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Old 04-26-2012, 07:34 AM
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No I bought mine off my friend who got it off the interweb
Never heard of a x pipe on a f150 but thats cool I will have to look it up online
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Old 04-26-2012, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by garbill2003

Never heard of a x pipe on a f150 but thats cool I will have to look it up online
I want to say he got it from either summit, jegs or advance I forget
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Old 04-26-2012, 08:32 PM
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04 5.4 gibson shorty headers h pipe no cats and flowmaster super 40's sonds pretty good. Got about 30 hp out of the headers and all.
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Old 04-26-2012, 10:16 PM
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04 5.4 gibson shorty headers h pipe no cats and flowmaster super 40's sonds pretty good. Got about 30 hp out of the headers and all.
That's sweet, I can't decide whether to go headers or manifolds once my manifolds finally go
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Old 04-30-2012, 10:03 AM
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Headers make the Sound quality unbelievable they dont make it too much louder than dual exhaust just sounds a lot better
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Originally Posted by 044x4lariat
Headers make the Sound quality unbelievable they dont make it too much louder than dual exhaust just sounds a lot better
It just seems like everyone I know that has headers they leak after a short time and I don't want to have leaking headers ya know
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Yeah you have to make sure there put on right and tight
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Originally Posted by 044x4lariat
Yeah you have to make sure there put on right and tight
Ya, only other thing I'm worried about is snappin off the studs
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Ya, only other thing I'm worried about is snappin off the studs
When installing Headers, you will want to torque the bolts/studs, drive around to get everything up to temp and then retorque again later.

Some guys retorque same day, others like to wait a couple days.
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Originally Posted by Stainless Works

When installing Headers, you will want to torque the bolts/studs, drive around to get everything up to temp and then retorque again later.

Some guys retorque same day, others like to wait a couple days.
Thank you that's helpful, I am just not lookin forward to getting these old manifolds off
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