2025 EcoBoost Straight Pipe (Muffler Delete)

[ElTejon]

Was shopping for a new exhaust (aFe, MBRP, others) when I figured I would try this first (muffler delete, keep resonator) and drive it for a couple weeks and see how I like it. For reference, I run straight pipes on moto so I'm ok with 'noise'

At 2,000 rpm and under, on the street or cruising the freeway at 60+ without AC or radio, you hear the exhaust but I wouldn't call it a drone. Cruising at 70 mph, which is under 2,000 rpm, the drone is minimal, and that's with no AC and no radio. Road noise already drowns out some of it. It's audible, but you have to listen for it rather than it just being there.

Cold start is a little louder. I'll have to test in the early mornings to see if I really wake the neighbors, but I'm not the type to rev at sunrise. I can idle out of the street. Sound at cruising is a little lower in eco mode, more pronounced in sport mode, but revving and driving is where you really hear it.

I've driven V8s, my open-pipe moto, and 'rice bangers,' and this tone is actually good. It doesn't sound fart-can-like, and I think it sounds fine for a 4cyl mini truck.

I 'tested' the Flowmaster Super 10 and Super 40, but only at idle and with the truck parked, so I couldn't really tell a difference. I'd have to actually drive it with the Super 10, Super 40, or a Magnaflow if I want to tone the noise down.

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[Hot Runr Guy]

How much of the tailpipe did you mess with to get the tip(s) under the bumper?

HRG

 

[ElTejon]

How much of the tailpipe did you mess with to get the tip(s) under the bumper?

HRG

About an 18" section, cut it right after the resonator.

BUT this is just a test, if I like the sound of the straight pipe then I'll be cutting the rear and moving the tip opposite of the rear license plate.

 

[710-oil-614]

To each their own but that just sounds like a 2.0 singerboost without a muffler.

 

[BK007]

Just not my thing...Sounds like when my lawnmower lost a muffler..

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

About an 18" section, cut it right after the resonator.

BUT this is just a test, if I like the sound of the straight pipe then I'll be cutting the rear and moving the tip opposite of the rear license plate.

Thanks! HRG

 

[Master Blaster]

Urghh. Don't want you in my neighborhood. Good for an unnecessary noise ticket, and if they get underneath, the backpressure change gets your plates pulled here for pollution control tampering. Kind of stupid just to make it sound like a rice rocket wannabe.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

About an 18" section, cut it right after the resonator.

BUT this is just a test, if I like the sound of the straight pipe then I'll be cutting the rear and moving the tip opposite of the rear license plate.

Got a better shot?
Straight from a back view

 

[Chops]

Was shopping for a new exhaust (aFe, MBRP, others) when I figured I would try this first (muffler delete, keep resonator) and drive it for a couple weeks and see how I like it. For reference, I run straight pipes on moto so I'm ok with 'noise'

At 2,000 rpm and under, on the street or cruising the freeway at 60+ without AC or radio, you hear the exhaust but I wouldn't call it a drone. Cruising at 70 mph, which is under 2,000 rpm, the drone is minimal, and that's with no AC and no radio. Road noise already drowns out some of it. It's audible, but you have to listen for it rather than it just being there.

Cold start is a little louder. I'll have to test in the early mornings to see if I really wake the neighbors, but I'm not the type to rev at sunrise. I can idle out of the street. Sound at cruising is a little lower in eco mode, more pronounced in sport mode, but revving and driving is where you really hear it.

I've driven V8s, my open-pipe moto, and 'rice bangers,' and this tone is actually good. It doesn't sound fart-can-like, and I think it sounds fine for a 4cyl mini truck.

I 'tested' the Flowmaster Super 10 and Super 40, but only at idle and with the truck parked, so I couldn't really tell a difference. I'd have to actually drive it with the Super 10, Super 40, or a Magnaflow if I want to tone the noise down.

Is your sound clip straight piped with OEM resonator? And aftermarket exhaust tips?

