Just got the muffler cut off about 15 minutes ago! It is sooooo loud now! I'll have a sound sample posted on this site, sometime this week!

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My F-150

• 2001 XLT
• Toreador Red
• Super Crew
• 4.6 Liter
• v8
• Xcelerator Muffler
• Dual Exhaust (Y-PIPE)
• 6" Chrome Tips
• Vent Shades
• AVS Blackout Headlight Covers NEW!
• Rhino Sprayed-In Bedliner
• Flairside
• 20% Window Tint (Front 2 side windows)(Illegal)
• 11" 7% dark tint band on front (Illegal)
• Bugflector
  Pending
• 285/75/16 BFGoodwrench All Terain Tires (June 2001)
• 3" P.A. Body Lift (June 2001)
• True Duals?(June 2001)

THE BEST TRUCKS ARE BUILT FORD TOUGH

 

Did you notice any difference in the power, and what did you do to the pipe, did you just seal it where the muffler was? Did you leave it 2.25 the whole way back or what did you change about it? I want to do this to my truck, I just wanna talk to somebody who already did it and knows "what IS".
Thanks, main

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1997 F150 Lariat Three Door Extended Cab Flareside 4x4, Two tone Pacific Green w/ Harvest Gold, Tan Leather Interior, Ford Premium Sound w/ CD Changer, Lund Solar Visor, Leather Tonneau Bedcover, K&N Air Filter, VentVisors
Wish List: Lund Racer Back Cab Spolier, Lund Shadow Winshield Wiper Cover, Lund Steps, RhinoLiner Spray-In Bedliner, Vortech Super Charger, Brush Guard, Hidden Winch, Lighted Ford Logo, I'll list more when I think of it...

 

no offense, but that's noise pollution. Don't get me wrong I like a loud exhaust too, but running intentionally with no muffler is neither really good for the vehicle (won't have enough backpressure) and the noise you get makes you sound like a ricer. If ricer is what your going for then congratulations, all your neighbors will now hate you for your stupid, loud exhaust.


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Matt Adams
Littleton, CO
1994 Ford Explorer, highly modified ( http://mattadams.f150online.net )
2000 F-150 XLT Supercab
5.4L Triton V8 Engine, Automatic Transmission, 3" dual exhaust, Rhino lining, K&N Filtercharger Intake Performance Kit (FIPK), JL Audio stealthbox with Phoenix gold amplifier, premium stereo
Genuine Steel brush guard with 4 PIAA 520's mounted on it, PIAA Airdam with PIAA 520 fog's and PIAA 510 superwhite driving lights in it.
off-road and tow packages
and much much more!
Grizzly Roll bar (double bar/single bar) with 5 PIAA 80 XT's mounted on it (3 driving, 2 fogs)
Storage box in the back
Soon to come:
Pistol mod (convenient, easily accessible yet somewhat hidden access).
Custom paint job?

 

I'm curious to know why your signature shows you have a SuperCrew, but the picture shows a SuperCab? There IS a difference.

 

mattbert,
i've run straight pipes for years and never had any problems from it. if you leave the cats alone (where most all the backpressure is on these trucks)you shouldn't do any damage. as far as sounding like a ricer, you're way off there. not even close. Rich.

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-1999 F-150 4X4 XLT SC
-4.6, auto
-3.55LS
-Westin chrome nerf bars
-dual straight pipes
-goodyear mt/r 265/75/16
-hikerdadrich@aol.com

 

Yea the "Super Crew" in my signature was a typo. Sorry about that .

As far as it goes with running no muffler, here is my setup:
1 Pipe off on of the Cats
Y-Pipe coming off that pipe
Then 3" chrome tips on each pipe.

I had all this done by a friend of mine who owns a muffler shop. All he did was weld a piece of straight pipe in place of the muffler. This also added a lot more power than running a muffler!

Also Mudder, with the 4.6 liter it is not very much louder than running an Xcelerator Muffler. Noise pollution is no problem and all my neighbors love the nice rumble it produces. Even had one come over and ask me what I did to my truck to make it sound that good. It also isn't bad for the truck. It added a lot more power that is going to be great when I add my big tires and lift. All in all I am very happy with my setup.

