looking forward to this...

[jbashaw]

hello all!! Im happy to be a part of the forum. I like to seek advice from the "old guys" lol since Im just a young buck (24yrs). I own a 95 F250 5.8L 2WD. I just swapped the instrument cluster for one with a tach, did an engine flush and oil change, full tranny service including draining the converter, and have a fresh battery in "the beast". I frequently visit forums looking at previous post but never find the exact answer i need so figured I'd join. I worked at a ford dealership from ages 16-19 so i learned quite a bit but am always expanding my knowledge. I mainly use my truck for daily driver but occasionally pull a trailer or haul minor things. It's my first truck and i would like to keep it forever. Im just wondering what i can do to get the best mileage/performance and keep it running forever. glad to be a member and i look forward to the forum experience.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Welcome to FTF...post of some pics of your truck when you can!

 

[Beach66Bum]

Welcome to FTF
best mileage/performance/running forever, make sure you keep on top of regular maintenance, check your tire pressure, keep your foot light on the pedal, lol!
you can upgrade your exhaust and intake.

 

[5.0Flareside]

welcome!!!!!

and Roy... you can upgrade the exhaust.. but the intake is PLENTY....

 

[460Trucker]

keep your foot light on the pedal, lol!
you can upgrade your exhaust and intake.

The latter usually causes the opposite of the former

Welcome to the site!

 

[smokey]

Welcome to FTF

 

[Beach66Bum]

I agree Chris, the intake is a must, and it changes the exhaust note, so most guys will do both and have a more powerful sounding truck! They do work well together though, more air in and better flow out.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Engine is just a big old air pump....intake and exhaust should be done to make it most efficient...
Any improvement is an improvement though!

 

[5.0Flareside]

the intakes on the fuel injected trucks are overkill for stock to be honest...

they have dual 50 mm throttle bodies..

thats a 100 mm throttle body approx..

no need in more intake....


truck 5.0's and 5.8's use the same throttle body..

 

[DNFXDLI]

I didn't know that...that is damn huge!

 

[5.0Flareside]

That's what I mean.. The intakes are overkill on stock engine.. I don't get who the hell buys the bbk upgrade to dual 56's or dual 61's... If you need that big your gonna need bigger actual intake like a edelbrock truck intake..

 

[DNFXDLI]

Well I was looking at a 123mm intake for my car.

 

[jbashaw]

i been really wanting to do the exhaust and since there is no 02 sensor after that cat i was wondering if anyone knows of an exhaust kit just bolts to the Y-pipe flange before the cat... i was at the junk yard the other day getting my cluster and saw a truck with true duals but it was off a 5.0 and they had cut the flange off so i decided against that plus it had glass packs and Im leaning more towards flowmaster instead of glass packs. which series of flows gives these trucks the best sound and is getting rid of the cat the best option?

 

[5.0Flareside]

stay away from chokemasters... they suck IMO...

any thing from the Cherry Bomb sounds REALLY GOOD...
i even like straight pipes no mufflers on these 5.0 or 5.8's.. but theyre really loud..

easiest thing to do is go to your local muffler shop and say i have this much to spend.. i want dual exhaust.. what can ya do..

 

[jbashaw]

so muffler shop would be cheaper than a diy kit? i was looking online and found a site that offered a cat back kit with the cheap performance muffler for $162.. kinda sounded too good to be true... it was from http://www.truckexhaustkits.com/ would it just be a waste of money?

 

[slmann]

Welcome to the site.

 

[5.0Flareside]

so muffler shop would be cheaper than a diy kit? i was looking online and found a site that offered a cat back kit with the cheap performance muffler for $162.. kinda sounded too good to be true... it was from http://www.truckexhaustkits.com/ would it just be a waste of money?

thats with a garbage muffler, cheap wrinkle bends, not mandrel bends 2.25" pipes, and no tips, and straight back exhaust..

when you get into a decent setup with say a cherry bomb, or a gawd awful cherry bomb with mandrel bends and some even clamp on tips..

your up around 270 bucks..

a muffler shop would be a better bet.. just make sure they dont well brackets to the frame, instead drill holes, bolt the brackets to the frame and then well the bracket to the exhaust..

 

[Beach66Bum]

The exhaust I had put on was $700. True duals, exit in front of rear tires.