After many years of searching, I recently acquired a 1969 Mustang coupe, 3-speed manual, 302 V8 in reasonably good condition which I plan to restore to driveable condition.
The previous owner put Hooker Headers on the car and had a dual exhaust installed. The car also has a Weiand intake and a Ford 4 Barrel carburetor and some sort of performance air cleaner assembly. Also racing tires and chrome wheels.
I don't mind the performance improvements but would prefer to keep the car closer to stock. Will these changes make it more difficult to tune and maintain the car? How can I quiet it down? I've already had a suggestion to leave the intake and carburetor as is and just replace the flow-through mufflers with standard.
The previous owner put Hooker Headers on the car and had a dual exhaust installed. The car also has a Weiand intake and a Ford 4 Barrel carburetor and some sort of performance air cleaner assembly. Also racing tires and chrome wheels.
I don't mind the performance improvements but would prefer to keep the car closer to stock. Will these changes make it more difficult to tune and maintain the car? How can I quiet it down? I've already had a suggestion to leave the intake and carburetor as is and just replace the flow-through mufflers with standard.