Straight piping
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Straight piping
I have a 77 f100 with a 302, currently its has single exhaust witht he mnuffle and all that good stuff, i was wondering if it'd sound good if i just straight piped it? has anybody else done this?
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on my 86 headers 2 1/4 pipe with the silverline tips its louder than a harley at full throttle. if you dont mind the attention that comes with straight pipes id say go for it. in the three years i drove it that way i got 10 fix it tickets for loud pipes.
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Ive got a
76 f100 390
68 bronco302
78 bronco 400 (all 3 dual exhaust)
all are straight piped, it all started when i riped the mufflers off the 68 rock crawling, after that i just loved the noise the old v8s make and since i dont have a working radio i just straight pipe them,
if you want to listen to your radio or hold a conversation in the truck then dont straight pipe them.
76 f100 390
68 bronco302
78 bronco 400 (all 3 dual exhaust)
all are straight piped, it all started when i riped the mufflers off the 68 rock crawling, after that i just loved the noise the old v8s make and since i dont have a working radio i just straight pipe them,
if you want to listen to your radio or hold a conversation in the truck then dont straight pipe them.
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haha, i like loud that's what im going for, but do you think it'll sound pretty good with a single pipe straight piped? because right now i have the headers with a y pipe coming off into a regular pipe with muffler etc. i have just a regular pipe with no muffler sitting in the barn so i was wondering how it'd sound like that
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I guess i'll just try it out, if i dont like it i can always put the original pipe back on until i get dual flowmaster 40's
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Seems like a waste having headers going in to a single muffler. If you can afford it,straight pipe it. By 'afford' I mean pay the tickets you might get.
L.O.L. When i was a lot younger many,many years ago ,i ran straights all most all the time or i had side pipes with the caps removed for open exhaust . I only got one verbal warning during that time and that was in a road block where they were checking every body. Just never had time to get out of the car and close the cap off.____
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L.O.L. When i was a lot younger many,many years ago ,i ran straights all most all the time or i had side pipes with the caps removed for open exhaust . I only got one verbal warning during that time and that was in a road block where they were checking every body. Just never had time to get out of the car and close the cap off.______
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yeah the single straight pipe is just something temporary until i get up 300 hundred dollars to get my pipes done at the shop, and i live in such a small county i wouldn't get any tickets, and if i did they'd get ripped up, its a town of like 2000, and the sherriff has known my dad since he was little, him and my grandma have known each other since they were in their 20's so i should be good 
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Dual straight pipes sound mean. Had a '78 250, 351m and cut the mufflers out. With duals, you're more likely to hear a sort of crackly rumble at low rpms, sort of hollow, while the single exhaust sounds a little fuller and throatier at idle. I have videos of the 351 true dual straight and a video of my 460 with 2-1 straight pipe if you want to hear them.
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Dual straight pipes sound mean. Had a '78 250, 351m and cut the mufflers out. With duals, you're more likely to hear a sort of crackly rumble at low rpms, sort of hollow, while the single exhaust sounds a little fuller and throatier at idle. I have videos of the 351 true dual straight and a video of my 460 with 2-1 straight pipe if you want to hear them.
i'd love to hear how the 2-1 460 sounds