TaraFirma
Wait.....Wut?
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I've been holding off deleting my resonators hoping for a reasonably priced option besides just cutting out the resonators and welding in a piece of stainless.
Shifteck now offers this very reasonably priced resonator delete X-pipe.
I should have bought one of these right when they were posted as the price has gone up $79 since it was first posted.
Anyway, ordered one up a couple days ago and it arrived this morning. I put it on this afternoon. Install was pretty straight forward and can be done in just over an hour in your garage with jack stands and a few simple tools. Instructions are included and are very well written and easy to understand.
First, get her up in the air. A lift is best, but can be done with 4 jack stands.
The heat shield needs to be cut off. I used a dremel with a small cutoff wheel.
Next, I cut the factory pipes just behind the weld after the resonators as per the instructions
I cut the short necked down portion of the Shifteck pipe so it would mate directly with the factory front pipes as apposed to slipping inside of them. I cleaned up all cuts with a dremel.
Then I slid the rear pipes (resonator delete) into the pipe that was cut
Slid the front factory clamps over the new x-pipe and lifted it into place. Tightened all the clamps down and was done
I reinstalled the heat shield with large 21/2 hose clamps. Instructions say this is optional, but I figured Ford installed it for a reason so I put it back on.
Completed install.
The sound is phenomenal!! Very glad I did this. Easily in the top 3 mods I've done. Would highly recommend.
Shifteck now offers this very reasonably priced resonator delete X-pipe.
I should have bought one of these right when they were posted as the price has gone up $79 since it was first posted.
Anyway, ordered one up a couple days ago and it arrived this morning. I put it on this afternoon. Install was pretty straight forward and can be done in just over an hour in your garage with jack stands and a few simple tools. Instructions are included and are very well written and easy to understand.
First, get her up in the air. A lift is best, but can be done with 4 jack stands.
The heat shield needs to be cut off. I used a dremel with a small cutoff wheel.
Next, I cut the factory pipes just behind the weld after the resonators as per the instructions
I cut the short necked down portion of the Shifteck pipe so it would mate directly with the factory front pipes as apposed to slipping inside of them. I cleaned up all cuts with a dremel.
Then I slid the rear pipes (resonator delete) into the pipe that was cut
Slid the front factory clamps over the new x-pipe and lifted it into place. Tightened all the clamps down and was done
I reinstalled the heat shield with large 21/2 hose clamps. Instructions say this is optional, but I figured Ford installed it for a reason so I put it back on.
Completed install.
The sound is phenomenal!! Very glad I did this. Easily in the top 3 mods I've done. Would highly recommend.
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