Has anyone used the exhaust cutout that is in the JC Whitney catalog? It was on sale for 16 bucks so i bought one. It is heavy duty cast iron but the valve inside looks like it was welded in by a 5 year old and it doesn't seem like it will seal too good. I haven't installed it yet i am just wondering if i bought a piece of junk. Anyone have experiance with this?

-Jon

 

I saw the same thing, but I think they are not emissions legal in some states.

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'96 F-150 302
Hedman Hedders, Catco Cat., Gibson Super Truck, K&N F.I.P.K.

 

They've been selling those for decades. The valve will not seal well for very long. Then you have it screwed up, yet welded in. An alternative is a Flowtech Warlock cutout muffler or a weld-in cutout with block off plate, gasket, and wingnuts.

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2000 F-150 XL, RC, LB, 5.4L, 4R70W, 3.55LS,
Class III tow, Payload #3, & Convenience pkgs.,
4-wheel disc/ABS, Chestnut/Parchment 40/60,
Ford bedliner w/Paintsaver & gas/wheel/spare locks,
K&N F.I.P.K. w/Outwears pre-filter, Superchip,
Dynomax ultra-flow welded 3" cat-back w/ 3" Y-pipe,
Hellwig front & rear anti-sway bars, Rancho RS 9000s,
Mobil 1, K&N oil filter.

 

Back in my senior year of high school, my friend and I put a set on his 1960 383cid Dodge..

We skipped school one day, and went to Canada -- blasting along the Queen's Highway (301 I recall) -- at a blistering speed -- of course with the 'dumps' open.

The heat melted the weld/solder/chewing-gum which held the flapper -- and we lost one (flapper) in the process.

The next day, I borrowed his car and did a burnout in front of the high school -- for which I'll never forget the cop saying: "...good afternoon -- a little noisy isn't it...".

That resulted in my first trip to court.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

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Y2K™ Jim - N8JG@Hotmail.com

Toreador Red, Keyless XLT SC SB 5.4L E4x4 4wDisc/ABS, 3.73LS, Skid, HD 7700# Towing, LT-245's on Chrome, Tube-Steps, Captain's, 6CD, Tonneau, named: "Nick"

 

Yeah,

I put one on a friends truck once. It is the biggest rip-off I have ever seen. I paid about $300 for my whole system and it works great. But on his JC Whitney the weld burned off and the whole system had to be taken out and thrown away .

Don't use it man.

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My F-150

• XLT
• Toreador Red
• Super Crew
• 4.6 Liter
• v8
• Xcelerator Muffler
• Dual Exhaust (Y-PIPE)
• 6" Chrome Tips
• Vent Shades
• GTS Headlight Covers
• Rhino Sprayed-In Bedliner
• Flairside
• 20% Window Tint (Front 2 side windows)(Illegal)
• 11" 7% dark tint band on front (Illegal)
• Bugflector
  Pending
• 33" BFGoodwrench All Terain Tires (with rims)(June 2001)
• 3" P.A. Body Lift (June 2001)
• No Muffler (June 2001)

THE BEST TRUCKS ARE BUILT FORD TOUGH

 

I looked at those and decided to go with something like this.

I say "something like this" because I will be making it.

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99 F-150 Sport XLT Black supercab 4.6L auto 3.55LS
K&N filter, Velocity Tube, dual series 40 flowmasters
Ground Force 2 in. rear drop

[This message has been edited by this-end-up (edited 05-08-2001).]