Common upgrades - First Gen Expy
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From: bangor pa
Expedition needs a flowmaster
Flowmaster exhaust is a must have, combined with an intake this thing can really belt out the ponies and the decibles... i posted mine up on youtube have a listen.... ******** width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KHtpDqa8nu8&hl=en_US&fs=1&autoplay=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KHtpDqa8nu8&hl=en_US&fs=1&autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed>*********>
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From: South County Rhode Island
My '99 is getting turned into a fishing beach buggy and fish boat tow mobile.
First mod was yanking out the 2nd & 3rd row seating.
I've a long way to go to complete it.
A 4X4 van or old style panel truck would of been perfect. But we all know how hard they are to come across. So, I'll make my own.
Like the turbo sound,,, but at 3:00 am others may not in my area.
First mod was yanking out the 2nd & 3rd row seating.
I've a long way to go to complete it.
A 4X4 van or old style panel truck would of been perfect. But we all know how hard they are to come across. So, I'll make my own.
Like the turbo sound,,, but at 3:00 am others may not in my area.
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From: 0,0,1
That looks like a pretty good exhaust oil burn you've got going on there.
New User
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Louisville & Illinois
smoke and interior sound
Saw some blue smoke, but if it was cold with high miles, like mine, normal...but what about interior noise with the Flowmasters? My girls like to sit in the 3rd row...
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From: bangor pa
secondly as for your young children...... i find that from the drivers seat the flowmaster creates a mellow and tolerable rumble, lol i still gas it going through tunnels like a little kid. but i would imagine if your kids are in the 3rd row they would probably annoy you because they would have to talk louder to hear eachother (I highly doubt it would cause any hearing problems its not that loud) Hey you could even go with a 60 or 70 series from flowmaster and get the same thoaghty sound without the racket
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I will say that that video was taken before i changed my intake manifold (infamous crossover crack), and now i don't notice the steam that much at all anymore.... i am willing to bet that many'a tritons went down for "blown head gaskets, and people spent alot of money replacing these motors when it was really just that manifold leaking, and sending water into the cylinders...Just a thought?
secondly as for your young children...... i find that from the drivers seat the flowmaster creates a mellow and tolerable rumble, lol i still gas it going through tunnels like a little kid. but i would imagine if your kids are in the 3rd row they would probably annoy you because they would have to talk louder to hear eachother (I highly doubt it would cause any hearing problems its not that loud) Hey you could even go with a 60 or 70 series from flowmaster and get the same thoaghty sound without the racket
secondly as for your young children...... i find that from the drivers seat the flowmaster creates a mellow and tolerable rumble, lol i still gas it going through tunnels like a little kid. but i would imagine if your kids are in the 3rd row they would probably annoy you because they would have to talk louder to hear eachother (I highly doubt it would cause any hearing problems its not that loud) Hey you could even go with a 60 or 70 series from flowmaster and get the same thoaghty sound without the racket
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From: bangor pa
and i suggest a 40series flowmaster, a little on the loud side but I say if your gonna do it do it all the way
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From: 0,0,1
I'm afraid that is incorrect. You intake cold air and exhaust heated air. The volume of the exhaust is more than what you took into the intake due to heat expansion during the combustion process.
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Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Southern Illinois
If I may borrow your credit card, I'll make a whole bunch of changes to my Expy and show you the results! 
A sound system overhaul is my next step. I plan on doing it right with amplifiers powering the door speakers and sub(s)...somewhere in the vehicle. I say "somewhere" because I still want to retain the room I have in the back without the rear seat and I still want to be able to fold down the middle bench which I do occasionally which kills the idea of mounting the amps under that area due to little available room. I'll figure it out, I just need college to end so I can spend time on my vehicle in the evenings instead of books.
A sound system overhaul is my next step. I plan on doing it right with amplifiers powering the door speakers and sub(s)...somewhere in the vehicle. I say "somewhere" because I still want to retain the room I have in the back without the rear seat and I still want to be able to fold down the middle bench which I do occasionally which kills the idea of mounting the amps under that area due to little available room. I'll figure it out, I just need college to end so I can spend time on my vehicle in the evenings instead of books.