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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 04:39 PM
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Red face Flowmaster louder

I've got a 98 f150 4.6l xlt extcab. I just put on a Super 44 flowmaster. It's not as loud as i think it should be. It sounds deep and throaty but not as loud. I heard there may be some resonators on the line, and possibly 4 cats. What is the best/efficient/affordable way to get it louder? thanks for the help.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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Does anyone know where the restrictors are possibly located?


sry, i'm new to this.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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The restrictions are going to be on the exaust pipe, there is only about 16 foot of it under the truck should not be hard to find. Be careful about removing all cats as it will affect o2 sensors.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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The cats are keeping things quiet.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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The muffler will also get slightly louder after you have a few thousand miles on it, but not much.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:17 PM
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Isn't the classic 40 series louder than the 44s?
 
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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I think so the 40s are the loudest i thought
 
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 04:22 PM
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The Super 44 and an org 40 might be close in sound by looking at the pics.

Super 44


Org. 40
 
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 04:47 PM
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Cut your back two cats off and have pipe put in there place or cut all four cats off and have two high flow cats put in there place.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ACFX4
Cut your back two cats off and have pipe put in there place or cut all four cats off and have two high flow cats put in there place.
thanks for all the replies... it is the 40 series super 44 delta flow, flowmaster says it's their deepest/loudest. if i cut the back cats off go straight through will that screw up my emissions? i'm in CA.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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Ewww yeah it might. Im not for sure. We dont have any kind of emissions or anything here in Kentucky. You may have to go ahead and cut all 4 off and replace them with 2 high flow cats. I would recommend the Tunderbolt high flow cats.
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