Widveil Blue, lt graphite, IUP active anti-theft
MODS
FRPP exhaust (installed)
FRRP strut tower brace (installed)
FRPP CAI (same as S&B) (on order)
FRPP Shorties
FRPP/B&M short throw shifter...if it's released this century
FRPP 4.10 gears
and a quality tune (hear great thinks come from Doug @ Bama)
maybe suspension upgrades later
Old 9/17/05 | 11:57 PM
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Originally posted by softbatch@September 14, 2005, 1:00 PM
If I remember correctlly isn't each succesive Decible twice the loudness of the one before it????
Actually, I believe it's every 10db is an apparent doubling of loudness. That's what I seem to remember from my audio days.
Old 9/18/05 | 01:11 AM
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Originally posted by don_w@September 17, 2005, 4:40 PM
Next time I'm in Phoenix, let's go through the I-10 tunnel under Central Ave!!
Romping through the deck park tunnel can be amusing! Well it would be more amusing if there were fewer semi's and old beat up cars and pickups driving through it.
Old 9/18/05 | 01:43 AM
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Originally posted by don_w@September 17, 2005, 4:40 PM
Next time I'm in Phoenix, let's go through the I-10 tunnel under Central Ave!!
Oh yeah, lot's of nice echo effects in there I drive through it everyday!

Yes, that would be great to meetup if you ever make it over this way. We're thinking about a Memorial Day roadtrip next year to San Diego.
Old 9/18/05 | 07:34 AM
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Originally posted by Jewls05GT@September 14, 2005, 4:50 PM
But you drive a Mustang, so you can get here a lot faster. Don't mind those pretty blue lights that will pop up behind you, they are for decoration!
You got some on your car?
Yeah I got some on my car!

Well be taking some sound clips of stock, compared to JBA, compared to the FRPP S type which should be in the mail tomorrow. Can anybody host sound clips?


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