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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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Need some cat-back opinions...

...for my 2001 SuperCrew 4.6L.

I am trying to decide between:

-Borla
-Bassani
-Mangaflow

I want excellent quality, fit, stainless steel construction and side exit tip(s). I don't want rear exit, interior drone or for the truck to be overly loud. I have a Mustang for when I'm feeling obnoxious.

Any other brands that I should be considering? Corsa maybe?

I would like all opinions, even from the Flowmaster guys.

Later,
Ben
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 12:11 PM
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I've heard good things about DynoMax & SpinTech, but I'm not sure if they sell cat-back systems or just mufflers.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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pick one.....either Borla or Magnaflow.....Borla i would think may be louder...
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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Anybody try the Bassani exhaust?
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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A lot of Lightning guys run Bassani. I've read good things about those as well. And they sound fantastic.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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I have a Goerlich Xlerator series (unbaffled) on my 5.4L. It's fairly quiet goin down the road and just right when idelling and taking off.
 
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Old Jul 7, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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Just purchased the Bassani Harley F150 exhaust for a customizing project on my 5.4 truck. It's the cheaper aluminized set-up, but comes with some nice polished tips. Custom fabrication as I had to convert the single in to a dual in (DI), so the stock 'y-pipe' went away. Bassani should also make a SI/DO side exit for your application. Pics are in my gallery.

Nice low rumble, but when I get on it... it lets me know it's alive.
-Kerry
 
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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I have a Gibson 3"(I think - may be 3.5") swept side single - not too loud, picked up some gas mileage and performance. There is some drone, but not too bad - I have a very warm 5.0 in a '31 roadster with 40 series Flowmasters if I want to PO the neighbors
 
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 03:07 PM
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Cool, thanks.

Anyone have the Borla exhaust?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 06:18 PM
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I've got the Borla (split rear exit, forget the #) and I really like it. Aggressive down low, but you can't even tell it is there at highway speeds.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 05:07 AM
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I am interested in this mod myself. Doesn't Borla supply the exhaust for the Harley Davidson and Lightning from the factory? What I really want is the Harley Davidson style that has the dual tip single exit behind the rear passenger tire. I do not know which model year had that. Does anyone know where to get that?
 
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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Not sure that Borla supplies the factory exhaust for the supercharged trucks. The exhaust that I'm thinking of would be off the supercharged models made in 2002 and 2003. I bought the kit that would have modified the stock behind tire to an in front of tire exit. Note that does involve splitting the "y-pipe" for a non-supercharged truck.

-Kerry
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:42 PM
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How do people like the Magnaflow cat back?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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Got my corsa on today

Originally Posted by Ben99GT
...for my 2001 SuperCrew 4.6L.

I am trying to decide between:

-Borla
-Bassani
-Mangaflow

I want excellent quality, fit, stainless steel construction and side exit tip(s). I don't want rear exit, interior drone or for the truck to be overly loud. I have a Mustang for when I'm feeling obnoxious.

Any other brands that I should be considering? Corsa maybe?

I would like all opinions, even from the Flowmaster guys.

Later,
Ben
Just installed my corsa sport (single side out, dual tip). Looks great with dual chrome tips out behind the wheel. At low rpms it is quiet, like stock. Anything above that is a deep rumble, but definately not loud and no drone. I am glad I got the sport and not the touring model, which would be too quiet. Cost me 495.00, and worth every penny. (2004 F150 S-crew 5.4)
 
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