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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shovel" data-source="post: 1586704" data-attributes="member: 29855">By far the 2 best things I did for sound on my 94 5.0 was switch to a Cobra intake (yes, the intake affects exhaust sound by a lot more than I was expecting) and switch out the dronemasters that the FPO installed for a set of straight through mufflers that are quieter on cruise and don't drone.  Those aren't the only things I've done but those two affected the sound in the most positive way.    Everyone has different ears so my "positive" might not be the same as yours but I'm also not a racer I mostly just wanted those freeway onramps to feel lively and for it not to drone on the highway, stall while idling or stumble on tip-in.   Basically like any modern car.  By far the best thing I've done other than sound is get off the factory ECU to a modern ECU that cleanly accommodates the physical upgrades.    Before diving in to an aftermarket ECU (PimpX) I kept chasing my tail trying to get it to run right with the factory ECU, trying to get email tunes on a chip, etc..  maybe that was worth suffering through in the 90s but it's not the 90s anymore.</blockquote>