When I removed my stock exhaust/muffler to install a catback - I started my EB in the garage. Straight piped from a couple feet behind catalytic converter. I was pleasantly surprised by the sound. Not a lumpy cam V8 mind you - but a highly tuned 4cyl turbo Not as loud as I was expecting and not unpleasant. The catback sounded worse & I had to modify it

edit - lumpy cam V8 sound for the youngsters fyi….

 

[ElTejon]

Is your sound clip straight piped with OEM resonator? And aftermarket exhaust tips?

Yes sir. And yeah I miss my 64 Nova with 383, multiple V8 Trucks too but this little pickup is fun and perfect for my needs now days.

 

[ElTejon]

Just not my thing...Sounds like when my lawnmower lost a muffler..

Some lawnmowers are better than others

Urghh. Don't want you in my neighborhood. Good for an unnecessary noise ticket, and if they get underneath, the backpressure change gets your plates pulled here for pollution control tampering. Kind of stupid just to make it sound like a rice rocket wannabe.

Appreciate the concern, but if you'd read the post you'd have seen this is a short-term test, not a permanent build. I literally listed a few mufflers I'm still planning to try (Flowmaster, Magnaflow and possibly others) to tone it down. That's the whole point of driving it first.

On the tampering thing: cat and resonator are both still in place. A muffler sits downstream of the cat, it's a sound device, not a pollution-control device, so there's nothing for emissions to flag, no backpressure change an inspector can measure. And the plate-pulling you're describing is Ontario's rules, not where I live.

Your neighborhood is safe. But thanks for looking out for it.

 

[BK007]

Some lawnmowers are better than others



Appreciate the concern, but if you'd read the post you'd have seen this is a short-term test, not a permanent build. I literally listed a few mufflers I'm still planning to try (Flowmaster, Magnaflow and possibly others) to tone it down. That's the whole point of driving it first.

On the tampering thing: cat and resonator are both still in place. A muffler sits downstream of the cat, it's a sound device, not a pollution-control device, so there's nothing for emissions to flag, no backpressure change an inspector can measure. And the plate-pulling you're describing is Ontario's rules, not where I live.

Your neighborhood is safe. But thanks for looking out for it.

Well what about this then...

 

[ElTejon]

Got a better shot?
Straight from a back view

Here’s the temporary spot. It’s it’s moving into a cutout in the rear opposite the license plate or out the side under rear passenger door

 

[Pknopp]

To each their own but that just sounds like a 2.0 singerboost without a muffler.

Reminds me a story as a teen. Buddy had a 6 cyl Duster. He comes driving up after adding a cherry bomb Muffler.

He gets out and asks how it sounds.

Another friend speaks up "like a 6 cylinder with a cherry bomb muffler".

 

[DanielP]

Was shopping for a new exhaust (aFe, MBRP, others) when I figured I would try this first (muffler delete, keep resonator) and drive it for a couple weeks and see how I like it. For reference, I run straight pipes on moto so I'm ok with 'noise'

At 2,000 rpm and under, on the street or cruising the freeway at 60+ without AC or radio, you hear the exhaust but I wouldn't call it a drone. Cruising at 70 mph, which is under 2,000 rpm, the drone is minimal, and that's with no AC and no radio. Road noise already drowns out some of it. It's audible, but you have to listen for it rather than it just being there.

Cold start is a little louder. I'll have to test in the early mornings to see if I really wake the neighbors, but I'm not the type to rev at sunrise. I can idle out of the street. Sound at cruising is a little lower in eco mode, more pronounced in sport mode, but revving and driving is where you really hear it.

I've driven V8s, my open-pipe moto, and 'rice bangers,' and this tone is actually good. It doesn't sound fart-can-like, and I think it sounds fine for a 4cyl mini truck.

I 'tested' the Flowmaster Super 10 and Super 40, but only at idle and with the truck parked, so I couldn't really tell a difference. I'd have to actually drive it with the Super 10, Super 40, or a Magnaflow if I want to tone the noise down.

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