Craig Childs
Active Member
Hi everyone
I am wanting to extrude as much power (and therefore hopefully gas mileage) as possible from my '05 Trac, and I figured that one of the best ways to do this is to put together a fully custom exhaust, complete with new headers, 2.5" tubing, high flow cat converters, new muffler (of course) and everything else I need (gaskets, hardware, etc.).
And now the tricky part; I want to keep the tubing from each side of the engine completely separate. i.e. I want the only place that the exhaust gases from the opposite side of the engine to meet each other is in the muffler. Now, I am new to the whole performance modification department, and I have no idea what kind of results this will give me, or if this set up will be a good fit for my truck. My question is whether or not this will be a good set up for my little 4.0 V6, and whether or not it is worth the time, money and effort to buy all the parts I need and install them the way I would like. I am curious as to whether or not I will get much better performance and gas mileage from this set up or if the gains will be worth the trouble.
Also, I should probably note that I am planning on buying a K&N intake, new throttle body, new coil, ignition wires, and anything else I can get my hands on for a good price. But my main concern is about the exhaust set up and whether or not it is worth it to buy all that. Thanks in advance guys.
I am wanting to extrude as much power (and therefore hopefully gas mileage) as possible from my '05 Trac, and I figured that one of the best ways to do this is to put together a fully custom exhaust, complete with new headers, 2.5" tubing, high flow cat converters, new muffler (of course) and everything else I need (gaskets, hardware, etc.).
And now the tricky part; I want to keep the tubing from each side of the engine completely separate. i.e. I want the only place that the exhaust gases from the opposite side of the engine to meet each other is in the muffler. Now, I am new to the whole performance modification department, and I have no idea what kind of results this will give me, or if this set up will be a good fit for my truck. My question is whether or not this will be a good set up for my little 4.0 V6, and whether or not it is worth the time, money and effort to buy all the parts I need and install them the way I would like. I am curious as to whether or not I will get much better performance and gas mileage from this set up or if the gains will be worth the trouble.
Also, I should probably note that I am planning on buying a K&N intake, new throttle body, new coil, ignition wires, and anything else I can get my hands on for a good price. But my main concern is about the exhaust set up and whether or not it is worth it to buy all that. Thanks in advance guys.