flowmaster 40 series poor perfomance on my f150
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Originally Posted by fx4holmes
I have a si/do 40 series dumped right out of the muffler and I really love the way it sounds. Maybe its not as loud becase we have something like 4 cats?
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From: Burleson/Athens/Brownsboro, TX
Originally Posted by omar rios
i just installed my flowmaster 40 series and i"m very disappointed not the type the sound the i wanted i previuos owned a 03 ram 1500 4.7 with the same type of mufler(40series flowmaster) it was nice tide rumble sound so i think with the same 40 series and bigger engine 5.4 i was expecting almost or better sound out my 5.4 engine and what i got is a very lousy sound i feel like i driving an old truck 
any solutions?
any solutions?
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Originally Posted by craig41071
I have 1 50 series and it sounds GREAT with my 4 inch tips!! I have a buddy that ran true duals with 40's and it doesn't sound good at all either to glass pack poppy sounding!
If you run dual straight pipes from the exhaust manifolds out the back, without an X-pipe... it will pop like crazy.. The pressure from each bank of the engine needs to equalize to help cut down on the pops.
Also, an extreme loss of back pressure will cause the pops too.
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From: Rich, Virginia
Originally Posted by omar rios
i just installed my flowmaster 40 series and i"m very disappointed not the type the sound the i wanted i previuos owned a 03 ram 1500 4.7 with the same type of mufler(40series flowmaster) it was nice tide rumble sound so i think with the same 40 series and bigger engine 5.4 i was expecting almost or better sound out my 5.4 engine and what i got is a very lousy sound i feel like i driving an old truck
any solutions?
any solutions?
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