dual exhaust on 5.0 not able to work??

[dtomko1]

i have a 98 5.0 L and i want to put a dual exhaust on it. not the true dual, but to pipes coming out of the rear bumper with a flow master muffler.

i went to big al's and they said it cant be done because i dont have a suspension lift.
but i have shackles and tt.

Does anyone have this setup with the dual exhaust i want to know that it can be done

 

[SkyJumper]

Sounds to me as if Big Al is scared

 

[rickybobby]

i ran duals on my non-lifted 4.0 and it works just fine

 

[BradR]

I was quoted $200 for dual on the Mountaineer, lowered 2 inches....

Try another shop.

 

[celly]

Lots of folks have done it before. As others have said....find another shop.

 

[techieman33]

The problem is navigating around the spare tire, but it can and has been done even on lowered ones. I'll 3rd finding another shop, try local businesses they're usually a lot more willing to do custom stuff.

Edit: wow my 7777th post.

 

[Fordtrucks]

I run duals out the back with tips. The pipe actually touches my spare in one spot but its never hurt anything.. my tips exit behind the tires.

 

[YoungMounty]

This is the exact setup I have on mine. It will work. And I have a 2" tt and shackles. 5.0 as well

 

[Fordtrucks]

Yea im up about 3" with the V8 also.. not sure if it matters..

 

[shooterdude199]

ive had a guy tell me he'd run a dual exhaust for 400 bucks no matter if they were straight out the back or thrush, he said that id risk the leaf spring crushing the piping if i went thrush and i'd have to take off my hitch reciever to do straight out the back, i was just like eff it im just gonna put the muffler on and not even worry about running new piping.

 

[Fordtrucks]

Find a different pipe shop! My guy removed my pipe from the rear to cats back then ran true duals all the way back for 100 bucks.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

i got duals on my 01 sport and still got the spare tire as well

 

[beach]

Sounds like a shop that doesn't know what their doing and shouldn't be in business. A real exhaust shop will have a bender and know how to form the piping.... it's easy as hell for them even under the cramped 2nd gens. I had my duals routed no problem with no touching/rubbing and kept the spare as well.

It's about a half inch or 1/4 inch or so away from the spare, but in all the years the tire has not one mark on it... you have a better chance of being hit by lightning every day then have the pipe burn a mark into the spare lol. That was every exhaust shops excuse till I found one whose done plenty of them.. "your spare tire will catch fire", bunch of tards lol

 

[Fordtrucks]

Yea most big chain shops wont do a lot of things because if something did happen you could hold them responsible for the damages so they tend to play by the book. I was able to find a back yard kind of guy to do my exhaust work and i usually just help him do it so it comes out exactly how i wanted it that day... The spare tire will NOT catch on fire either from a smoke pipe... Just sayin..: