Best muffler for ford 1959 f-100?
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Best muffler for ford 1959 f-100?
Hello, this is my first post and i would like some advice on the type of muffler i should install on my 1959 f-100.
I picked a the truck up about 3 weeks ago and am fixing it up and i would like to replace is the muffler that it has. the muffler it currently has does not have a name on it or a model number but i know its not the default cause the guy i bought the truck from said that he replaced the muffler with one from the junk yard when the original rusted out. I currently have a Thrush glasspack laying around but i am not sure if i should install it. i want a low rumbly sound at idle and a loud, powerful sound during acceleration. I know that the glasspack will produce this sound at first, but i have heard that as time goes on the fiberglass insulation burns out and it sounds like a ricer. ( honda civic ). any ideas what it will sound like when the glasspack reaches the end of its life? Thanks for reading all of this
I picked a the truck up about 3 weeks ago and am fixing it up and i would like to replace is the muffler that it has. the muffler it currently has does not have a name on it or a model number but i know its not the default cause the guy i bought the truck from said that he replaced the muffler with one from the junk yard when the original rusted out. I currently have a Thrush glasspack laying around but i am not sure if i should install it. i want a low rumbly sound at idle and a loud, powerful sound during acceleration. I know that the glasspack will produce this sound at first, but i have heard that as time goes on the fiberglass insulation burns out and it sounds like a ricer. ( honda civic ). any ideas what it will sound like when the glasspack reaches the end of its life? Thanks for reading all of this
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First off...welcome. I didn't catch your name. Glad you found your way on here.
I love glasspacks...especially when they start to wear out. They get a rattier sound (if that is a word) in my opinion. I like the steel packs a little more...but that's just me.
You can go real crazy and get a chambered muffler but people tend to love em or hate em. I love em, thus the dual Flowmasters on my truck.
I love glasspacks...especially when they start to wear out. They get a rattier sound (if that is a word) in my opinion. I like the steel packs a little more...but that's just me.
You can go real crazy and get a chambered muffler but people tend to love em or hate em. I love em, thus the dual Flowmasters on my truck.
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A question for Billy. What engine are you running? That will make a big difference in what sound you get. I have a 58 with the 292 Y-Block. I added Patriot long tube headers with Cherry Bomb mufflers topped off with 4' tailpipes and turn downs just before the rear axle. I like the sound of it. It has that low rumble at idle and the power sound under throttle.
Vern
Vern
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I got a dynamax on mine... not very expensive. I did a walk around when I first got my truck here is a videa at idle... My new 1959 ford f100 - YouTube
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I think 49Fordman is right .Brockman Mellowtones,in either a glass or steel pack sound great,especially with a Y-block.But my wife/daughter didn't care much for the volume,and they prevailed.I'm whipped.
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I think some of my friends here were not paying attention.
Change your engine to a V8.
Short of that, put on the glasspack you have and call it a day.
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Short of that, put on the glasspack you have and call it a day.
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These guys Clifford Performance :: Make 6 = 8 talk about making your six sound like an 8. Their headers are in my "someday" plan for my '60 F100 223.
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