exhaust, no tuner and negative performance?
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exhaust, no tuner and negative performance?
well as the title says, im desiring to simplify my exhaust from the stock setup but once or twice read that altering the truck from the factory setup can sometimes really affect our ford trucks performance. however i do not remember if that was on the intake end of it or the exhaust end of it.
what id like to do is just get some maggie cats that come into an X pipe and come back out to a rear exit on the truck. so smaller cats, dont even need to be the hi flo's unless they do help dramatically but as ive learned from the years exhaust is more about sound then performance. the X pipe as stated, and straight piped out the back.
my biggest concern is if i do this without having a tuner with a custom tune for that kind of air flow, will i see a decrease in performance or loss of mpg's per say or will it be fine and over time the computer will learn the new setup on its own. id just hate to spend the cash to do the exhaust then have it backfire and have negative effects on my truck. hope someone can help in my decision to do this or not. thanks all.
what id like to do is just get some maggie cats that come into an X pipe and come back out to a rear exit on the truck. so smaller cats, dont even need to be the hi flo's unless they do help dramatically but as ive learned from the years exhaust is more about sound then performance. the X pipe as stated, and straight piped out the back.
my biggest concern is if i do this without having a tuner with a custom tune for that kind of air flow, will i see a decrease in performance or loss of mpg's per say or will it be fine and over time the computer will learn the new setup on its own. id just hate to spend the cash to do the exhaust then have it backfire and have negative effects on my truck. hope someone can help in my decision to do this or not. thanks all.
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ok thanks n1kko. i dont have much for an intake. just the gotts mod and my stock air box and filter. im definately going to get rid of the stock cats. they are enormous. much rather prefer some smaller compact style like a maggie hi flow if it performs much better than a normal magge replacement cat.
#4
well as the title says, im desiring to simplify my exhaust from the stock setup but once or twice read that altering the truck from the factory setup can sometimes really affect our ford trucks performance. however i do not remember if that was on the intake end of it or the exhaust end of it.
what id like to do is just get some maggie cats that come into an X pipe and come back out to a rear exit on the truck. so smaller cats, dont even need to be the hi flo's unless they do help dramatically but as ive learned from the years exhaust is more about sound then performance. the X pipe as stated, and straight piped out the back.
my biggest concern is if i do this without having a tuner with a custom tune for that kind of air flow, will i see a decrease in performance or loss of mpg's per say or will it be fine and over time the computer will learn the new setup on its own. id just hate to spend the cash to do the exhaust then have it backfire and have negative effects on my truck. hope someone can help in my decision to do this or not. thanks all.
what id like to do is just get some maggie cats that come into an X pipe and come back out to a rear exit on the truck. so smaller cats, dont even need to be the hi flo's unless they do help dramatically but as ive learned from the years exhaust is more about sound then performance. the X pipe as stated, and straight piped out the back.
my biggest concern is if i do this without having a tuner with a custom tune for that kind of air flow, will i see a decrease in performance or loss of mpg's per say or will it be fine and over time the computer will learn the new setup on its own. id just hate to spend the cash to do the exhaust then have it backfire and have negative effects on my truck. hope someone can help in my decision to do this or not. thanks all.
#5
ok thanks n1kko. i dont have much for an intake. just the gotts mod and my stock air box and filter. im definately going to get rid of the stock cats. they are enormous. much rather prefer some smaller compact style like a maggie hi flow if it performs much better than a normal magge replacement cat.