Can I cut out the stock muffler leaving the tailpipe in place and put it in lets say a flowmaster supper 44 muffler in place of the stock muffler and then just piece the original stuff back together and still get a decent sound or do I need to upgrade the tailpipe exiting the muffler?

I'm looking for a cheap way to get some sound out of my truck. Also thinking about doing a 1 in 2 out system with the stock tailpipe exiting the muffler and adding another coming out the other side?

Sorry if I confused you, but I hope you can understand what this newbie is trying to say.

 

Yes you can replace the muffler. With a 2.5" both ends offset, atleast 18"s of universal 2.5" pipe with one end flanged open, some U clamps, you would be set to go.

Assuming by your ID you have a 2001 truck?

 

yes its 01 f-150 supercrew with the 5.4. just got it and my dads 03 came with a 1 in 2 out system right out the back and it sounds pretty good. I'm wanting to do the same, but don't have alot of money to throw at it right now so I'm glad to hear that I can replace the muffler use the existing tail pipe and only add 1 tailpipe to the driver side.

Is this fairly easy to do. I watched a video on youtube by truckbloggertv or something and they were putting in a 1 in 1 out muffler and it looked like everything just slid together and you tighten a clamp around the joints. I originally thought everything had to be welded.

 

Yeah, you can just buy parts and mate them up, but welds are more perminant which is why thats most prefered.

 

thanks you've been a great help. What size was the stock pipes on this truck. Was it 2.5" in and 2.5"out?

 

i agree with darren. keep in mind also, welds prevent less exhaust leak from the connection which eliminates any annoying tick.

 

what I'm thinking about doing is sliding them all together and then putting in some simple little tac welds to help keep everything permanent.

 

Yep, everythings 2.5.

 

How easy is it to bend this pipe. I'm an industrial electrician so I have lots of experience bending conduit. Is this similar and where can I buy it at?

 

Not bad at all of you have a pipe bending press or mandrel bender which would actually be better. You can buy randomly bent pieces at autozone, advanced auto, napa, but mostly they will only be aluminized.

 

at our shop i can bend up to 4" conduit at a 90* angle. The conduit doesn't kink, but I imagine that the exhaust tubing is going to be much thinner material thats needs special care. I'm going to try it and see if I can save myself some money.