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    Advice for new exhaust

    Ok guys, now that I have the new gears installed, U/D pulleys installed.The new twin 62mm throttle body is here but not installed yet, I am looking to upgrade the exhaust on my 96 cobra. Thoinking about going with something from headers back, possibly a set up with no cats and then change back to factory for emissions. I have done some looking around but really have no idea what would be an easy swap and yet give me that rumblin sound. Any suggestions?

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    I like the flowmaster american thunder cat back. It is not super loud and sounds good IMO.
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    You actually shouldn't have to change midpipes for emissions. Just get a tune or a tuner that will turn the rear 02's off. It is an OBD2 car so all they do is plug it in and go. No running on the rollers.
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    What gears did you go with? Cant go wrong with flowmaster.
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    Go with an O/R midpipe, you should have no worries with emissions as ASUSMC stated. I love my Magnaflow catback.

    You will definately want to get the car tuned after installing your exhaust. I have great confidence in Devin's tuning over at Performance Solutions. Give them a call.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TorchedMach1 View Post
    Go with an O/R midpipe, you should have no worries with emissions as ASUSMC stated. I love my Magnaflow catback.

    You will definately want to get the car tuned after installing your exhaust. I have great confidence in Devin's tuning over at Performance Solutions. Give them a call.
    some good info here..i second what jay says. PSR will definetly make you happy...

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    [quote=TorchedMach1;29775]Go with an O/R midpipe, you should have no worries with emissions as ASUSMC stated. I love my Magnaflow catback.

    You will definately want to get the car tuned after installing your exhaust. I have great confidence in Devin's tuning over at Performance Solutions. Give them a call.[/quote] Hi TorchedMach1; Just curious, I was reading through the suggestions on exhaust, and by the way I have Magnaflow exhaust on all but my 04 Mach-1 that has Bassani from the heads back. But back to what I was going to ask you. Why go with a chip, in an OBD2 car? Every time you have the car inspected for emissions, you would have to remove the chip. Reason being, when they plug in to your ALDL port under the dash it will come back with a different processor code. I know you mentioned SCT, even with the SCT switch-chip you can set it to a stock tune and it will still come back with another processor code. If I were you, I would invest in a hand-held tuner, then you could inspect your vehicle even with a custom performance tune installed in your computer. I don't know how they work your vehicle inspection where you live, but here they test emissions, every other inspection. One year is just safety, then the next year they test emissions and safety, Mike.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 96 myst View Post
    Ok guys, now that I have the new gears installed, U/D pulleys installed.The new twin 62mm throttle body is here but not installed yet, I am looking to upgrade the exhaust on my 96 cobra. Thoinking about going with something from headers back, possibly a set up with no cats and then change back to factory for emissions. I have done some looking around but really have no idea what would be an easy swap and yet give me that rumblin sound. Any suggestions?

    Thanks
    I don't know why everybody thinks running off/road X or H pipes on the road is going to give them some big gain in power. If your going to run anything, run an X pipe with cats. By running an off/road pipe on the road, your actually losing an average of 15HP. I've tuned using SCT software for years, and each time I see some kid come in with an off/road pipe I have seen an average of 15HP loss. You lose much needed backpressure you need with an every day driver. If you want something that will wake that 32 valve motor up, run a Bassani X pipe w/cats and a Bassani cat back. It worked on mine, and it sounds like nothing you've heard before NASTY!!!! I have a 96, w/a 4.6 Aluminator long block from FRPP N/A w/ported heads. This car sounds awesome, Mike.
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