Just had Flowmaster muffler installed today. It sounds a little ricey, which I expected. I know it will get better with time, but how much better. My previous truck was a 4.0 v6 Ranger I had the same thing done to it and it sounded better right from the start. Would a K&N Fipk or a Mac intake help with the sound?

 

An intake won't really help with the muffler sound. How did you get it installed? The best ways are dualing it out or dumping it. Also, you need to give it a little while before it starts sounding good.

 

it'll sound more hollow and throaty after awhile, and start giving a cool popping sound while the revs go down, ie revving or slowing down in gear (if you have 5spd). Other than that, don't look for too much more. You'll just learn to appreciate it more than it'll change sound.

The ranger 4.0v6 is a rad engine dude, i'm sure it sounded way cooler. some people have said that it's because the engine (4.2) is even firing, so we don't get the staggered pulse that other engines do. i think a v8 fires every 30 degrees of the crank rather than around 20 degrees in our engines.....whatever the hell that means!

**edit to add
an intake won't change how your exhaust sounds, but it'll definetly compliment it, and together it sounds pretty damn cool. I even had my cousin drive my truck by me and I liked the way they sounded together

 

Thanks for the info. I just had them take out the stock muffler and replace with the flowmaster. What's up with the stock muffler it looks like a 55 gallon drum?

 

52 gallon, actually

 

Yea, that would be why your truck doesn't rumble at all. You should either dual it out the back or get a turn down directly after the muffler. Either one will sound good, but I think the turn down sounds much better.

 

I guess I got some bad info from the guy at the muffler shop. He said duel outlet wouldn't help that much but I guess it does make a difference. The Ranger I had was done the same and sounded okay. It is getting a little better. These 4.2 's kinda have a sound of their own anyway.

 

I got my Flowmaster 40 Delta back last spring and love it. The sound is a little deeper then the first week I had it. They were selling either the chrome or stainless steel tips and, of course, I got the stainless steel. I didn't want the tips to be rusting out in a year or two and waste all that money.

 

slmann,

Go pay like $10, and get it dumped right after the muffler. It's totally legal, and it'll sound much deeper and louder than your setup.

 

So when they dump it right after the muffler does the exhaust pipe exit out to the side of the truck there or just straight down from the muffler. Also we have emission tests here, do you think they would give me touble about that.

 

when you dump it, or turn it down, its just pipe that bends straight down after the muffler.

Some emissions places may give you crap about it, not being able to get their stick in the whole. If you are worried about that, you can just put like, 9 inches of pipe on. I have about 5 or 6".

Or you can just take it elsewhere.....

 

Is it possible to get a flowmaster 40 muffler SI/DO, dump one pipe to get the loudness, then run the other pipe out the side from thethe muffler with a dual tip on it? Would that be a disaster, or may that possibly work? - Jason

 

Why don't you just do this...

You already have the FM so just go to a muffler shop and get them to cut off the piping directly after the muffler. That's also legal and the emissions can't do crap about it. Any muffler that is after the cab of the truck is legal as long as it's a legal muffler, and FM is legal. That will also give you a loud rumble. Then, if you don't like it, pay $15 to get a turn down.

 

see i have the lightning side skirts on my truck so i have an opening for tips to come out so i want to keep that filled with something, however i still want the loudness of the turndown...hmmm what should i do?-Jason

 

have them weld in a turn down, then have that welded into your post muffler pipe... It wouldnt be functional, only for looks.