why do stangs sound good??
Firing order does have alot to do with it, but at least around here most stangs, 5.0 and 4.6, run flowmaster 40's with no cats which has given Mustangs their good sound reputation. The same car with Dynomax mufflers sounds totally different. I've always thought that a cammed 5.0 with LT's, no cats, X pipe and flowmasters dumped is the best sound of any engine. 351W's also sound great too. However, my friend's 79 Camaro with a warmed over 350 had LT's, H pipe and Flowmasters dumped, it sounds pretty similar to a 5.0 above 3500. On our cars, the key to sounding like a stang (which is a good thing) is to run dumps or no tailpipes. A catback will always make our cars sound different.
Jason
Jason
Firing order does have alot to do with it, but at least around here most stangs, 5.0 and 4.6, run flowmaster 40's with no cats which has given Mustangs their good sound reputation. The same car with Dynomax mufflers sounds totally different. I've always thought that a cammed 5.0 with LT's, no cats, X pipe and flowmasters dumped is arguably the best sound of any engine. 351W's also sound great too. However, my friend's 79 Camaro with a warmed over 350 had LT's, H pipe and Flowmasters dumped, it sounds pretty similar to a 5.0 above 3500. On our cars, the key to sounding like a stang (which is a good thing) is to run dumps or no tailpipes. A catback will always make our cars sound different.
Jason
Jason
Originally Posted by incautious
A lot of mustangs also run magnaflow magnapacks, something that is not offered with the camaro, although there are a couple of guys running 69' GM style chambered mufflers out the back(I never heard one so i couldn't tell you how it sounds ). Their is also a huge difference in the way the LT1 sounds vs the LS1. I have found that the LT1's sound much more like the stangs that the LS1's
at least with magnaflow mufflers.
at least with magnaflow mufflers.
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Originally Posted by LS1Maniac
I've got TSP True duals and people tell me my car sounds like a Mustang all the time. I guess I take it as a compliment but we'll see what they say after I get my cam installed.
Originally Posted by StangKillaLS1
Can anyone answer this question. Why the hell do 4.6L stangs sound good once they have headers and exhaust??? theres a vid on Kazaa of a TwinTurbo SS which turned out to be a Stang that sounded real good, My computers to damn slow and messed up to download some of the clips off of ls1sounds.com so please can someone help me?? Would Tru-duals give me this sound I want???
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good sounding mustangs I used to have a 2000 Gt with MAC o/r H Pipe, 40 Flows, and stock headers. It sounded great. Now I have a 2001 WS6 which might not sound as throaty, but it smokes the hell out of my old stang. The way I see it is I would rather have the quietest car out there but still able to beat the loud ones. If it sounds loud as hell but still slow, who gives a crap.
ok well to answer your question...material and firing order are basically the things that create the mustang sound...mustang's use an iron block...(deeper tone) hint lt1's...although lt1's have a different firing order as well...anyhow...the exhaust system makes a difference but when it comes down to it...all mustangs have the same general tone and f-body's have a general tone of their own (now for the people that disagree saying exhausts sound different...there is still the same general tone, which is what i am talking about)...just think corvette's have duals and sound NOTHING like a mustang...so there is no way you can get an ls1 to sound like a mustang...which is not necassarily a bad thing...i like the sound of the f-body's...depending on exhaust setup
just to add another .02cents, the most wicked mustang I ever heard was a 98 cobra with mid-length headers, off-road h-pipe, and an SLP loudmouth catback. I wanted to get down and start chanting " I'm not worthy" over and over again.
Originally Posted by Rajun Cajun
You can always order the same muffs that the stangs have......just check the sizes for clearance.
There's no doubt [ in my mind 
] that the V8 Mustangs sound pretty badass, esp the N/A Cobras, Mach 1 and 03+ Terminators... But, an ls1 with GMMG + LTs sounds very mean... esp at WOT 
Add a nice cam to that combo, and **** gets louder/deeper!! 
.. almost deafening!
But there's def. something very distinct about a KB Cobra with full exhaust
...
] that the V8 Mustangs sound pretty badass, esp the N/A Cobras, Mach 1 and 03+ Terminators... But, an ls1 with GMMG + LTs sounds very mean... esp at WOT Add a nice cam to that combo, and **** gets louder/deeper!! .. almost deafening!But there's def. something very distinct about a KB Cobra with full exhaust
... 
Stangs do sound good, but I like our cars just as much, would you really want all f-bodys to sound like stangs? I wouldn't.
I like being able to recognize an ls1 just by sound, on stock ones at least, and I enjoy the sound of mine. But to each his own.
I like being able to recognize an ls1 just by sound, on stock ones at least, and I enjoy the sound of mine. But to each his own.
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Sound clip of my car from LS1sounds.com was before cam.
http://www.ls1sounds.com/true_duals/...llets_00SS.wmv
**** a mustang. But I am just a lil biased.
http://www.ls1sounds.com/true_duals/...llets_00SS.wmv
**** a mustang. But I am just a lil biased.
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