Loaded my 5 star 93 performance/tow tune today. I like the shifting a little better as I get my over drive gears at 50-70 mpg. Don't like that it still does the "skip shift" stuff though. Submotted for some revisions for both 93 performance and 93 performance/tow tunes. Gonna see if they can give me 8th and possibly 9th on the 93 performance. I like everything about it except not getting 8th+ gear unless I'm on the highway. It most situations driving constant 50-60mph I get some excess exhaust sound because it won't drop down into over drive. Both tunes are better than stock tuning and the perf/row is much smoother.

 

Muffler Delete

 

^^^I hope like heck thats a 5.0, lol

 

Absolutely it is!!

 

loud

 

It's a little louder than I was excepting, I had a two hour drive after I got done, going up and down steep hills. So constantly had a load on the throttle. I talked on my Bluetooth for about an hour and a half to a couple people. One could tell I was in the truck, both could hear me loud and clear. There was a couple times, I had to turn the volume up. I believe that was due to poor connection with someone overseas. (Internet is not that great there).

seem to be the loudest around 1700-2500rpm (very tolerable)
No drone! 😎 which is awesome!
nice deep rumble.
Cold start is noticeable. Especially in townhouse community 😝 at 5am. (Used remote start to verify while in the house). Quites down relatively quick.
And idle is quite.
Can have a normal conversation while driving.


Because there doesn't seem like much information on what people are using. 2.5in pipe with 2.5in - 3in adapter to tail pipe. 2.5in pipe slide into resonate side. So a much cleaner factory look

 

The whole system after the headpipes' Y collector should be 3". I don't know why Ford uses a 2.5" midpipe. I know they know what they're doing but a 3" midpipe sure woke up my truck.

Maybe they use a 2.5" section because few drivers will use anything other than "D" when interfacing with their transmission.

(2.5 will aid sub-2000 rpm efficiency). Then again I can see 22.5 MPG on paper at 1750 rpm, 6th gear, 70 MPH, level ground, no headwind...

 

The Hellwig front looks bigger. What is the diameter difference stock to Hellwig?

 

Got rid of my Paragon (leaky garbage) for a Bakflip

 

Thanks for the write up. I'm still toying with the idea of a muffler or resonator delete. Just from what I've heard on youtube, I've been leaning towards a resonator delete though.