ok my exhaust has been getting louder so i took my 97 f150 4.6 to the shop to have it looked at. the tek said it is a common for the stud that holeds the manifold and downpipe together to rust out. then said it would be 300 for him to fix it. he said i could use a C clamp instead and that should work.
any one deal with this kind of thing?

 

yea alot of them will rust out, but ive never heard that you can use a C clamp to fix it, i wouldnt advise that either, i would either pay the 300 for him to fix it or buy some shorties (if you have factory exhaust) and get put them on

 

shorties? not sher what those are.

 

shorty headers to replace the stock manifolds.