Custom Exhaust 1996 Ford F-150 5.0 Liter (Y-Pipe with Catalytic Converters Only)

[@CJColvin]

That's one clean 96 F150. I have a 96 F150 that I bought on Craigslist for $3300 at Wentzville MO back in October and it's in good shape, runs good, drives good even with 202,800 miles on it.

[@MikesGarage96]

Thanks. I bought this truck from a guy I know for $2,000. The top color of the two tone was faded bad from the clear coat peeling off. The previous owner had hail damaged fixed and apparently the body shop that did it either used cheap clear or not enough. But the rest of the paint looked good so I had just the top part painted, buffed and waxed the rest of it. I replaced the head and tail light lenses and tinted the Windows just to finish it off and dress it up. I'm happy with the results especially for a knock around truck. I've got about $3,000 total in it. 235,000 miles and still running strong.

[@CJColvin]

+Michael Wells that's good. When I bought my truck we had to take it to the shop to get the steering fix because it was wobbly, then it was shuttering in the rear so we had to get that fix, then the original starter died so we put a new starter on the day before thanksgiving, then it was shuttering again because the transmission was shifting too fast we took it to the shop and clean it all out and ever since then it never had a single problem. The cost total on this truck was over $5,000. So far though I've haven't had a problem yet and the truck is still running good.

[@tracypadgett2682]

My husband got a 95 f150 5.0 with 294,500 miles and it's still going strong

[@andrewapple5524]

I live in wentzville Mo

[@johnorcutt1390]

This is exactly what I will be doing to mine. I just never thought about not putting a muffler on at all. It sounds great! Thanks so much. I have an appointment tuesday and was having a hard time deciding what to do...... tytyty

[@danielpadgett2831]

I got a 95 5.0 with dual exhaust straight pipe with 313,200 still running strong. Sounds good man keep it on the road

[@danielpadgett2376]

i did the same on my 95 302 cut that last cat out and ran a y pipe then duals out the side at 45 degree angles. beautiful truck man.

[@-vb-1592]

That sounds so good. I think you helped me figure out what to do with my '93 👍🏻

[@joedirt7091]

Just to let you know that one great looking 96 F150. I bought my from 1996 F150 from a guy that runs tire shop. i had to fix the lights on the doors because the lenses that went over the lights were missing. And i had the dash pad on the passengers side redone painted back to the correct interior color and replaced the bezel that goes over the insturment cluster. My truck has 300.000 miles on it and still going strong.

[@ghostjr7234]

I have a 1996 Ford F-150 myself with only 186,xxx miles with a 5.8 I wanna end up putting headers and a exhaust and a tiny bit idk might just leave it how it is

[@traviscrowe8003]

Good video. I had a 7.5L in a 1 ton and I did the same thing, left the cats but removed the muffler. I was a nice, clean sound, not too loud but loud enough. I had a shop run the exhaust 45 degrees behind the rear tires, no tips.

[@miguelmendivil7650]

I’m getting an F-250 single cab, short bed, 5.0 with a manual transmission I might get this set up it sounds so good!

[@KsKaylor]

Sounds pretty good man. You'd be surprised though, I removed the cats off my pop's 04 Chevy Silverado 5.3 (103k miles) and ran a 3" Flowmaster 40 with 2.5" tailpipes and the truck runs great. Didn't do anything to the oxygen sensors and it hasn't had cats for over a year now and no issues. Your truck would run fine without them, the o2 sensors only monitor the efficiency of the cats, not the air/ fuel ratio like the pre-cat o2 sensors, now inspection would be another thing. We don't have inspections or emission testing where I'm at so I'm lucky.

[@KsKaylor]

Ford Fanatic Definitely need your pre-catalytic converter oxygen sensors but not necessary the post cat oxygen sensors if you are deleting the catalytic converters. I kept all my oxygen sensors, just removed the cats for straight pipes. 5 years later at 130k and truck is still running great

[@MowerJunkie]

Nicely done, and sounds good too! I did the same on a 87 Crown Vic. but the Crown Vic had 4 cats, so it had true dual exhaust, with an amazing sound out the back! Thanks for sharing. I just Subscribed.

[@MikesGarage96]

Thanks! I like these old ford trucks. It has 260k miles on the original engine and transmission and it doesn’t use a drop of oil. The original owner was very meticulous with maintenance on it.

[@AdmiralRustyShackleford]

I'd like one of these trucks. A friend of mine had one, he cut off the muffler and ran the pipe out the side in front of the rear tire. It's not really loud at all, just a nice deep sound.

[@johnorcutt1390]

Just got mine out. It sounds great. Next will be headers so I can delete the smog pump. I will be putting a cat back on though. I love it! Thanks again

[@MikesGarage96]

Glad you like it! I just deleted the cat and muffler off my 7.3 Powerstroke. I’ll be posting a video of how it sounds in the next couple weeks

[@pigmyandtheamazon4154]

Doing this same setup on my 93 f150, awesome sound man

[@dudcats]

I’ve got a straight pipe after the cats that exits out the side but doesn’t sound as good as this

[@autodummies7877]

You have answered all my questions ty sir

[@rgbigdog]

Nice looking and nice sounding truck.

[@Bronco46tube]

I did the same on my Cherry 5.8 lt. 95 Ford Bronco XLT. It has nice deep rumble

[@beefstew5608]

I just did the same exhaust thanks it’s perfect!

[@thestraitgateway]

How'd you get the older style mirrors on there, i got a 96 also but its got the newer mirrors?

[@higgy485]

this is literally exactly what my truck sounds like. i did the same exact thing but I've only got the one pipe.

[@coleschank5469]

That's a clean truck man!

