I am hoping to have my dual system complete on Friday!

 

Cool! You'll probably post your video before I do! Lol

 

Well I got my x-pipe and left side intermediate pipe and left hand GT muffler installed this morning..

I am disappointed though. It does not sound nearly as good as if I had left it as a single GT muffler...

The sound is quieter close to the way it was with just the single V6 muffler.

Dang I miss the rumble at idle and lower revs... You can do all the research in the world like I did plus listen to videos and still get it all wrong..

Well at least the exhaust is true dual and has two outlets to properly dress the rear.

 

Oh no! I thought the x-pipe was supposed to enhance the sound? Which specific system did you get?

 

I used a Pypes X-Pipe specifically designed for the 05-10 V6 plus a set of GT take off mufflers. After some more research I may have been better off not using an X-pipe but having and H-pipe fabricated or have each side run straight back with no connection at all. I am also not sure if using certain aftermarket mufflers will make much of a difference or not. I was hoping to retain something close as possible to an old school muscle car sound.

Well, at least I didn't hang a GT muffler on the left side without hooking it up...

I should had a V8!

 

I found out for sure if it is the old school gurglely muscle car sound you want then u need an "H" pipe. The way it is now, I still hear an improvement over the stock single exhaust and standard V6 muffler but the "H" pipe make the sound mellower.

 

Go with no connected mid pipe. Coming from a fellow V6 owner, trust me. You'll probably want some freer flowing mufflers eventually. Maybe 2010 GT500 mufflers?...

 

Got a question...can a muffler shop get the GT500 mufflers to fit on a 2012 v6? Has anyone ever done that and if so how does it sound? They are so much cheaper than the Ford Racing mufflers for the v6....

 

Some one over on AFM did, here's the link to the thread.
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...ack-video.html

 

That actually sounds pretty **** good!

 

I might have to get these....do they compare to the V6 Ford Racing mufflers? Do they need to weld them on?

 

Also, do we get any discounts from American Muscle if we order from there?

 

You're missing the point of the crossover. It's not for sound, but it does serve a purpose, and that's the equalize the back-pressure from the exhaust pulse, thus improving low-end power and torque. An X-pipe is more performant than a H-pipe, but either one is better than neither one.

 

I am not missing the point at all because I already know that the purpose of an X-pipe is for the best performance through low restriction and equalized exhaust pulses. However that was not my primary goal. My goal was to change to true dual exhaust to fill out the dual outlet rear valance and to try to get as close as possible to a old school muscle car sound. Everywhere I have read doing research they say X-pipes give off a raspier sound while H-pipes yield a deeper sound. There are no prefabricated H-pipes for V6's that I could find, just X-pipes. So that is what I got.

 

X-pipe allegedly will give you a little more hp over the H. But less that 10hp
And really closer to about 5hp. They are a good bit raspier because the two flows collide and redirect. So it mixes the two sides. The H just equalizes both sides pressure. Get a much more even sound which i think sounds a lot better and pretty good flow regardless. Really wish bassani would offer a H replacement for the X I currently have.

 

Except a crossover pipe isn't really needed with a V6 due to its firing order...

 

Why'd you go with GT mufflers? Not even GT's sound good with them imo. Got a friend with pypes x-pipe and magnaflow catback. One of the best sounding 4.0 I've ever heard.

 

Unlike some people who have $499 or so to throw away on a complete Pypes system with mufflers, I went with GT mufflers because I got the pair for $25. When I picked them up I was told they may even be from a Bullitt model. I also got a used GT LH intermediate pipe for $30. I bought the Pypes X-Pipe for $130. A pair of muffler mounts to install the left side were $35. Labor to install was $120.

Anyway, my main motivation was to install true dual exhaust to fill out the exhaust cutouts in my new GT valance. At first I really did not give a flip what the exhaust sounded like. I just wanted to get rid of the wimpy look of a single outlet exhaust. After putting one GT muffler on the right side replacing the original V6 muffler, I was surprised how much I liked the sound coming through just that one muffler. Later when I got the X-pipe installed with the left side pipe and muffler, the sound I liked was reduced a bit and that's just because I no longer have the sound of all six cylinders coming through one GT muffler. I achieved my original objective so I can always spend more money later on a different set of cat-backs if I want to.

 

I would give no mid pipe a try...

 

Ah ok. I see. As long as it's better then stock you can't complain too much I guess. Maybe down the road you can just upgrade the mufflers. Maybe you could try a local exhaust shop and see what they can do for you.