I'm thinking about cutting the mufflers of my Galaxie off. I have dual exhaust, and a H pipe just under the tranny, and all pipes are 2". The mufflers I have now are 40 series flowmasters, they sound nice, but a fellow of mine that's building a '47 Merc with a 292 passed with it by my house, I I loved the sound of the straight pipes he has.

My only worry is burning an exhaust valve, with the lack of backpressure.

Anyone run straights?

The sound is AMAZING, and it's not too loud (at least for me).

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Why dont you ask him how many valves he has burned out??? I seriously doubt it.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

I did, but the car is not ready, and he only took it from the shop to have the front end aligned.

Since my engine is new, I'm on the safe side here.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Exhaust valves shouldn't be a problem since you have the exhaust system installed. It will still hold the heat in to keep valves from warping or burning.

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

I put about 400,000 on a 56 Ford in the 60's and 70's. I had various Y-blocks in it. Sometimes I had straight pipes at times and sometimes Smithy straight through mufflers. Exhaust valves were the least of my worries.

Kenneth

Fredricksburg, Texas

That's good eneugh for me. I think the valves will be just fine.

I never ran a angine with straights, so I was a little worried.

Thank's for the experience.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Everyone runs without mufflers at the drag races. No problem.

Tulio: If you live in a residential neighborhood & run straight pipes, you will not be popular! ....

Paul

I want to try 2 in. straight pipes also.  They may actually be quieter inside the truck than the current setup with glass packs, which exit in front of the rear fender not far back from the cab.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I'm already not very popular.

Some burned rubber is the cause

A little noise will not change a thing, after all I'm the crazy nuts that owns the "big gas guzzler things"


Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec