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Originally Posted by Preacher Joe
iv got a 1966 250 and it came with dual exhust in front of the rear tires whats your opinion?
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Mine just has norm mufflers and id like to put like turbo mufflers and i like the exhust coming out the in front of the rear tires but my mom thinks it should come out the back but im trying to find an excuse to put them on there.
Originally Posted by GreatNorthWoods
I like it but it's a matter of opinion. Some people like it in front of the rear tires and others like it out the back. I put the exhaust on my 48 F-3 in front of the rear tires and like it there. The sound varies a lot depending on where you teminate your exhaust pipes. I am running one stock muffler and one turbo and it's plenty loud enough for me...and legal in my state. My exhaust run out the back with the same mufflers would be a lot quieter.
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Originally Posted by Preacher Joe
Mine just has norm mufflers and id like to put like turbo mufflers and i like the exhust coming out the in front of the rear tires but my mom thinks it should come out the back but im trying to find an excuse to put them on there.
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Vern makes a great point, if you're as broke as the rest of us, having the exhaust stop before the rear axle is the way to go. When I got estimates to have duals put on my 49 the cheapest price I got was $350.
I ended up making my own. Basically a straight shot from the exhaust manifolds through some shorty mufflers and some turn downs right in front of the rear axle. The truck has a good throaty sound and only a small bit of the low end resonance. I figure it won't be so bad once I get the bed floor in and some insulation in the cab.
Good luck convincing Mom
Bobby
I ended up making my own. Basically a straight shot from the exhaust manifolds through some shorty mufflers and some turn downs right in front of the rear axle. The truck has a good throaty sound and only a small bit of the low end resonance. I figure it won't be so bad once I get the bed floor in and some insulation in the cab.
Good luck convincing Mom
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Do you know why Mom objects?
My first thought was she knows that side pipes are always louder and doesn't want to wake the neighbors every morning you take off, or be known as the mother of the neighborhood hotrodder.
If her objection is aesthetic...what? What do Moms know about how cool hot rods should look?
Maybe it is the cost thing, but I doubt it.
You need to ask her why she doesn't like the idea. Then we can help with the comeback. After all.....we all have experience talking the "Old Lady" into stuff..
My first thought was she knows that side pipes are always louder and doesn't want to wake the neighbors every morning you take off, or be known as the mother of the neighborhood hotrodder.
If her objection is aesthetic...what? What do Moms know about how cool hot rods should look?
Maybe it is the cost thing, but I doubt it.
You need to ask her why she doesn't like the idea. Then we can help with the comeback. After all.....we all have experience talking the "Old Lady" into stuff..
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One thing to consider is the early-morning spit trail. Is there a car parked next to you? I put my exhaust out the back because I did not want the water condensation from the truck spitting out the side while it's warming up in the morning. This would have been a mess on my Fairlane's WWW 
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Ya my mom says not only sound but making it orignal and I'm more of a hotroder make my truck sound like a monster loud and deep. I have a Ford 15 passinger van with a V8 460 BIG BLOCK and that things got power i floord it and threw out the back end so now have to rebuild the whole back end but im close to getting my mom conviced any more excusses for me i tried them all but close. thanks J.T.
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Joe,
I didn't bring my exhaust out of the side of the truck, so there's no worry about leaving a big carbon stripe down the car next to you. I put a couple of turn downs and terminated them right in front of the differential. Everything is nice and hidden.
Just start snowballing Mom, factory exhaust is so restrictive, truck will be way more efficient if it can breathe properly, get better fuel mileage, etc. Plus, dual exhaust out the back is pretty danged expensive, this way you are saving several hundred dollars, etc, etc, etc
Noisy?? what do you mean Mom? huh? I never thought about that, no it won't make it any louder.........no really, all the guys on the FTE site said it was one of the best things I could do for my truck....
Go get 'er, we're pulling for ya
Bobby
I didn't bring my exhaust out of the side of the truck, so there's no worry about leaving a big carbon stripe down the car next to you. I put a couple of turn downs and terminated them right in front of the differential. Everything is nice and hidden.
Just start snowballing Mom, factory exhaust is so restrictive, truck will be way more efficient if it can breathe properly, get better fuel mileage, etc. Plus, dual exhaust out the back is pretty danged expensive, this way you are saving several hundred dollars, etc, etc, etc
Noisy?? what do you mean Mom? huh? I never thought about that, no it won't make it any louder.........no really, all the guys on the FTE site said it was one of the best things I could do for my truck....
Go get 'er, we're pulling for ya
Bobby
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Hey you guys know what kind of emblum goes on the front of a my 1966 f250? Ya there workin but not quite yet she still thinks it should be stock but im fighting to keep it dual i've got my dad convenced tho but my mom I told her that the guys on FTE said that was the best thing I could for my truck and she laghed. J.T. Miller