Im pretty new to the scene, and older hotrods. Have owned several nbs stangs, and kinda over that for a bit. That said, I recently acquired a 1950 Ford F1 from a buddy on the HAMB. Truck has original Flatty V8. I'm looking for some exhaust advice, just something that sounds good cut outs ect. Not looking for power obviously just a clean healthy sounding exhaust. Pics/sound clips would be great, or just some good ol fashioned advice. Thanks!! btw: The truck is a 50, in the pic you might notice the front end...has a 52 front end. Just a piece of info for those who feel the need to debate the year. Which this thread is not intended.
Don't go too big in dia. You lose that classic flathead tone. I have 1.75" straight pipes all the way back on my AV8 and it sounds great.
Nice, yeah i keep debating on running pipes all the way back or just putting a set of cutouts. Thanks for the advice!
If you go to the Ford Truck Entusiast Site they have a section for 48-60 trucks .The guys there are very helpful.
I've run a set of Red's Headers on my 48 F1 for the past 10 years and am very happy with them. They have 1 3/4" tubes as mentioned above. These headers are made to fit around the steering gearbox. Cast iron Fentons will need some work with a grinder to fit.
Forgive my ignorance to this topic, but with this set-up, are you running mufflers, or just strait pipes to the rear?
i ran fentons and smithy's on my 52 f1 and it sounded great, especially after the smithys got broke in good. i didn't have any real problems fitting the fentons, it was a bit tight and we did just a little grinding on drivers side.
I have Speedways headers on the F1 in my avatar with 1 5/8 pipes all the way back with no mufflers and its sounds great. You do have to massage the rear tube to clear the steering box with those headers.......
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