Budget Exhaust...?
Budget Exhaust...?
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From: Davis & Newcastle, CA
If you want to do it yourself, I have heard good things about the Summit cat-back exhaust system:
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=exhaust&N=700+4294908331+4294908 309+4294840125+4294924755+115+4294923429&Ntk=Keywo rdSearch
Not sure if that is the correct year/trim on your truck but you get the idea.
-Chris
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=exhaust&N=700+4294908331+4294908 309+4294840125+4294924755+115+4294923429&Ntk=Keywo rdSearch
Not sure if that is the correct year/trim on your truck but you get the idea.
-Chris
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From: Davis & Newcastle, CA
Originally Posted by quicklook2
straight pipe, no muffler.
-Chris
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cheese74, Your stock dual tank setup is not what they are refering to when its says auxilary. On my truck I have a single inlet, dual outlet Flowmaster 50 series with mandrel bent tailpipes exiting in front of the right rear tire. Sounds great. Cost for the parts was less than $100.00
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If you really want an inexpensive exhaust you can do it yourself for under $100. I went to Pep Boys and bought a Cherry Bomb Turbo muffler and a 2 1/14 to 2 ½ reducer, two 45 degree’s 2 ½’s, chrome tip and a couple of hangers and clamps for under $80.00. It now goes out the side in front of the passenger side tire. It has an ever so slight growl to it and gave me a little extra power as well. Now this in on a 1995 F-150 with stock cats and on a 5.0. I fire her up without the muffler and it was surprisingly fairly quiet, but I went ahead and slapped on a muffler to avoid that annoying popping sound when decelerating.
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Yeah bottle mufflers or glasspacks are the cheapest exhaust mufflers like flowmaster 40s get into the big bucks actually i hear a 351W straight piped and a 302 straight piped the 351W had 21/4 pipe and the 302 had 2.5 pipe wow id have to say both sounded bad *** especially the 351W
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From: Cincinnati
Originally Posted by Skandocious
Sounds like crap on a gas engine man. Yeah its loud but its all cackly and gross. Get a nice open muffler like a 40 series flowmaster or something similar, it'll give you a nice deep growl.
-Chris
-Chris
If you want budget, there is nothing cheaper than a straight pipe. PM me if you would like more details.
Mike
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From: Davis & Newcastle, CA
Originally Posted by mikeyswood
You have clearly never heard mine. I agree with Quicklook2, straight pipe is incredible on my 351 and I get many compliments on it. I have a 3" pipe from cat back and a 4" tailpipe. My stainless system is welded and it makes for a great rumble when I get on it.
If you want budget, there is nothing cheaper than a straight pipe. PM me if you would like more details.
Mike
If you want budget, there is nothing cheaper than a straight pipe. PM me if you would like more details.
Mike
-Chris
Last edited by Skandocious; Jun 12, 2007 at 08:41 PM.
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
I have run my 351 with nothing behind the stock cats except a simple turndown and it wasn't really that loud. The stock cats really take the edge off.. unless they have been hollowed out.
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From: Davis & Newcastle, CA
Oh and by the way Mike, I have always known a "straight pipe" to be no muffler NOR any cats. That is the system that I was referring to when I said that a "straight pipe" has a cackly/sloppy sound. What you have is a straight cat-back system. That has a VERY different sound than an actual straight pipe. I can't vouch for your setup because I have never heard a no-muffler cat-back system on these trucks, I'm sure it sounds fine because the cats tend to dull down a sound a little bit. I'll just go ahead and give you a bad rep point for not knowing the correct terminology...
No I'm not lame enough to do that.
-Chris
No I'm not lame enough to do that.
-Chris
Last edited by Skandocious; Jun 12, 2007 at 10:53 PM.