I had the exhaust system replaced from the manifolds all the way back yesterday. The mav is running so much better now. :bananamanI'm getting better gas mileage and the popping noise is gone.:bananaman Turns out the Y-pipe was almost smashed shut on the driver's side. My exhaust guy fabbed up a new Y-pipe and did a great job. It's just a single exhaust, but it's more than enough for a stock 302. I'll get some pictures up sometime next week. Later, Jonathan
Cool , I`ll need to make up a new exhaust system on my mav once I get it back from mavericknutt because I ended up smashing up and ripping off the old exhaust system trying to load it onto a trailor
Actually, a single exhaust is pretty restrictive even for a stock 302. I'd say that a dual exhaust system is first performance modification anyone should do to a Maverick (along with electronic ignition if it's an older model)...
I have already done the pertronix mod and it made a world of a difference. The single exhaust seems to be pretty free flowing. After a while, I might put a different gas tank on it and then switch over to dual, but being a poor married college student, it will have to wait. Right now I'm working on fixing the front suspension. Later, Jonathan
At one time, I had an '83 F100 with a mild 466. Ran dual 3" pipes dumped at the axle for years, then got tired of the big-block rumble (what was I thinking?) and built a totally new system from headers back with 3" merge y-pipe (made it here at home) into 3 1/2" single out the right rear just behind the tire. Looked just like a new PowerStroke. Sounded kinda weird, but it did run better for sure. I used a single 3 1/2" 30 series flowmaster. Wasn't quiet, but it was MUCH quieter than dumped in front of the axle. It had a one-of-a-kind sound for sure. Of course that got tiring and I changed it to a pair of 3" 50 series Flowmasters about 18" behind the collectors. You could definetly tell it wasn't a 302! Sold it that way (actually traded it)