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My F-150

• 2001 XLT
• Toreador Red
• Extended Cab
• 4.6 Liter
• v8
• No Muffler (Illegal) NEW
• Dual Exhaust (Y-PIPE)
• 6" Chrome Tips
• Vent Shades
• AVS Blackout 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
• 295/75/16 BFGoodwrench All Terain Tires (June 2001)
• 3" P.A. Body Lift (June 2001)

THE BEST TRUCKS ARE BUILT FORD TOUGH

 

See, the back pressure is what I was worried about, I was thinking that if I left the pipes 2.25 all the way back that it would still have good enough pressure, but I read in a post here somewhere that it causes power loss in the medium range when you cut the mufflers. I don't want that to happen, I just wondered if any of y'all had already cut them and wondered what kind of difference you had in power. I was gonna leave the cats alone and just pull straight off them, it's a Y from the cats all the way back right now, and I just wanted to cut the mufflers and split the Y into duals. The pipe is already duals until about 2 feet from the tip, and I just wanted to seperate them and lose the mufflers. Should I go with an H-pipe or would it be okay just to leave them seperate of each other?

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1997 F150 Lariat Three Door Extended Cab Flareside 4x4, Two tone Pacific Green w/ Harvest Gold, Tan Leather Interior, Ford Premium Sound w/ CD Changer, Lund Solar Visor, Leather Tonneau Bedcover, K&N Air Filter, VentVisors
Wish List: Lund Racer Back Cab Spolier, Lund Shadow Winshield Wiper Cover, Lund Steps, RhinoLiner Spray-In Bedliner, Vortech Super Charger, Brush Guard, Hidden Winch, Lighted Ford Logo, I'll list more when I think of it...

[This message has been edited by Pickup Man (edited 05-27-2001).]

 

If you window tint is illegal how do you get away with it? Also noticed that you said that no muffler is also illegal. Do you have inspections there? Check out my sig to see what I had done for my exhaust system.

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The truck:
Teal 1997 XLT flareside with 4.6L, auto tranny, electronic shift on the fly, 3.55LS and 4x4 ORP.

Performance mods:
Gen. 2 K&N FIPK
Superchip
True dual exhaust exiting out the back
2.5" pipe with 18" glasspacks and 18"x4" round chrome slash cut tips

Appearance:
White face gauges
Euro clear corners
01L headlights
Covercraft tonneau cover
Billet pedals
16" Modern© wheels
265/75r16 Wild Country Radial TXR tires
Factory tinted rear windows
Bug deflector

Sound system:
Clarion ADX5655z Double Din Cassette & CD
4 Pioneer TS-A6865 speakers

Other:
Bedliner
Bulldog keyless entry/remote start



Click here to see more pictures

 

Howdy!

2dollarsteak,

I believe it is flAREside. Unless you're talking about talent then stay with flair.
Go as loud as you want dude. No complaints here.. unless you're moving to Plano. (I've got an H&K. )

King James,

A simple answer for a simple question. Everything is legal until you get busted. Then it becomes illegal..

Have a loud flaring day.

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My ride:

Basics:
- '99 XLT F-150

Under hood and back:
- Ram air (Don't ask me how )
- AiRaid intake
- Flowmaster DF 50 Series
- 24x3.5" Stainless steel slashed tips (Yes! Solid polished SS, no cheesy chrome-plated)
...

Outside:
- Precision polished billet grille and plate holders
- American Racing 17x8s polished Pythons (Flushed front AND back)
- Goodyear.. something tires (Expensive is all I know. LOL. No Firestone firecrackers for me either)
- Rhino liner
- Ford nerf bars
- Ford bed rails
...

Inside:
- My girlfriend!
...

Fun stuff:
- Dual sirens Black Widow alarm system/keyless entry (Enough decibels to go deaf in a garage )
- Custom driving lights (Just a cool blue)
- 2 High-Watt lights behind grille (For people who cut me off )
- Dual horns (For people who, again, cut me off)
- Dual wheel locks (So I won't be driving home on bricks!)
- Spare wheel lock (So I won't have to use a brick as a spare )
...

Best of all:
- Texas A&M University aTm front plate! Gig'em Aggies!!

Stephlan

 

I have no muffler on my V6 and i think it sounds pretty good for a V6. I also notice no power loss.

