Stage 3 has FR DP's on sale. Reached out to FR directly to see if they will price match. Hoping to have a set ordered up by tomorrow.

 

Full Race down pipes ordered. Added the ceramic coating and hope to see them in the next 3 weeks!

I'll get these on and hopefully Dyno-tuned and call it a day performance wise. Only other thing I really want to do is put hard-pipes on, but they can wait.

Only other bigger upgrade I would like to do is to get fox coil-overs on the front. The rest is just small cosmetic stuff.

 

Mod List re-cap

Current upgrade list
Exterior
Raptor Wheels and 285/70/17 Ridge Grapplers (winters)
Raptor Running Boards
MX GrillCraft Upper and Lower Grills
OEM 2016 Sport 20" with OEM Hankook's (Summers) - SOLD
Expel film on front Bumper
Spray in Box liner
Morimoto XB Fogs
Removed lower air dam
Access "Vanish" tonneau cover
AVS in-channel visors
AVS bug deflector
AS 2" level
Hellwig sway bar
Pro-Comp AAL
Fox 2.0 Rear shocks
Rear wheel well liners
EZ Tail Gate assist
Pop a lock tail gate lock
LED bed lights
Recon 3rd Brake light
Recon Tail lights
Recon LED puddle lights
ANZO LED marker lights
Flat black FX4 Bed decals
Custom flat black "EcoBoost" decals
Painted F150 emblems
Painted FORD emblems
50% ceramic window tint on the from windows
42" LED Light bar - Removed for FR CAC
12v/5v Power outlet in box of the truck

Interior
Raptor Steering Wheel
WeatherTech Digital Fit Mats
3M protective film on the door sills
Kicker Subgate upgraded sub
DRW-650 2-channel dash cam
Back seat access mod
Custom Hydro dipped door panel inserts and stereo surround
Full LED interior light conversion
Custom overhead light switch panel

Performance
SCT Xcal4 Tuner with MPT tunes (87 perf/chill, 87 tow/street, 91 Perf/street, 91PRX, 93PRX)
Full Race FMIC in Black
Tial BOV
AFE Stage 2 CAI
3" MBRP Cat-Back Exhaust (added Magnaflow 6" round muffler)
GT Turbos
Ported Manifolds
SPD Turbo adapters

 

Full Race DP's will be here Thursday. May take Friday off, just so I can install them.

Pretty much gonna run them for a little while and then when work calms down. Then, I'll put it all back to stock and take it in to see if they will do the transmission.

 

Downpipes arrived! I will try to get some pics up shortly.

 

PFA

They don't mess around with the packing peanuts!

They did an awesome job on the coating. Really hoping to get these installed tomorrow or this weekend!

 

No Shzt....they cut down a peanut forest to pack mine....they do a fantastic job packing and wrapping each pipe. Waiting to get mine back from ceramic coating I am putting all new O2 sensors on as well. Have 100,000 miles so it is time. Still work but will not be as efficient/reliable as new ones. Have everything pulled apart best time to do it. Why wouldn't you want a new tune to use the best input from new sensors? I just dumped a bunch of money on DPs and new Cat Back and then cheap out on using old crap in the system? Not for me!

 

Yeah, My truck is @ 40k miles, so I'm not going to put in new sensors. But if it have much more I would swap them out too.

 

Down pipes installed last Sunday. Wow, I sure am liking the sound of the turbo's. Unfortunately, I wake up the kid in the morning when I go to fire it up for work. So I'll be throwing the stock cat-back on this weekend and see how that combo works.

I will also have to do a bit more adjusting of the DP's to get them in a better spot. They are too close to the frame at the "Y" with where I have them now. Should be a pretty easy tweak.

Overall, they were a bit of a pain to install. The really tough part was getting the O2 sensors out of the old down-pipes. I bought a new set, but @ $400 with my discount, I wanted to be able to return them. Thankfully, I found the sensor tool in the bottom of my tool box and was able to get the original ones out.

 

Do you feel a power gain? Seat o the pants

 

I put the stock cat-back on the truck as the wife thought it was too loud. I would start it up in the garage and it wakes the wee one.

It's just too quiet, so I'm going to have to explore some options or just figure out a custom set-up.

The stock cat-back also killed some power, you can tell right off the bottom that it isn't as responsive.

Also threw a check-engine light for the rear O2's, so that means the vibrant extenders didn't do the trick. Maybe I'll try swapping out the insert. I would like to get them to work instead of trying to fix it in the tune. It would allow me to run the stock tune if I had to.

 

I put the stock cat-back on the truck as the wife thought it was too loud. I would start it up in the garage and it wakes the wee one.

It's just too quiet, so I'm going to have to explore some options or just figure out a custom set-up.

The stock cat-back also killed some power, you can tell right off the bottom that it isn't as responsive.

Also threw a check-engine light for the rear O2's, so that means the vibrant extenders didn't do the trick. Maybe I'll try swapping out the insert. I would like to get them to work instead of trying to fix it in the tune. It would allow me to run the stock tune if I had to.

https://loudvalves.com/collections/boost-actuated-series

 

What insert did you initially put in? Was going to use the medium (middle) size when I get everything to go.

