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3.5" downpipe on a '96?
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3.5" downpipe on a '96?
alright guys, is it possible for a guy to fit and find a 3.5" downpipe for a '96 PSD? i recently purchased a chip good for 85 horses and some odd lb ft of torque but with all the other mods, 10k mod, shimmed fpr, straight pipe, i think im gonna need a better down pipe. now the three inch is just 3" but i want maximum exhaust flow out the turbo. now i could make one but i would need the turbo connector piece, and the pipe but i would rather buy one that will fit between the wall and the block. so help me out
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that would be nice, as i went to motorhaven.com and they have 3'' downpipe for the '94 to '97 and i want 3.5". so i will ask around. Quadzilla where are you when i need you?
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what if a guy was to go 3" out the turbo and down until there was room to go to 3.5" then straight to 4" and straight out? or go from 3" out and down to 4" as soon as there was room between the wall and block.see right now im stock garbage downpipe to 3.5" straight pipe. in the future i want to go something like 4.5" straight pipe preferably from 3.5" downpipe but i suppose i could settle for 3" out and down far enough to go 3.5" or even 4". but what do you suggest to do right now?
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well if you really want it to fit put a body lift on your truck i got 3 inchs on my with a 3 inch down pipe and i got lots of room for more
you just need to keep some backpressure though i put the 3 inch downpipe on mine then went 5 inch straight pipe all the way back but now my super chip is tellin me i got low backpressure
you just need to keep some backpressure though i put the 3 inch downpipe on mine then went 5 inch straight pipe all the way back but now my super chip is tellin me i got low backpressure
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how did it sound with the five inch straight pipe? i have heard you have to basically have a powerhouse to run five inch straight exhaust, and right now thats far from what i have. i might go three inch downpipe then four inch straight pipe or i have thought about going 3inch downpipe to the stock 3.5" stright pipe and about halfway down the system going to 5" and given that a try. is the downpipe worth it? i bet if you kept the stock downpipe and went 5" straight pipe you would be okay but thats a guess
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powerstroked162 said:
Right here, buddy. You also said this:
What you're describing is the Hypermax downpipe. It starts at 3" at the turbine outlet, and bells to 3.5" once it clears the firewall. To expand it to 4", all you have to do is add a "reducer" and you're at 4". That's pretty much what I did, except I went to 5".
Quadzilla where are you when i need you?
what if a guy was to go 3" out the turbo and down until there was room to go to 3.5" then straight to 4" and straight out? or go from 3" out and down to 4" as soon as there was room between the wall and block.see right now im stock garbage downpipe to 3.5" straight pipe. in the future i want to go something like 4.5" straight pipe preferably from 3.5" downpipe but i suppose i could settle for 3" out and down far enough to go 3.5" or even 4". but what do you suggest to do right now?
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Originally Posted by powerstroked162
how did it sound with the five inch straight pipe?....
Originally Posted by powerstroked162
....is the downpipe worth it? i bet if you kept the stock downpipe and went 5" straight pipe you would be okay but thats a guess
i had the stock downpipe then 5 inch all back and it sounded good but i like knowing that my exhaust isnt crushed so that it will fit between the engine and firewall, the best my truck has sounded (the best ford ive ever heard) was when i had the stock downpipe going into 3 inch then going into 3.5 then going back into 3 inch then going back into 3.5 then to a 5 inch echo tip. (the 3 inch was 3 inch pipe replacing the cat and the muffler) my $.02ps in the future im considering getting a gibson muffler, one of those mufflers that is straight pipe with little groves or cuts in it to give it little backpressure supposivly suppost to make it louder im thinkin it might be worth $50
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Originally Posted by Quadzilla
powerstroked162 said:
Right here, buddy. You also said this:
What you're describing is the Hypermax downpipe. It starts at 3" at the turbine outlet, and bells to 3.5" once it clears the firewall. To expand it to 4", all you have to do is add a "reducer" and you're at 4". That's pretty much what I did, except I went to 5".
Right here, buddy. You also said this:
What you're describing is the Hypermax downpipe. It starts at 3" at the turbine outlet, and bells to 3.5" once it clears the firewall. To expand it to 4", all you have to do is add a "reducer" and you're at 4". That's pretty much what I did, except I went to 5".
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Originally Posted by 96ford4x4turbodiesel
you just need to keep some backpressure though i put the 3 inch downpipe on mine then went 5 inch straight pipe all the way back but now my super chip is tellin me i got low backpressure
