Ford 7.3 turbo: exhaust too loud

[BBURD]

Purchased (new to me) Ford 250, 7.3 ltr turbo, 126000 miles. Exhaust has been modified and has big tip. Wife says too loud. (I have to agree) Saw 4.5 inch tip silencer that attaches to tip of exhaust to supposedly quiet it down. Has anyone used? Will it restrict exhaust too much and inhibit performance? Etc Thanks

[Passin_Thru]

Go buy a roll of silver insulation and insulate the rear of the cab, floors and inside of doors. Get her some ear plugs. Drive your 7.3 cuz there are'nt many left and they were the castiron truck motor. Owned one for 10 years.

[TriumphGuy]

Wadcutter wrote:
I went with a Walker Big Truck muffler. It's a straight thru design. Dropped my exhaust temps 150*. Only slightly louder.
As others have said the 7.3L normally is louder than newer engines.

Same here, a little louder than stock and a drop in EGTs.

But as always I wish the truck were quieter 🙂

[stsmark]

X3 with Chris the first 24 valve Cummins are the kings of wake up calls. I think the OP is focused on exhaust drone and tailpipe noise. I had a 2001 7.3 and used the Magnaflow 4" down pipe back system, great temps and no drone. I believe Magnaflow will sell just the muffler.

[rhagfo]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Op if you want your wife to be happy get a newer quieter truck. In the end it will cost less to make her happy!

Another option would be get DW a set of Boise headphones!!!

[NRALIFR]

If the truck has non-stock exhaust it probably has a non-stock intake as well, and that drone you're hearing could be coming from the intake side. I had a '95 F350 for almost 15 years and did many mods to it, one of them a Tymar intake. The amount of noise from under the hood definitely increased when I replaced the stock air filter box with the round Donaldson filter.

But, it also had a 4" turbo-back MBRP exhaust that while it included a muffler, it was also louder than OEM. In my opinion, lowering the cab noise in any of the 7.3 trucks is going to take more than just adding a muffler.

:):)

[DustyR]

phenrichs wrote:
If perhaps someone added an aftermarket exhaust check to see if it is a straight pipe or if it has a resonator inline. A resonator makes a world of difference.

X-2

I went with a 4" turbo back with a MBRP resonator and the exhaust doesn't have the irritating drone of the straight exhaust. I tow also and a noisy/drone exhaust is not conductive to conversation in the cab.

[mjwelte]

Some areas to check for noise.

1. Turbo up pipes - These are notorious for leaking and can make quite a racket as it is right next to the cab
2. Exhaust back pressure valve - If it is sticking it is noisy and bleeding boost. You will get a loud "whoosing" sound if stuck
3. Exhaust and how it is mounted - It should have rubber mounts to isolate the vibration. If they are gone it can make the exhaust vibrate the frame and the harmonic can be maddening

Ford made a firewall sound deadening kit for the Excursions that can be added to the firewall of the Superduties. There is also a lot of sound leakage around the steering shaft where it goes through the firewall. I have seen a couple of mods with a foam coozie used to seal it up. The other big helper is good rubber window and door seals and sound deadening product in the door panels. Biodiesel also makes a huge difference in how loud my truck is. A HPX crossover pipe helps too and so does a in tank fuel pickup mod as the fuel system sucks air which makes the injectors really noisy.

There are lots of things to do but no silver bullet. The 7.3 is loud.

[Cummins12V98]

Op if you want your wife to be happy get a newer quieter truck. In the end it will cost less to make her happy!

[Cummins12V98]

Me Again wrote:

dodge guy wrote:


You want noisy?...................how about a 94-97 Cummins! these were as noisy as they come!

Actually the 98.5-2002 24V Cummins is considered the loudest one! The 12V have a softer tone. 24V have all the normal noise plus a sharp over tone!

Our snowbird park ban me from going to get donuts Friday morning at 6AM.

Chris

I agree my Sons 98.5 engine noise is louder than my 98 12V.

[larry_barnhart]

Lucky for us the noisy cummins are getting to be few for towing rv's so the problem isn't so bad anymore. I say us where we winter not every where so don't get riddled up.
chevman

[Me_Again]

dodge guy wrote:


You want noisy?...................how about a 94-97 Cummins! these were as noisy as they come!

Actually the 98.5-2002 24V Cummins is considered the loudest one! The 12V have a softer tone. 24V have all the normal noise plus a sharp over tone!

Our snowbird park ban me from going to get donuts Friday morning at 6AM.

Chris

[phenrichs]

If perhaps someone added an aftermarket exhaust check to see if it is a straight pipe or if it has a resonator inline. A resonator makes a world of difference.

[TECMike]

If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

[rhagfo]

dodge guy wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

jerem0621 wrote:
7.3's are naturally loud. Add a custom exhaust and you can get mind numbly loud.

Take it to a shop and have them take a look and give an opinion.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

I doubt that much of the noise is from the exhaust!! The 7.3 and 1st and 2nd gen Cummins are naturally noisy due to the single event combustion.
You will get over it once you tow with it.

Okie1 wrote:
I will agree that 7.3 Powerstrokes are very noisy engines but NOT from the exhaust. You probably don't have a muffler at all. There is no way you can hear any exhaust noise over the engine noise in mine....

He will soon learn that the early diesels are just noisy, no matter the size of the muffler the single injection event, is just plain loud.
:B

You want noisy?...................how about a 94-97 Cummins! these were as noisy as they come!

Yep!
Remember my neighbor buying a new 96 Ram 2500 Cummins! He started it up and it sounded as loud as his big Kenworth (Cummins) log truck.

To the OP, the older diesels are just clatter boxes, it is the single event combustion, mechanical injectors and mechanical injection pumps.

I plug in my block heater at about 40 degrees, not for ease of start, to keep the noise down and the neighbors happy. This engine has started at about 5 degrees no issues.

Best you can do is add extra insulation and sound killing materials to the floor and firewall.