MetricMuscle
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- July 8, 2018
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- City, State
- Knoxville, TN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 Eddie Bauer AWD 5.0
I wanna improve my exhaust system but instead of finding a compromise between performance and sound I'm gonna use a cut out so I can have both War and Peace.
My plan is to install a Flowmaster Super44 in place of the 2nd cats, dual in and single 3" out. Then replace the OE muffler with a single 3" in / single 3" out quiet muffler, as in OE quiet or quieter. Install the cut out between them.
What is a super quiet muffler these days? Either universal aftermarket or a known good OE muffler. The reason for 3" is so flow might still be maintained with a large bodied super quiet muffler.
The area we have for mufflers, between the crossmember and rear axle is about 70". The Flowmaster is 19" long and a large super quiet muffler is probably gonna be purdy long with a large cross section. The cut out will need less than 10".
The OE muffler and resonator on my 2001 Explorer still works pretty well for 210,000 miles but even quieter would be nice and without a resonator on the tail pipe. Used to be large long truck mufflers were both quiet and flowed real well, especially if used on a smaller engine than they were originally designed for.
My plan is to install a Flowmaster Super44 in place of the 2nd cats, dual in and single 3" out. Then replace the OE muffler with a single 3" in / single 3" out quiet muffler, as in OE quiet or quieter. Install the cut out between them.
What is a super quiet muffler these days? Either universal aftermarket or a known good OE muffler. The reason for 3" is so flow might still be maintained with a large bodied super quiet muffler.
The area we have for mufflers, between the crossmember and rear axle is about 70". The Flowmaster is 19" long and a large super quiet muffler is probably gonna be purdy long with a large cross section. The cut out will need less than 10".
The OE muffler and resonator on my 2001 Explorer still works pretty well for 210,000 miles but even quieter would be nice and without a resonator on the tail pipe. Used to be large long truck mufflers were both quiet and flowed real well, especially if used on a smaller engine than they were originally designed for.