Quiet Muffler?
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Quiet Muffler?
So my 1995 F150 is up and running now, and I'd really like to make it a little quieter. It's got a cheap glasspack on it right now, and it's not super loud, bit its definitely noisy. I want it to be as quiet as possible. Sometimes I just don't feel like listening to exhaust drone. Any suggestions on a muffler?
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Do you have the exhaust exiting from under the truck, or does it dump under the bed?
I ask because I have no muffler at all, but it exits out the stock tailpipe and you can't hear it at all in the cab. The air rushing through the filter box is louder.
I ask because I have no muffler at all, but it exits out the stock tailpipe and you can't hear it at all in the cab. The air rushing through the filter box is louder.
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My '96 has the large body 3" pipe I think it is a megaflow, exiting behind the rear wheel, and while you can hear it, not disturbingly so. My '87 has a steel case glass pack with no tailpipe to speak of, just a turn down, and while you can carry on a conversation on the highway, it isn't forgettable. Since the one thing you can do to improve 4.9 (or any other engine for that matter) performance is reduce exhaust restriction, the large body seems a good compromise.
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Years past Summit had their own label on some mufflers that worked well for the price.
The stock truck is quiet largely because of the catalytic converter.
The stock truck is quiet largely because of the catalytic converter.
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The stock truck is quiet largely because of the catalytic converter.
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Just wanted to say I bought a thrush welded chambered muffler from autozone in case I ever needed to tone it down like when hauling a load and it's pretty quiet with no cats and dumped under the bed. It's so quiet I put the glass pack back on there for now but if you were pulling something that would make way too much racket. With the thrush chambered on there the clutch fan is just about as loud as the exhaust sound even catless but you can hear it rumble some
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