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97 f-150 XL 4.2L V6 standerd cab short bed 5 speed
-3 1/2 fabtech lift kit
-3 inch fabtech spindles
-Rancho RS9000 shocks
-Heckethorn Rough Country Steering Stabilizer
-16X9 centerline trigons
-285/75R16 BFG's A/Ts
-Betterbuilt Black nerf bars
-GSP Black brush Guard
-Stockland tonneau cover
-Line-X Bedliner
-Bedrug Carpet Bed liner
-Euro corners
-Euro taillights
-Shaved tailgate
-Upper and lower billet grilles with a 4X4 bumper
-Doulbe limo tint and 20% on windsheild
-Eclipse 5504 HU with Audio control 4.1 EQ PPI power class 4100 amp and MB quart seperates
-One 12 Eclipse 88120 aliumium subwoofer
-spilt 60/40 seat(came with a bench seat)
-Carpet(came with vinyl)
-Leather Wraped Steering wheel(from a junked F-150 lariet)
-Superchip
-K&N filter
-0ptima yellow top battery
-Steeda front sway bar
-Stinger terminals wire etc.
-PIAA super white blubs
-4 KC 100 watt lights
-Straight Exhaust with gibson stanless tip
-Billet dash trim
-Billet antenna
-Billet pedels
-Billet door stills
-Billet mirror
-Billet shift ****
-Royal Purple oil,trans,rear end and coolant
-Auidovox APS750 Alarm with keyless entry.

 

Of course i know this anit a late model Ford i have a 89 F-250 W/302 & METRIC AUTO & 4:10 GEARS & HEADERS & CHERRY BOMBS ON IT man does it sound good (this is my work truck ) .

Plan on putting FLOWS ON MY O1 F-150 ( I just traded trucks last week had a 98 F-150)

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If it anit a Ford or Mack pulling the load in the field in anit my truck!

 

Sorry for all the signature mistakes, im just a dumb redneck.

Pickup Man-
I would just leave them seperate from one another. Don't worry about the back pressure, it isn't a problem at all. I have gained power, not lost.

King James-
Yes, we have inpections around here. You have to find a place that doesn't check tint and you have to put the muffler back on before the inspection.
As far as it goes being illegal, yours would be considered illegal too, due to the noise it puts out. My friend has the same setup on his Chevy and he just got a ticket last week for too much noise.

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My F-150

• 2001 XLT
• Toreador Red
• Extended Cab
• 4.6 Liter
• v8
• No Muffler (Illegal) NEW
• Dual Exhaust (Y-PIPE)
• 6" Chrome Tips
• Vent Shades
• AVS Blackout Headlight Covers
• Rhino Sprayed-In Bedliner
• Flareside
• 20% Window Tint (Front 2 side windows)(Illegal)
• 11" 7% dark tint band on front (Illegal)
• Bugflector
  Pending
• 295/75/16 BFGoodwrench All Terain Tires (June 2001)
• 3" P.A. Body Lift (June 2001)

THE BEST TRUCKS ARE BUILT FORD TOUGH

 

Haven't had any cops on base say anything about my exhaust being to noisy. They are stricter on base about exhaust noise.

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The truck:
Teal 1997 XLT flareside with 4.6L, auto tranny, electronic shift on the fly, 3.55LS and 4x4 ORP.

Performance mods:
Gen. 2 K&N FIPK
Superchip(removed until further notice)
True dual exhaust exiting out the back
2.5" pipe with 18" glasspacks and 18"x4" round chrome slash cut tips

Appearance:
White face gauges
Euro clear corners
01L headlights
Covercraft tonneau cover
Billet pedals
16" Modern© wheels
265/75r16 Wild Country Radial TXR tires
Factory tinted rear windows
Bug deflector
Euro clear corners

Sound system:
Clarion ADX5655z Double Din Cassette & CD
4 Pioneer TS-A6865 speakers

Other:
Bedliner
Bulldog keyless entry/remote start



Click here to see more pictures

 

Thanks, 2dollarsteak, I will get it cut as soon as possible now. I think that you could probably slip by without putting the muffler back on, as long as you take it easy going in and out of the sticker station, the worst that could happen is you get a rejection sticker until you get it back on. I have never been checked on anything I have ever had for emissions, I just pull in and they test the lights and the horns and pass me nicely, without even looking at anything else. By the way, you have a great looking truck!

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1997 F150 Lariat Three Door Extended Cab Flareside 4x4, Two tone Pacific Green w/ Harvest Gold, Tan Leather Interior, Ford Premium Sound w/ CD Changer, Lund Solar Visor, Leather Tonneau Bedcover, K&N Air Filter, VentVisors
Wish List: Lund Racer Back Cab Spolier, Lund Shadow Winshield Wiper Cover, Lund Steps, RhinoLiner Spray-In Bedliner, Vortech Super Charger, Brush Guard, Hidden Winch, Lighted Ford Logo, I'll list more when I think of it...

 

Pickupman,

Thanks for the advise! It should really help!