I am no mechanic but I just got a 2004 F150 STX and would like to make it louder. What is the cheapest way to do this? (college budget)

 

Cat-back exhaust- I like the sound of Magnaflo

Longtube headers and a 93oct performance tune if you have the extra coin

I see a lot of expensive intakes to replace the factory CAI and wonder why?

 

If I wanted to go just with aftermarket muffler would I achieve a decent sound at all?? If so which one do you recommend

 

what i would do is buy the muffler you want and the tip or tips you want and take it to a muffler shop and tell them how you where you want the exhaust to exit and have them weld it. youll save alot of money compared to buying a completed exhaust system.

i have a flowmaster super 44 SI/DO. it sounds great. cost me about $80 and the tips i bought were $50. got the whole set up welded for $200.

 

Awesome!! So you run the same stock pipes the whole way up to the muffler?

 

thats what i did. i think most people do.

i bought the muffler from Amazon for like $80 and the tips. went to the muffler shop by me thats owned by a family friend. i told him what i wanted. i also told him i wanted stainless steel piping, he looked at me like i was nuts. stainless steel piping is so expensive, i was worried about my exhaust rusting out. he told me to just use normal piping that he has at his shop and coat it with some high temp paint. i did just that and the piping is still black, no complaints.

my system sounds awesome. the super 44 has a nice scream too it at high RPMs. now that its broken in it sounds even better than it did when i bought it. just keep it simple dude.

 

Ok cool. Thanks for all the tips. Everyone here is all about buyin thousands of $ havin the best exhaust systems when I just wanna make a little noise. If you get the chance could you post a pic or message me do I can see how the black looks. Cuz I'm not goin for flashy either.

 

yea no need to spend that much man. i will try to send you a pic of it. its a little snow covered right now lol

 

My setup is LOUD, and all I did was get the Flowmaster 40 Series muffler and turn it out in front of the rear tire with a 5" tip. About $200 at a muffler shop. Here is a sound clip of mine (turn those speakers up ). Sorry for the long narration haha

 

Stopped by to talk to neighbor and he is taking off his flowmaster on his diesel and installing for me for $40!