[@Deerhunter-]

The second converter is not monitored by an o2 sensor i cut mine off and haven’t had an issue and it sounds amazing. That second converter is for California emissions and if the truck had California emissions standards it would have o2 sensors for that second cat

[@AdmiralRustyShackleford]

It does have an O2 sensor after the cat, if it's a 96. That's the 1st year of OBD2 so there's a sensor after the 2nd cat (or in the cat itself). If it's a pre-95, there isn't one, being OBD1.

[@Jimmy-eg3sp]

Mine has both cats on it still but I took the muffler off, I kind of want to see what it would sound like with one of the cats gone (5.0 liter v8 by the way)

[@thestraitgateway]

Sounds amazing

[@hunterfoster1714]

I have a 94 F150 thinking about putting a glasspack on and doing it that way.

[@Chasemanuti]

Sounds good. I don’t have any converters on mines. And I want to do this but don’t know how loud it would be

[@Ace-44]

Why do people put aftermarket mufflers on (flowmaster magnaflow etc) if they can just get rid of it all together and have it sound like that?? I have a 96 f150 with a inline 6. Trying to get some ideas on what route I should take. Thanks again.

[@thestraitgateway]

That baby is beautiful

[@codycoale3346]

sounds good and clean

[@portalbucket5365]

The chevy squarebodys did that y pipe into 1 cat. Im about to take my cat back exhaust off to see how it sounds

[@jacobstuntebeck-lokken6705]

Delete the second cat, it’ll have a nice pop

[@rogerfarmer8919]

Hi Mike ! Thanks for the video. Going to do my F150 exhaust the same as you did. Sounds really good ! Also, if you don't mind me asking.......where did you get your front Ford chrome license plate from ? Want to get me one like yours for the front of my truck. Thanks !

[@CoyoteColt]

Did you keep the resonators

[@DannyClayton-op8yr]

Might do mine like that I have the same truck

[@Doug-z1i]

Did u use 3 inch

[@mattoutland5290]

I cut that first cat you refer to off and my truck runs fine

[@mattoutland5290]

Beautiful truck though man. I also have a 2wd. Did you lift or level yours?

[@bigjproduction898]

Man can you send me a layout or diaphragm ? so I can shoe the muffler shop exactly what I want

[@mark98070]

Have you ever had a bad injector on this 5.0? I think I have one that is leaking fuel into the cylinders. I don't know how to determine which one is bad other than pulling them all. Looks like a big job & quite expensive. Especially the ones on cyl. 1,2,3,4 Plenum would have to be removed. Mine is a 95 with a build date of 12/94. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also the fuel mileage is terrible and runs rough at idle.

[@MikesGarage96]

I’ve never had a bad injector on this one. One way to check for a leaking injector is pulling the spark plugs out. If the injector is leaking on a certain cylinder the plug will be wet and smell strong of gas

[@rpfl5586]

I lost my muffler 2 years ago and its just has the 2 cats. Sounds alot quieter then that. Did you punch the the cats through? Sounds great but I dont understand how you get that nice deep sound?

[@MikesGarage96]

No, I didn’t modify the cats. Good quality chrome tips help with sound acoustics

[@aarontodd3300]

What size pipe u runnin?

[@kozdafatboy]

Any aftermarket headers? And what size of tubing you added from the cat back??

[@MikesGarage96]

All stock manifolds. I believe it’s 2.5 inch tubing with 3.5 inch tips

[@tonylobo8311]

The I have to remove one cat?

[@MikesGarage96]

No, I left all the cats in place

[@tonylobo8311]

Thank you!!

[@jothesquash5897]

Real nice truck brotha, gotta 96 Bronco XLT and previous owner put flowmaster 40 series that ran dual pipes to one side with magnaflow tips, way to quiet, how much did the work cost, thinkin of doin the same, thanks

[@MikesGarage96]

It cost me around $100. Pricing will vary depending on location. Also, a lot of shops don’t like running straight exhausts. You may have to go around and ask a couple different places.

[@Ace-44]

@@MikesGarage96 Why is that? Won't pass inspection?

[@chrisdarrough779]

I just did the same thing on my 96 cut the Cherry bomb extreme off and put a y-pipe on it doesn't sound this good still way too quiet not happy at all with it

[@MadMayro]

I have the same setup except with a bullet race muffler. Might have to cut it off now lol

[@chansen7613]

Sounds like a 5.0 mustang or as it has been said my 5.0 leeter

[@DrWolf33]

I did this to my truck too

[@joshuawilson72]

Go with high flow cat system from magnaflow best thing I ever did

[@billyhill2585]

Did you buy a tailpipe kit or is it all custom made?

[@MikesGarage96]

My local exhaust shop custom made all the pipes

[@billyhill2585]

Gonna check around to see if I can have a shop do the same thing! Love the way it sound. Hopefully it isn’t too much to have it all made

[@MikesGarage96]

It cost me around $200 to have everything done.

[@haydenredditt9570]

94 f150 manual 302 1 cat to glass pack to y pipe out the back

[@CJColvin]

Is you're truck a 2wd or 4wd.

[@MikesGarage96]

2WD

[@CJColvin]

+Michael Wells Ok thanks man I just wanted to ask.

[@austindyck5231]

I got shrimp exact same truck

[@CJColvin]

I posted two videos of my truck. One is a 1996 Ford F150 Cold start and the other is memories of my 96 F150. In order to watch these videos just type in 96 F150 Cold start or go to my KZbin channel CJ Colvin and you see the two videos that I posted.

[@austindyck5231]

I cut both of mine out and put true dual on mine

[@joedirt7091]

Commented thumbed up subcribed and rang your bell.

[@ryanreyes9456]

Im sorry, what kind of converter?

[@mromatic17]

1:30 this sounds really good makes me want to remove my cherry bomb off mine to make it sound better!