Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 55242)

Deleting the cats give you a much stronger gas smell, but honestly, mine hasn't been near as bad as some people make it to be. And I even have a slight leak on the driver side.

Originally Posted by re-rx7 (Post 55243)

Im just curious because I see alotn of people selling them on here and craigslist with 1-3k miles.

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 55248)

A lot of people do it too because of the increased exhaust volume. And I've noticed a lot are X pipes over H pipes.

Originally Posted by re-rx7 (Post 55251)

This is true as well. Id rather have an H but, Im not gonna purchase one if its annoying to have it on your car. The power increase sounds great! I have Gt500 AB's so I now it wont be overly loud as Steve has the same setup. I wonder if people putting these on with other louder AB's are the cause for not keeping them long?

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 55254)

I will say this, if you want a O/R mid-pipe, stay away from JBA. Most other brands are pretty good in terms of fitment and quality.

Originally Posted by BERT (Post 55255)

Why is this? Cause JBA is 3" all the way through?

Originally Posted by JDMLOL (Post 55257)

The jba mid pipes designed for the stock manifolds have a separate cat delete section that connect between the mid pipe and manifolds, which causes leak and fitment issues.

I love my setup which is in my sig. It's a little loud for some. If I ever get tired of the outlaws I will switch to the gt500s or maybe the 13' quad gt500s. O/R mid and gt500 sounds perfect. Throaty and not too loud.

I personally like the smell.

Originally Posted by BERT (Post 55255)

Why is this? Cause JBA is 3" all the way through?

Originally Posted by BERT (Post 55255)

Why is this? Cause JBA is 3" all the way through?

Originally Posted by re-rx7 (Post 55243)

Im just curious because I see alotn of people selling them on here and craigslist with 1-3k miles.

Originally Posted by re-rx7 (Post 55251)

This is true as well. Id rather have an H but, Im not gonna purchase one if its annoying to have it on your car. The power increase sounds great! I have Gt500 AB's so I now it wont be overly loud as Steve has the same setup. I wonder if people putting these on with other louder AB's are the cause for not keeping them long?

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 55253)

Probably. A lot of people out there with these cars have flow through mufflers, not baffled design, and so when they delete the cats, the sound level just becomes ridiculous with a capital R. But instead of giving up their sacred axlebacks, and finding a more suitable muffler, they just toss the mid-pipe.

Originally Posted by re-rx7 (Post 55259)

I enjoy the smell as well lol! From what i was reading people were just saying how bad the smell wasand it got me to thinking. Yea Ive heard to always buy just the one peice MP to avoid leaking problems.

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT (Post 55272)

In my opinion you see then for sale quite often is because most 5.0 owners aren't happy with just a mid pipe and a tune and most owners are going the full bolt on route due to blower kits being so expensive for these cars. In the process they are ditching the midpipes and going with longtubes headers.



You're welcome to check out my car is you like before you buy. I'm happy as I can be with the way my car sounds. It sounds great at WOT, but not too loud or raspy. It's nice deep tone that is very manageable. In 5th gear it's a nice deep rumble, but no drone. In 6th it's very quiet still which is nice for those times you don't want to hear it much.



I agree. These 5.0's aren't my favorite sounding Mustang to start with and very few set ups I find pleasing to the ears. The really loud ones are just obnoxious and sound like boats in the water. I really wish these cars sounded more like the 4.6's. My wife's Mach sounds amazing and wish my car sounded like her car.



You also have to keep in mind that a lot of 5.0 owners are running junk email tunes that might not being running in optimial condition. My car doesn't stink at all.