F53 (2004) Test, Interesting.
Wanted to share... I have been reading on the ford truck forums how restrictive the exhaust system is on the F53 V10 chassis so I decided to do an experiment. I added the programming from 5 star la...
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By Y pipe, you meaning the curved section in the exhaust right before the cat.
I've wondered about that section of exhaust, why it is curved like that, but figured they did that so both manifolds would be the same total length from the exhaust port.
Exhaust headers sometimes look like a octapus from trying to get all the tubes the same length.
So, no Y pipe or muffler made the mpg go up.
I know this, painted the end of the exhaust pipe sticking out with black paint, when we got to where we were going, every bit of that paint was gone, I guess burnt off, so must be some mighty high heat coming out of that exhaust system.
Neil
I've wondered about that section of exhaust, why it is curved like that, but figured they did that so both manifolds would be the same total length from the exhaust port.
Exhaust headers sometimes look like a octapus from trying to get all the tubes the same length.
So, no Y pipe or muffler made the mpg go up.
I know this, painted the end of the exhaust pipe sticking out with black paint, when we got to where we were going, every bit of that paint was gone, I guess burnt off, so must be some mighty high heat coming out of that exhaust system.
Neil
