what is the best exhaust for a 2001 F-250 with the 5.4L V8... and what about the y-pipe everyone is talking about? where can i get a new one without the restrictions? Any feed back much appreciates, im new on here but i am liking this already.

 

Welcome aboard, check out Magnaflow. They have the best flowing stuff for the money.

 

John Blue, welcome for starters, I've had several exhaust on my 2001 with 5.4. I started with cutting the muffler off and just a straight pipe, then went to cutting the Y pipe and with glass packs dualing staight out under the back bumper, went from that (after tearing them off) to no mufflers duals turned out just ahead of the right back tire. In all honesty that way sounded the best to me, just catalytic converters no mufflers, but whoever was riding in the right rear seat was just left out of any conversation. When I put the new engine in at 210000 miles (hard miles this is a 4x Supercrew and I haven't cut it any slack) I took the cats out and tied back into my tailpipes still in front of the rear tire......need I say it really sounded sucky. I now have (muffler guy still is in shock) no cats, Y pipe to single 3 inch shorty glass pack with single 3 inch pipe behind the rear tire doesn't sound as good as cat with no muffs but the rear seat pass. can now enjoy the conversation. Later Whit Oh somewhere in there I had Flowmasters with it turned out ahead of the tire....just wasn't loud enough for me.

 

thanks guys appreciate it, ill look around and see what i can find

 

My brother has a 2002 F-250 with the 5.4. He recently installed Gibson's cat-back system and told me he notices a difference in the seat of the pants when he gets on it. He doesn't drive it enough to say much about any increase or decrease in fuel mileage, but he said it definitely feels as though the engine is breathing better now. He got the system which splits into duals which exit under the rear bumper. At idle, it has a really nice rumble and it's not too bad under acceleration either. As LxMan1 mentioned, Magnaflow has some very nice systems on the market, as well. My boss has a 2004 F-250 Crew Cab with the 5.4 and he installed a Flowmaster system. I'm not sure which series muffler he has, but his truck is really noisy. I'm thinking he has the Series-40. Friend of mine with a Dodge 2500 Ram Hemi put a Flowmaster kit on with the Series-50 and his sounds much nicer. Lots of options out there, that's for sure.

 

Flowmasters are only aluminized as well and only lasted about 4 years on my 01 F150. I went with a stainless Magnaflow after that. I have Magnaflow on my current truck and my 5.0 Mustang.

 

with the magnaflow i searched it and the only one they have for the F-250 is for the 6.8L V10 and then they have those for the 5.4L F-150 which one did you use on your truck? can u use an exhaust for a V-10 on the V-8 F-250?

 

I'm not sure about the Magnaflow, but when my brother was ordering his Gibson system, the part listed was for the 5.4 and 6.8 trucks. In Gibson's case, the same system is used for both engine combinations. But, again, not sure about Magnaflow's.

 

does anyone offer a X pipe kit? I haven't seen one for trucks. Had one on my mustang and sounded killer.

also, anyone seen a Corsa exhast kit for ford trucks?

 

does anybody know how MBRP exhaust sounds on the 5.4L Ford? I have heard flowmaster and gibson and neither one intrigued me i am trying to decide between magnaflow or MBRP they both seem to be ablout the same, any ideas?

 

Would anyone happen to have a video of the exhaust system you have on your truck. Trying to replace mine and get some ideas