Free flow exhaust for my pickup

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:06 am

My 88 F-150 dump run truck/home depot run truck was being used for getting to the commuter lot where I carpool from until i fixed the clutch in my DD. Yesterday somebody decided that my exhaust was too quiet and restrictive. They crawled under my truck and cut out that bothersome Catalytic converter for me free of charge.

I filed a police report, but obviously dont expect anything to happen.

:cussing:

Atilla the Fun · Post by **Atilla the Fun** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:17 am

This is part of why I lower my truck. Until the engine runs the compressor to inflate the airbags, no way anyone can get a jack under anything solid, let alone a saw.

Xanth · Post by **Xanth** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:00 pm

We've had people stealing shit out of our metal dumpster at work lately, been a major problem everywhere it seems.

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:40 pm

That sucks. Lots of people stealing converters up in the Bay Area too.

The Dark Side of Will · Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:03 pm

I was going to suggest that you lower your truck...

That does suck. I had somebody steal four mid-80's Jaguar wheels out of my parents front yard a few years ago. They can't have taken them for aynthing more than (at that time) $30 in scrap.

allWorkNoPlay · Post by **allWorkNoPlay** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:38 pm

Your parents keep car wheels in their front yard?

Are they decorative? like lawn Gnomes? :la:

The Dark Side of Will wrote:I was going to suggest that you lower your truck...

That does suck. I had somebody steal four mid-80's Jaguar wheels out of my parents front yard a few years ago. They can't have taken them for aynthing more than (at that time) $30 in scrap.

CincinnatiFiero · Post by **CincinnatiFiero** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:58 pm

its getting big here in ohio to steal cats, theives are in for a suprise tho, mine are already gone!

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:14 am

Mine would be pretty tough to get at, I would think. It's right off of the turbo as part of the downpipe. I will be lowering it soon as well, but it sucks that people can profit from that kind of theivery.

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:04 am

screw outlawing guns, we need a cordless sawzall registry!

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:24 am

A cordless sawzall is one of the most deadly weapons you can get easily.
You'll take mine when you pry it from my cold dead hands.

The Dark Side of Will · Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:01 am

allWorkNoPlay wrote:Your parents keep car wheels in their front yard?

Are they decorative? like lawn Gnomes? :la:

The Dark Side of Will wrote:I was going to suggest that you lower your truck...

That does suck. I had somebody steal four mid-80's Jaguar wheels out of my parents front yard a few years ago. They can't have taken them for aynthing more than (at that time) $30 in scrap.

They do the job when the travelocity gnome is... travelocitying.

I found them in a junkyard and snagged them for my dad. They were only in the yard a day or two.

DiggityBiggity · Post by **DiggityBiggity** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:56 am

crzyone wrote:screw outlawing guns, we need a cordless sawzall registry!

LMAO!!!

I've been keeping my posts to a minimum.. but holy shit that was funny as hell

:thumbleft:

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:08 pm

Uh-oh...Now the Dems will be trying to close the Lowes loophole for another 10 years...

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:51 pm

Well, I confirmed that the my truck did have 2 cats, the one in front of the one they cut off, I wasnt sure if it was a cat or just a muffler. So the theif cut off one cat and left the other, which would have been just as easy to take.

As for lowering the truck, the extend of suspension work this 88 f-150 is getting is the chain around the spring shackle so the spring dosent go through the bed when I haul shingles to the dump.

Anyways, the truck now has manifold down to the remaining CAT, and then into a 5 foot long muffler off an 80's cab over semi, into a resonator off a volkswagen passat.

pretty much what was left in the scrap pile behind the shop.

sounds good too.

lots of torch work and ball peen hammer manipulation so it could be welded.

custom hangers too.

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:40 pm

Sweet. My brother has 2 1/2 full size broncos that are dead, I'm sure he'd love to get rid of stuff if there's anything you need, they have lots of interchangeable parts.

DiggityBiggity · Post by **DiggityBiggity** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:34 am

Really scary the crime rates... they are rising... especially people taking copper out of walls!!!