MagnaFLOW,



Chokemaster,


Original Choker,

 

I have on mine two 2inch pipes going into a single flowmaster delta 10 series race mufler and right before the mufler I installed two manual cutouts which would then be true duels it sounds pretty good I have to admit.

 

I'll Chime in Pro-Magnaflow as usual. Love those "Chokemaster" pics Darren

Ya'll can have a listen at my Magnaflow setups in my sig

 

I tried a few different setups with my 4.6. The best I found and the one that stayed was:

(1) Cut into the exhaust just after the 2 pipes come together from the manifolds.
(2) Add another y-pipe and run 2 new pipes into a couple of glasspacks.
(3) Run the tailpipes out in front of the rear passenger tire.

There was no drone with this setup. It actually improved my fuel mileage without losing torque in the low rpms. It wasn't the loudest setup but by far the best for me. It only cost me $45 total and it sounds like a V8 truck without the obnoxious noise that gets old real fast. I could leave the house at 5am and my neighbors would hear me, but it wasn't annoying and didn't rattle their house like some people.

 

That's interesting, hadn't heard of that. You have any sound clips? Would love to hear it. My buddy has a V6 and is looking at options.

 

Sorry, I don't have a video recorder so I never got any sound clips. I sold the truck when I picked up the Roush.

My advice is to find a decent muffler shop nearby and have them cut the pipes where I did and weld up the y-pipe. Then you can have them hold up different mufflers to the y-pipe until you find one that will work for you. That's the only way to know for sure that you'll love what you purchase.

 

Thats pretty cool man. My shops wont do that, but the Monroe Muffler place might, but in my area my only alternative to finding sound is Youtube.

 

I loved my magnaflow except the front end of it completly fell out, this time I went with a 14in dynomax which sounds pretty good so far....Next time I'll do something different..I like trying something different each time, as long as it is not a glasspack, been there and done that when I was a youngster..

 

why would you keep the factory Y pipe.....then add another Y pipe

hack those 2 Y pipes off and run straights with no equalizer pipes and it might be louder

 

magnaflow

 

i just bought a 04 with a 4.6 and replaced the muffler with a cherrybomb glasspack. i've had cherrybombs on everything ive owned since i was 18 from 4cylinders to v8s. i have to say that with this modular motor and 4 cats it sounds exellent. not real raspy and very mellow. the only problem is drone. i think its because of the factory side exit vs rear exit but it helps me to keep my foot out of the throttle. my buddy has a 06 with a 5.4 super44 si/do and it sounds good also but for some reason we both really like the sound of a cherrybomb. baisicly find a truck you like the sound of on the road and try to stop them and ask what they are running. most guys like to talk about there trucks.

 

The length of pipe inbetween the 2 y-pipes acted as an x-pipe... It was only long enough to attach the 2nd y-pipe and just a bit more in case I needed to hack it off and start over.

I wasn't going after louder. I was going after true dual sound with no drone and an increase in velocity. I achieved that with this setup. There was no popping on deceleration and an increase in mpg. That's why I was modifying, the sound is just an effect of tuning.

 

Approximatly how much length was in-between those Y pipes? If anything, that length caused you restriction. An X pipes center is 4"s open, and when both of the exhaust banks flow into it they create a well balanced scavenging affect and flow through the exhaust freely.

 

I ended up with about 3.5" inbetween the junctions. I cut the pipes into 2 straights at first making true duals dumping in front of the tire. I lost alot of speed off the line. Let me go get a pen and I'll draw a pic...

 

Yeah a more direct X pipe would have performed better.