the_breeze

I know there are topics like this on here but what i found isnt quite what im looking for.. i have a 96 f150 I6 2wd with factory exaust (single). it is obnoxiously quiet. i can put the pedal to the floor and the whole truck'll rock but theres barely any sound. what can i do, without spending a lot of money, to beef it up a little bit. to make her sound like a truck

ford_honda

buy a v8. haha just kidding man. ive heard of people dualling them out the back with flowmasters and getting ok sound but usually they sound like tractors..

qdeezie

Slide up under it and look at the muffler. If the muffler is clamped on, all you need to do is get a new louder muffler with the same measurements (length and pipe diameter) as the muffler that's currently on there.

ford_honda

yeah but without welding its most likely going to leak and alter sound+smelly cab.

TheCollector

may i suggest a glass pack that's what i have and my neighbors know when I'm home but some states there not legal like mine but i have a spare that ti throw on for one day out of the year

AK Outlaw

I've got a rust hole in my pipe just behind my muffler. Doesn't come into the cab, but you can tell a difference in the sound. Makes a nice little rumble in 4th and 5th. But I would say order a Flowmaster 50 series from Summit and weld 'er up.

blade z51

Be careful what you want, you might get it . No kidding, before this truck I had a '92 S10 and the previous owner replaced the exhaust (it needed it). However he could only find one stainless steel exhaust that would fit it and the sonofabiach was "loud". You might think it was cool and all, but in all honesty, you got really tired of it pretty quickly. Sure, people would think it sounded great and all, but I was never happy with it. I even made a restrictor and installed it in the tip. It helped a lot.
You can prolly go to any muffler shop and they'll weld a glass pack type of muffler in there for relatively cheap price, but be prepared to hate it later

qdeezie

Sometimes I think people don't know how to properly clamp things down so it doesn't come apart. My setup is clamped on and doesn't leak. Also, when it comes to the exhaust before and after the muffler, the length has to be correct and those exhaust pipes have to be secured as well.

TheCollector

i got a glass pack and I'm partially deaf so it don't bother me none. but its real loud when you get going

mustangGT90210

Mucho truth the tractor statement. I like my exhaust, loud like I like and at idle (82db, louder than a new camry at full throttle) it's a little raspy but you can hear some lope to it so it sounds good to me. Gettin' on it aint no V8 but it's distinctive for sure

I suggest some form of chambered muffler, don't get a straight through style like a glass pack, you need those chambers to give it some sound apart from tractor