Since the LS has dual cats...
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Really?
Its already true duals from factory. Are you talking about gutting the cats and running headers with straight pipes?
All LS's have separate pipes from each cat to the rear mufflers from the factory.
Its already true duals from factory. Are you talking about gutting the cats and running headers with straight pipes?
All LS's have separate pipes from each cat to the rear mufflers from the factory.
joegr
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Why would you? It's there to improve power and mileage. The exhaust flow pulses from each bank helps pull out the exhaust from the other bank.
JoshMcMadMac
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You can, but there would be no benefit to doing so. There is a reason they have been "crossing" dual exhaust pipe for the last thirty years.
1LoudLS
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it is always possible to do what ever you want with an exhaust set up if you build it yourself. the real question is, are you doing the right thing.
also for some LSes, there is a cat, that is the crossover pipe.
I guess I'm used to being able to rev the engine when it's in park or neutral. To me, it sounds too 'refined'. When I get into the throttle, it sounds good, but at rest, I want my car to sound like it has testicular fortitude.
2002_lincolnLS
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Here ya go http://vimeo.com/m/39317259
2002_lincolnLS
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Sorry better vid http://vimeo.com/39335902
2002_lincolnLS
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Magma flow cats, 2.25 pipe and flowmaster super 44's
Educate yourself a bit on the LS.
Its a small V8, will not sound cammed or like a pushrod motor and it does not rev past 3K due to the rev limiter.
2002_lincolnLS
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I know about the rev limiter. I just think it's a crap idea. I miss the look on the driver's face when he realizes he's putting his rice-burning 4-banger against something that has 4 more cylinders.
And even a small V8 can sound like it has a pair...
JoshMcMadMac
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That is not a cat, nor a cross-over.
Wellll..... You DID buy a luxury car, NOT a muscle car.
Ranchero50
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What Josh said, it's not a cross over, it's just a pair of hydroformed plates that are welded together to form the ' )( ' looking crossover to hold both exhaust pipes from moving. I did a true X pipe on mine, 2.25" at the cat to 2.5" past the X, really didn't make a huge difference in sound. The stock pipes are 2" after the connector plate. I need to do another video as my mufflers finally settled in.
This is from August.
05 Lincoln LS, new exhaust - YouTube
This is from August.
05 Lincoln LS, new exhaust - YouTube
1LoudLS
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sorry to inform you guys but that is not true 100% of the time
there are two different styles that i have seen in person, first is the flat plate the you mention ranchero. where the two pipes come close but that are not connected but just held together. there the is the version where there are three catalytic converters, where instead of that flat plate, there is a third big chamber with the exact same honeycomb material inside of it, i know this because when my last set of coils failed, I had to drive it farther than i should have and clogged them up, so i had to remove it from the car and hollow them out to get the motor to stay running. and since i actually removed the same stuff from all three sections, i know what it is.
when Joe post repair manual pictures on here, those pictures look exactly like what my car has and not what a friend of mine had on his LS.
Look all over youtube and ask us...its just not a loud V8. Its a British engine.
Actually, it is a cat.
Exactly.
JoshMcMadMac
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Link, please?
I realize that, but my old 4.0 V6 Explorer sounds like it has more behind it than my V8 LS.