lounge lizard
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- 1997 xlt awd
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today I cut out my resonator from my exhaust system. first I took my 4 1/2" grinder and cut the exhaust pipe right behind the resonator can as close as I could get to it, to allow as much pipe as I could for the later stage.
once I had the tail pipe section with the resonator still on it removed from the truck. I cut the resonator off the tail pipe as close to the can as I could on my band saw.
I picked a piece of 2 1/4" dia. pipe that was 18" long. I cut that to 14" long and I used my pipe expanding tool to expand the cut end of the pipe enough to get the tail pipe part of the exhaust in it.
I then welded the two pipes together to eliminate a clamp that I would have a hard time reaching up in the body of the truck.
I installed the complete pipe back on the truck with the factory expanded end of the new pipe going onto the cut pipe at the muffler.
once the pipe was hung I clamped this last joint so in the future if I need to change anything I can.
everything went back in easily. and while I was at it I used my floor jack to raise the tail pipe tip up closer to the body since it was hanging so low after I installed my body lift.
here is an after sound clip of the exhaust. there was no need for a before because you can listen to any stock 5.0L explorer to hear what it did sound like.
here it is!
http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j...gine repair/?action=view¤t=DSCN2627.mp4
it does not give it alot of sound, but it is there. for about $25.00 or less and a couple of hours messing around in the drive way.
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today I cut out my resonator from my exhaust system. first I took my 4 1/2" grinder and cut the exhaust pipe right behind the resonator can as close as I could get to it, to allow as much pipe as I could for the later stage.
once I had the tail pipe section with the resonator still on it removed from the truck. I cut the resonator off the tail pipe as close to the can as I could on my band saw.
I picked a piece of 2 1/4" dia. pipe that was 18" long. I cut that to 14" long and I used my pipe expanding tool to expand the cut end of the pipe enough to get the tail pipe part of the exhaust in it.
I then welded the two pipes together to eliminate a clamp that I would have a hard time reaching up in the body of the truck.
I installed the complete pipe back on the truck with the factory expanded end of the new pipe going onto the cut pipe at the muffler.
once the pipe was hung I clamped this last joint so in the future if I need to change anything I can.
everything went back in easily. and while I was at it I used my floor jack to raise the tail pipe tip up closer to the body since it was hanging so low after I installed my body lift.
here is an after sound clip of the exhaust. there was no need for a before because you can listen to any stock 5.0L explorer to hear what it did sound like.
here it is!
http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j...gine repair/?action=view¤t=DSCN2627.mp4
it does not give it alot of sound, but it is there. for about $25.00 or less and a couple of hours messing around in the drive way.
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