430 For those with Top Speed headers

I have top speed headers on my 360 w fabspeed blankets. Fits on my application.

 

If you look at a Capristo manifold you can see your topspeed ones do not have any way to hold them on, they have press stud strips of insulation to hold them on, but nothing to attach too at the head.

 

Had Top Speed headers with both Fabspeed and Capristo blankets. No problems with the fit at all. I have IPE headers now with Capristo blankets. Just pull them on and button them up.

 

I had those ceramic coated and fitted for two years and 6000 miles without any issues really except for the noise. From my point of view they sound horrible, probably because of the unequal length tubes. The engine note sounds boomy and very muscle car like with a touch of a Subaru boxer engine. I changed because of that.

 

I have a full IPE exhaust fitted now and it’s like a symphony orchestra. F1 high pitch with that wail throughout the rev range.

 

I don’t have a benchmark other than stock, but my setup is Fabspeed headers -> Capristo test pipes -> tubi exhaust and it sounds, to me, like quintessential, fabulous, peak Ferrari. Everything I want.


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I hear ya. So I started with stock and it was far too quiet for me. I needed more Ferrari sound.

Added a tubi exhaust. This opened it up a little bit but frankly it still sounded stifled to me.

Thus I swapped in the fabspeed headers and capristo test pipes. Now it sounds like it should in my book.

For reference I also own a 66 Ford Mustang restomod. They are both v8s with aggressive exhausts and they sound WORLDS different.

In no way would I characterize my 360 as sounding muscle car-ish. It sounds like a refined, highly engineered Italian sports car, truly unique and differentiated.


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Is that on a 360 or 430? And does your setup have the burbles and backfire?

 

Sorry for yet another question for you. But with your Top Speed headers, were they paired with OEM exhaust? Thinking of a S line + Top Speed setup.

 

This is exactly my set up. I have about 1k miles on the TopSpeed headers, Fabspeed Blankets, Big Daddies mini-cats. I also agree that it is louder than stock, but not as "good" sounding. Got a bit lower in tone.

I've considered swapping to a Kline exhaust... but not sure what that would do to the sound?

(I live in CA, so passing smog is always a concern)

 

430. Yes it does burble and backfire. Mostly when cold.

 

I had both the OEM exhaust and Tubi dual muffler.

 

Thats what I have and am in the bay area if you want to hear it and are local or in the area at some point.

 

Your car must scream! I have cap headers and cap 200 cel cats with stock muffler and its pretty loud. What wld a capristo exhaust do to my setup? Heart pounding?


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