I was considering purchasing the Heartthrob Deep Tone Catback for my 86 F-150. I need the exhaust to sound LOUD...I was wondering if anyone knows or has had experience with this exhaust, and if so, are you satisfied?

 

what engine do you have in your truck? if you want loud straight pipe it or throw some glass packs on it.

 

the I6 4.9

 

ive got 2 1/2 inch straight pipe on my 82 f100 with the inline 6. it has the factory manifold and down pipe and then a peice of 2 1/2 inch stainless steel fence post, it bends out infront of the rightrear tire.

if possible ditch the cat converter that will help the sound out alot.

mine has a differnt kind of rumble to it a idle kindof like a tractor, with the pedal to the floor it has a wicked sound to it.

it dont sound like any v8 ive ever heard, it also dosnt sound like any v6 ive ever heard. lots of differnt guys in the inline 6 forum have tryed differnt setups only to get a ricey honda sound.

if you'll be doing the work yourself id highly recomend before you go and blow abunch of money on a cat back system, just cut out the muffler and cat and section in a peice of straight pipe between the downpipe and tail pipe. if your looking for a nice throaty rumble i think you'll be happy with it.

exhaust pipe is quite cheap a ten foot section can be picked up for about 15 -20 bucks at any muffler shop, and maybe 10 bucks for a few clamps.

if im not mistaken 86 is fuel injected right? if so does it have the 2 peice exhaust manifolds or a single log manifold?

 

The heartthrob set up is a total waste of money. I tried the dual rear exit set up from JCWhitney on my 95 I6 and it sucked, didn't fit at all and sounded like crap. I went down to the local muffler shop, had them put a walker downpipe in then run it back and into a flowpro muffler and then dual out the rear. I have a great rumble at idle and when I get on it, it sounds like a non-turbo diesel.