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Indyfan1234
08-09-2014, 12:42 PM
Okay so just got a marauder a few weeks ago and still has the complete stock system. What's a good sound for them while keeping it California smog legal?
Zack
08-09-2014, 12:46 PM
Leave it alone. You don't know how good it actually sounds until your buddy is driving it while you listen from afar.
jwibbity
08-09-2014, 12:49 PM
Leave it alone. You don't know how good it actually sounds until your buddy is driving it while you listen from afar.

+1 driving and spectating give you two completely different sounds
jwibbity
08-09-2014, 12:50 PM
Okay so just got a marauder a few weeks ago and still has the complete stock system. What's a good sound for them while keeping it California smog legal?

but if you weren't in cali, I would suggest rear cat delete plus removing the resonator on the stock tips, this give you a lot better sound without being loud and drawing attention to the fact that you modified the exhaust.
ChiTownMaraud3r
08-09-2014, 01:11 PM
Just removed the rear cats the other day. Stock marauder mufflers sound good.
Mr. Man
08-09-2014, 01:31 PM
The MM exhaust flows pretty well from Mercury. The choke point is the piping right before the mufflers. I think it chokes down to 2" from 2 1/4". Replace that section with decent H or X piping and you will have a very good flowing system that California won't have and issue with.
risky
08-09-2014, 06:03 PM
I don't mean to high jack the tread but if I delete the real cats would I have problems passing the emissions test
loud2004marquis
08-10-2014, 12:11 AM
Could always have them hollowed out and leave the body of the cats in place
Marauderjack
08-10-2014, 02:27 AM
Could always have them hollowed out and leave the body of the cats in place

I did this to a 5.0 Mustang once and the empty cat rang like a damn bell on acceleration!!:mad2:

May need to run a straight pipe through the gutted cat??:cool:
kmastl
08-10-2014, 08:27 PM
+1 for stock setup. My second favorite setup was my SW long tubes, catless, with 98 cobra intake cams, stock H and mufflers etc. It had a nice choppy sound on cold startup, great WOT tone and best of all NO DRONE!. More aggressive cams would have made it even better.

Loud does not always equal fast.