Allright, I have a 1986 F-150 300-6 that is about due up for a muffler. It's been rusted at the inlet since i bought the truck a couple months ago, but it's putt, putt, putt at idle is starting to pop and rumble now.
What I'm looking for is what the title says. I want this truck as quiet as can be within a reasonable budget. I'll be honest, i've never had a truck with a totally intact stock muffler so I don't know how quiet one is stock. I don't care about tone, i don't care about presence. I want quiet.
Is my best bet a stock round body replacement or is there something just as quiet in a similar price range out there ($50ish).
For packaging reasons a small body muffler like a 30 or 36" glasspack would be nice, but i don't want the glasspack noise.
Yeah--a stock muffer and behind that--install a resonator--like on the luxury cars.
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92 F150 XLT 4x4 regular cab/short box.5.0 V8,5sp trans ,108k miles-- on synthetic oil. Trailering/Handling option(stabilizer bars front /rear and quad shocks).Factory skid plates,manual hubs, manual transfercase, Super Cooling.4.09/4.10LS.31'' tires. 20.3 MPG @ 60 MPH.4350 lbs with full tank of gas!!
For a while I had two 34 inch glasspacks behind the 300 in my 82. My factory exhaust fell off at the manifold downpipe. I clamped the two packs together, and then clamped them to the downpipe. They were long enough that the exhaust dumped right after the cab, it was pretty quiet.
Once I got some money saved up I bought a section of pipe to bolt to the downpipe, I then used the factory canister muffler and tail pipe that came off my 96 when I put duals on it. With the canister muffler it was extremely quiet, couldn't be heard unless I lowered my head within a foot or so of the tailpipe.
If you willing to spend the dough for one a factory canister style muffler would be the best choice. If you were closer I'd glady give you the one I cut off my 86.
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82 F100, 460/C6 4.10. In pieces slowly undergoing a
restoration.
86 F150, 351HO/C6 3.73. Holly 650 - Weiand intake
Ported E7s - Comp X cam - Hooker long tubes
Thrush glasspacks - no cats - B&M shift kit - Tru Track
locker. The daily driver, work truck, and rat rod.
96 F150, 302/E4OD 3.55LS. My 50,000 mile original gem
I'm looking at the OE cansiter style right, at $100 it's more than i wanted to spend *right now* but it'll beat buying the $50 "one year" canister muffler that'll rot out in 13 months to the day and have to be replaced again.
http://www.cherrybomb.com/vortex-mufflers.html Get one of the two output ones
and split it to each side half the noise to each side. A cat convertor always keeps
a motor quiet. If yours was gutted or removed it will definately quiet it down. I wish
I left mine stock sometimes like when out trail running looking for animals or when
out wheeling and near some houses that got built near many of my old trails.
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86 fs bronco 302 auto 33x12.50 at rusty but trusty!
04 Ranger edge 3.0 5 speed auto 4.10
Before posting fuel related problems Run a couple of bottles of dedicated gas line dryer through IT!!!!!!!
There now I don't have to say it every time!!!!
I'm really thinking 2.5" glasspack inline with a stock muffler. the glasspack would act as a pre-muffler and resonator to a point, and then the stock muffler would really shut it up. running the 2.5" on a 2.25" system also shouldn't create much of a restriction prior to the plug of a stock muffler.
Avacuum gauge connected to your motor will tell you if the exhaust changes make
any difference in regards to restriction. It really takes alot to give a restriction that
will cause a big performance drop unless you are on the drag strip!!
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86 fs bronco 302 auto 33x12.50 at rusty but trusty!
04 Ranger edge 3.0 5 speed auto 4.10
Before posting fuel related problems Run a couple of bottles of dedicated gas line dryer through IT!!!!!!!
There now I don't have to say it every time!!!!
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