okay im mud racing my truck this year and i like it when i hear the loudest exhaust you can hear and i want something that cackles really loud not just like straight pipe that dont really cackle can anyone give me the rec. size pipe..type of glass pack...where they have it exit???? thanks a lot.....kevin

 

if you want really loud exaust just run straight pipe...no mufflers or glasspacks...i know lots of people doin it.

 

The only thing that is bad about ford engines, and that is running straight pipe from the manifolds.BECUASE IF YOU RUN WITH OPEN EXHAUST MANIFOLDS, YOUR TRUCK WON'T BE VERY LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kevin you should buy headers and run straight pipe off of the headers, to increase horsepower a little.

 

Forget the pipes altogether and just run open headers. My truck has a completely stock 400 with nothing but headers, and trust me it is EXTREMELY loud. The only way I can talk to my passenger is by practically screaming and you can hear me coming from miles away.

 

follow nick1's advice. it works very well!

 

Running only headers can also cause you to burn up your valves so be careful.
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1979 F-250 4x4
71 460 Holley650, MSD OFFROAD, L&L Headers
C6-B&M Transpack
Dana HD44Front/60Rear
35 inch Goodyear Implement Tires
4 inch Skyjacker System
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Open headers, no pipes. So loud my ears were ringing driving it to the muffler shop last night. My wife following had to crank up the radio just to hear it. All I could handle was 60 mph on the Interstate, it was just too loud going any faster.

 

I got the solution for you. Run a set of headers, 3" pipe, and some Flowmaster single chamber racing mufflers, this setup is very loud, sounds very very good, and is good on your engine.

 

I have headers, 2 1/4" pipes, and glasspacks that exit at a 45 degree angle right ahead of the rear tires. it sounds so good, I can hardly describe it. all my friends, neighbors, everyone who hears it tells me how much they love the way it sounds. even the honda guys! (no, it doesn't sound like a honda, that comment just shows how much respect it gets) ... I would recommend this setup to anyone

 

am i right when i say that headers make a lotta difference on being how loud it is????? thanks kevin

 

Listen if you want a nice sounding loud exhaust,
you dont need headers, they make very little difernce in sound
trust me, i spent hours installing headers and then removed them
beacuse the manifolds sounded better, all headers do is leak, and give more under hood noise and interior noise, not nice sounding noise. Depending on what engine you have, i would recomend dual 2 inch pipe with thrush magnum glass packs, red hots, or what ever short preferably 16 inch glass pack that you local exhaust shop has the smaller the cups or baffles inside the better. You can put them on backwards too. This will give you a nice rap. If you want louder but less refined sounding, go with strait pipes. if you have a bigger engine , go with biger pipe, 3 inch sucks, go with duals. They should exit behind the tire at a straight angle or out the back, any where else looks cheap. You can go with small pipe and bigger tips for a differnt sound. You only need headers if you are making power, they do improve performance, and gas mileage, if you are getting headers dont cheap out buy a expensive set with realy thick flanges, and good gaskets.

Hope this helps, the only thing open headers sound good on is big cammed big horsepower engines. Any ways thats my 10 cents