1996 F350 5.8 with e4od. stock motor.

when the motor goes back in the truck, i'll be running ford motorsport stainless shorty headers and a stainless bassani Y pipe with high flow cat. 3" single exit after the cat. I'd like to run a single muffler with one outlet, then a tailpipe that dumps out in front of the passenger rear tire. i like a nice, deep exhaust, but this is also a plow truck so i don't need to be waking up my customers at 3am with a loud exhaust. I'm looking for something that doesn't kill the performance benefit of the headers /y pipe, but doesn't annoy people either. a stainless muffler would be nice to continue the theme, but is not required.

what do you guys suggest?

 

my neighbor as a f350 gutter truck. it carries a 900lb gutter machine in the back of a 10 foot utility box bed. hes got a 460 with long tube headers and a y pipe going into a flowmaster 70. it sounded great and could hall a$$! it had that wonderful big block runble but was nice and quiet until you romped on it. then it came to life. but thats the best muffler ive head of.

 

glass packs, nothing sounds better

 

Shorties arn't going to do any good , long tube headers flowmasters...Lew

 

he needs quiet.

 

i have a bassani off road pipe (no cats) on my mustang 5.0 with dual flowmaster 3 chambers. it sounds great, but not in someone's driveway at 3am. i love a deep exhaust as much as the next car guy.

a muffler that opens up at 3 grand or more would be ok. as i do my plowing under 1500 rpm, with some bursts up to 2 grand. i'll take a look art the flowmaster 70 you mention. any other thoughts?

 

I think I would agree about the larger quieter Flowmaster.

 

my research is leaning toward the 70 series. but the cheapest i can find the muffler alone is $140. seems like a lot. any cheaper sources anyone knows of?

 

I like the sound of baffled mufflers and it's my opinion Flowmaster sounds pretty deep. I would look at the 50 series-on-up. The 50 series may still be a bit too loud for your big block, but check them out.

$140 is over priced. The most you should pay for a Flowmaster from the Flowmaster company is $100?

Flowmaster.


Flowmaster.

 

There are alot of diferent price ranges for the mufflers but as in anything you get what you pay for.
The cheaper pipes as in cherry bombs will only last a few years but if you go with a stainless flowmaster the price is quite a bit higher but you wont have to change it in a few years.
probably workes out about the same in the end, just one is more work. I put cherry bombs on my old relick, but i knew they were only going to last untill i need a new motor in it, then it will get the good set on it. Just My Opinion though

 

I had cherry bomb glasspacks the whole time and they were quiet. my dad had em on the truck when he use to leave at 3am and never heard him leave.

My 2 cents
Kyle

 

They are a more quite glasspack than some of the others thats for sure, the glasspacks from them are a good choice fi you get the longest ones you can find.

 

i like the summit welded mufflers they don't are quiet driving around and really wake up around 3500rpms, at 3500 people 2 blocks away are like what the hell was that

 

I have a 92 f350 with the 460 and a 5spd, I put the flowmaster cat back kit on it, and I am pretty disappointed. It sounds like a stock exhaust. (oh its a 70 series big block II).

 

...Yeah just like truckrider , with the cat on there they are so restictive the muffler won't do much , you may not even need a muffler ??? .. Lew