New exhaust

[bodkin1]

Not bad for a home made job.

The exhaust piping from the muffler on back was all rotted. The muffler wasn't much better, a hairline crack was starting to form on the bottom. So this afternoon I pulled out the Sawzall and went to work. Cut it right before the muffler. Decided I wanted the exhaust to come out in front of the rear wheel instead of right under the truck so I went to the auto parts store and bought a 45* degree elbow and a straight section of pipe.

So far now the "muffler" is the catalytic convertor.

 

[Ranger44]

I did the same thing on my mine. It was a temporary fix. It was cheap, quick, dirty, and quieted the truck down.

 

[bodkin1]

I had planned to keep it as a temporary fix until sometime next week when I was going to go have the whole exhaust from the cat back replaced, and have a glasspack put on. But if things change over the weekend and I like it, it may be staying on for longer.

Reason I dumped it right behind the cab, in front of the rear wheel was because it looks cool, and I ain't getting hammered with the noise and risk of exhaust gases coming in the cab. Might buy a chrome tip and put on this weekent to finish it up.

I think for a while the 97 F150's had a setup like that I believe, in addition to the standard behind-the-rear-wheel setup. Curious as to why...

 

[jax4bangin]

how does it sound without the muff? wat diameter pipe is that?

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

props for dumping it out the side instead of under the truck

i did the same thing to my parents 2.9...seems to sound OK (stock manifolds and cats do a pretty decent job of muffling).

 

[bodkin1]

how does it sound without the muff? wat diameter pipe is that?

sounds no different than with the muffler, just a mite bit louder.

It is 2 inch pipe.

Not really satisfied with the clamps so far, it leaks right at the front clamp. I will have the garage down the road weld the pipes in place.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

ya, i learned my lesson in a bad way about clamping exhaust

when i first ran my duals, a guy that i worked with convinced me to clamp the system so i could take it back apart if i wanted. the problem was i had to tighten the clamps down so hard to get them to seal that they crushed the joints together, making them totally inseperable. and even then i had a new leak spring up every month or so.

welded is the way to go

 

[rangerbum]

ya, i learned my lesson in a bad way about clamping exhaust

when i first ran my duals, a guy that i worked with convinced me to clamp the system so i could take it back apart if i wanted. the problem was i had to tighten the clamps down so hard to get them to seal that they crushed the joints together, making them totally inseperable. and even then i had a new leak spring up every month or so.

welded is the way to go

I had the same exact problem!!! I hate clamps. Somehow, on my dads f-150 they work great. No leaks, no crushed pipe. I didnt have that luck on my truck. I'd be driving down the road, take a turn, and have a part of my exhaust pass me.