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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 11:53 PM
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exhaust help

I have a 1996 f150 with the 302 i got stock manifolds and stock cat but i have a glass pack that split to duals exhausts out the rear would it make more h.p if i cut off the cat.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 03:35 PM
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I like how those setups with the Y'd out glasspack sound. You might get a little more. Do you still have both cats or just the 1 at the Y pipe?
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 03:38 PM
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Probably not.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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If you want to make more HP with the 302 , use long tube headers & custom exhaust , that will give you a good boost ....Lew
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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Will the shorty headers bolted to my exhaust that i have now help any with hp and better fuel mileage.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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The shortys are better than the stock manifolds , but with out replacing the stock Y pipe they wont do much good . With the long tubes & exhaust you will gain more , TQ, thats what a truck needs ...Lew
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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On my 96 I installed Hedman shortys, magnaflow y with cats cherry bomb extreme, and installed the I6 intake tube (302) auto 3.55, im getting 15/16 mixted mileage

After all that i did gain some Tourqe that i can feal on the HWY !
 
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