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Exhaust questions
Exhaust system on my 92 F150, 5.0, 4wd, and AOD is falling apart and I looked in j.c. whitney catalog for a replacement exhaust. They have a dual exhaust conversion from manifold back, , 2 1/4" OD pipes, hardware, and 2 -16 gauge steel mufflers for around 190.00. The only thing is that it lists only up to 1991 ford pickups. Is there a difference between the 91 and 92 or do they only list up to 91 because it does not include cats? From my cats back is where my exhaust is bad, but I would like to switch it to dual exhaust front to back and eliminate the cats. I havent got an estimate in town, but I am sure it will be twice that. I am in South Dakota so we don't check exhausts here. Thanks for any advice or information on other affordable exhaust systems.
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Does your truck have a midship tank? If so you simply cannot put full dual exhaust on it without going outside the frame or running both pipes down the passenger side, which is pointless.. there's just too much in the way.
Even a single system down the passenger side has some crazy bends in it to get around the t-case and trans shift linkage. That's 2.5" pipe on a 5.8/AOD combo BTW...
Even a single system down the passenger side has some crazy bends in it to get around the t-case and trans shift linkage. That's 2.5" pipe on a 5.8/AOD combo BTW...
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That looks different than mine, mine just has the normal side mount front tank and center rear tank. On my 86 with 5.0, 4wd, and 4 speed, the left side crosses over to the right side where a normal single exhaust crosses and then both pipes run along the right side and then they go both directions once they are over the rear axle. The 86 doesnt have cats and has the dual cherry bombs and there is quite a bit of room with them beside each other. I am guessing the j.c. whitney exhaust might be like the one on the 86 and I like the way that one sounds. I looked over the exhaust thread and your exhaust and they are nice set ups, just looks like a little more money than what this mail order one might be. Your pipe set up looks good, I will have to do some more checking, thanks for the help.
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That must be Conanski's magnamaster home made muffler.
There is nothing really wrong with true duals like that. I may even do it some day. Its just that a good flowing 3 inch single exhaust flows just as well.
This is what I have. I am very happy with it. It sound really good. Its 3 inch exhaust from the front cat back to a SIDO Magnaflow with duals out the back with 3.5 inch tips. I had Flowmaster before and hated it.
If I ever have to redo the front half of the exhaust which I will have to do something if I swap in a 5.8. I will probably run true duals with a pair of high flow cats and 2 of the 24 inch glasspacks. My friend had this type of setup and it sounds great.
There is nothing really wrong with true duals like that. I may even do it some day. Its just that a good flowing 3 inch single exhaust flows just as well.
This is what I have. I am very happy with it. It sound really good. Its 3 inch exhaust from the front cat back to a SIDO Magnaflow with duals out the back with 3.5 inch tips. I had Flowmaster before and hated it.
If I ever have to redo the front half of the exhaust which I will have to do something if I swap in a 5.8. I will probably run true duals with a pair of high flow cats and 2 of the 24 inch glasspacks. My friend had this type of setup and it sounds great.
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That looks different than mine, mine just has the normal side mount front tank and center rear tank. On my 86 with 5.0, 4wd, and 4 speed, the left side crosses over to the right side where a normal single exhaust crosses and then both pipes run along the right side and then they go both directions once they are over the rear axle.
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No that is the all original Dronemaster Super44 positioned where it makes the most noise inside the truck, after these pics were taken I moved it up right behind the cat and that drastically reduced in-cab droning but it still wasn't quite good enough so that's when I built the MagnaMaster.
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No that is the all original Dronemaster Super44 positioned where it makes the most noise inside the truck, after these pics were taken I moved it up right behind the cat and that drastically reduced in-cab droning but it still wasn't quite good enough so that's when I built the MagnaMaster.
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I think theres a few reasons you want the muffler closer to the front , less in cab droning & hot gases travel faster than cooler gases , so if the muffler is closer the exhaust will get though the mufflers faster.....Lew
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