Have a new 2000 5.4 xlt,sport,sc. black
truck was built dec 17, so no mods yet.
looking at the flowmaster 50, important that
its not too loud until higher rpm's(for neighbors sake) also cops in my town take notice. any thoughts or advice?

by the way truck was xmas present from my wife, she did good!!

 

My advise, clone your wife. All I got from my wife was a T-shirt with a picture of part of my truck!

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Y2K F150 XLT SC SB 4.6 V8 standard, 3.55 LS, RED!, K&N FIPK, Duraliner, Jeraco Deluxe High-rise cap.
Previous Ford Trucks '84 F150, '87 Ranger

 

I was going to go with the 50 series too, but ended up going with the 40 series single in dual out . Its not too loud at all. At idle it is near stock sounding. NO annoying cab humm. I like it

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97' F150 Lariat S/C long bed 4x4 3:55LS 4.6L auto...SuperChip, 40 series Flowmaster cat back.
Colorado Springs, CO

 

Darren Dude-
Thanks for the good info, going to check out the flowmaster 40 series, by the way what kind of performance did you get with the superchip? is it worth the $?

2000 F150 XLT, 4X4, SC,SB, SPORT, BLACK, CD,
17'' WHEELS, FORD BEDLINER, MUDFLAPS, TOWPKG,

 

A single in dual out Flowmaster, is the best exhaust for the money. Its the closest you can get to true duals on a 5.4L at least. The sound is good.

 

bosch45,

On the superchip....It really depends on where you live. I live in colo at 6000ft elav. Up here All my mods gave me very little improvements. I found this out the hard way. I did drive to Calif 2 weeks ago and BOY what a difference. I couldn't keep the wheels from spinning. I loved it. Im back home now and it feels like Im towing a boat all the time. Im looking into supercharging now.

good luck

The Other Dude

 

I went with the Gibson Super Truck and love it. Good volume, real noticeable, yet not annoying enough to pi$$ off the neighbors or the cops.

Installed it myself, extremely easy to do.

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1999 F-150 XLT Supercab
Black factory steps
Flareside Sport Package
Oxford White
Full tint
Bug Shield
CD player
17" wheels, K&N
Ford Soft Tonneau Cover
Gibson Super Truck
"Did it myself" Undercoating

 

SUPERTRUCK! I can't say enough good things about Gibson. My first one broke a weld on a baffle, and they shipped me a new one no questions asked. Besides that, it sounds awsome. Not too loud at idle, really bellows under throttle. You can't beat 14 ga steel either.

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99 XLT Black Ex-cab, Flareside, 5.4, ORP, 3.73, Gibson Supertruck, K&N, Superchip, WMS Velocity Tube, Modified Airbox, Slap-Free Motor at @19k

 

I second that Super Truck!

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97 F-150 SC Lariat, Styleside, White over Gold, 4.6L (Windsor), Automatic, 3.55 rear end, electronic 4X4, w/ every option of Lariat and ORP packages except the 17" wheels (I even got the OR decals now!), MOD's so far: K&N air box mod, Gibson Super Truck, clear Bugflector II, Leer TSC 600 hard cover, Bridgestone Dueler OWL ATP 265/75 R-16's, TrailMaster Invader N7 shocks, Smittybilt step bars, Ford moulded mud guards, "White-white" head lamps, Cloud Rider Design's SS Grill and bumper opening "Summer Grill's", Bosch platinum + 4's.

 

Thanks for all your replies, I value all of
your advice.

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2000 F150 XLT 4X4,SPORT 5.4, 3.55,
SC,SB,ABS, 17IN WHLS, REMOTE ENTRY, CD,
TUBULAR SIDE STEPS, SMK BUG GAURD, VENTSHADES, MUD FLAPS, LINER ALL FORD PRODUCTS

 

Bear with me, I'm new here, but as I am understanding it, I can replace my stock muffler with a Flowmaster 40 or 50 dual outlet muffler, have a shop bend a couple of pipes to go out the rear, add some chrome tips, and I'll have as good of sound and performance as if I spent big $'s on a Borla or other catback system?

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1999 F150 XLT Flareside S/C,Bright Red,4.6,K/N air filter

 

CUL8R,

Yes and no. If the shop uses a ram to bend the tubing it will shrink the diameter inside and cause backpressure. It will sound OK but not flow as well. If you can get mandrel bent pipes then no problem. The premade cat-backs do have some R&D in them so you know that they should work as promised. If you do it your self you'll never know.