 

I put in the middle one, but it triggered a P013A yesterday. I reset and will see how long it takes to come back.

 

I put in the middle one, but it triggered a P013A yesterday. I reset and will see how long it takes to come back.

Already triggered again today. Truck also feels pretty sluggish.

I guess I'll try changing out the insert for the largest one and see how it goes.

Odd how it never triggered with the MBRP cat-back on.

 

Somebody had one of those for sale on the forum. I thought about it, but like the idea of a nice mellow aftermarket cat-back.

I just have to find it, lol...or make it.

 

Just change your muffler itself then. Or put the resonator delete pipe in.

 

Yeah, kind of what I'm thinking. I just want to swap out the mid-pipe for a full 3" piece.

I was thinking about doing the resonator delete, but would still be stuck with smaller diameter pipe in that section.

 

I bought this https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...cmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026231&hvtargid=kwd-3588025425&ref=pd_sl_9giegw8ai3_e and deleted the resonator. I had a muffler shop install a 3" flange at the y pipe, replace the stock 2.5" flex with 3" and run all 3" pipe. Basically every piece of pipe and fitting from the Y pipe to the back of the muffler is still there as it was from the factory just in 3". I just deleted the resonator. It isn't much louder than stock.

 

I bought this https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...cmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026231&hvtargid=kwd-3588025425&ref=pd_sl_9giegw8ai3_e and deleted the resonator. I had a muffler shop install a 3" flange at the y pipe, replace the stock 2.5" flex with 3" and run all 3" pipe. Basically every piece of pipe and fitting from the Y pipe to the back of the muffler is still there as it was from the factory just in 3". I just deleted the resonator. It isn't much louder than stock.

Did the exact same thing except deleted the muffler and kept the resonator contrary to most things I have read. I absolutely love the sound. I highly recommend playing around with combinations of some 3" and the stock components. I have tried offroad downpipes mated to the stock catback. I've tried offroad downpipes mated to full 3" all the way back deleting muffler and res (way too obnoxious for me). So I put the muffler back on. Wasn't satisfied so I pulled it back off and put only the resonator on. I think it's perfect for what I was after.

Also, to the OP I have the exact same 3-4 upshift whine/slip noise you have. I haven't heard of others having this problem before could you by chance point me in the right direction to research that TSB? Or tell me what kind of additive to try? Thanks!

 

I would suggest swapping the stock muffler out with the Magnaflow 12579. I’ve ran catless downpipes with stock catback with and without resonator as well as this Magnaflow currently with res delete. IMO it is much better for flow and mellow sound than the stock muffler. No raspy ricer sounds at WOT like with the stock cat back. Cold start up is similar to stock noise levels with downpipes, maybe even a little be quieter since the sound is much deeper and mellow now.


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Thanks for the feedback guys, I really appreciate it.

Looks like I will probably go that route, easy and should give me the volume and tone I'm looking for.

I ran a pair of those on my Mustang, so familiar with the volume change.

Edit: Magnaflow mufflers, not that particular model on my Mustang.

 

Not much been happening with the truck. Hoping to order up a set of Coil-overs on a Black Friday Sale.

We'll see how it goes.

 

Good news! Well, I had a pretty interesting conversation with a Ford drive-line tech. I went to the dealer yesterday to grab a oil filter and the tech happened to be at the parts counter. He saw my truck outside and wanted to check it out.

After some compliments and pointing out his identical truck (when mine was stock) in the parking lot, he asked if there was anything I didn't like about the truck. I told him about the 3-4 or 4-3 shift noise. He brought up the additive right away and I let him know I already added it. He asked how much and I let him know I followed the instructions in the TSB (9-10ml). He found in his experience that it wasn't enough and he added the entire amount (16ml) as you would if you experienced tranny shudder. I thanked him and said I would bring the truck in for warranty if that didn't resolve it. He said he would make sure nothing was "flagged" as long I set the tune back to stock and took the DP's off. Nice guy. I thanked him and headed home.


So, I added the rest of the additive and after a cruise to work and back, I can't get it to make the noise anymore. So I'm crossing my fingers that I won't have to mess with the tranny for a while. I had a chance to take it on the hwy, and so far so good.

Also, ordered up fox 2.0 coil-overs. Pretty good deal IMO, $650 US Brand new.

Crawled under the truck and swapped out the "medium" Vibrant extender plugs for the larger ones. Hoping this will keep the CEL from popping up. I was getting a "slow to respond" (P103A).

Happy Thanksgiving to all the US peeps out there!

 

Fox 2.0's showed up for the front. Everybody's seen them, but I'll get some pics posted up tomorrow.

 

Totally forgot to post some pics, ha.

All well, I'll post some up when they are installed.

Just ordered up a set of RCI skid plates in aluminum. They'll just be raw as I didn't want to pony up the cash for a coating that will be scrapped off anyway.

Kicking around the idea of a winch again. I want to add one, but think it wouldn't be used very much. I think I need to get the Exhaust sorted out first, still thinking on that...

Not much else I want to do other than minor cosmetic mods, so it will be starting to get back into save mode. Then I'll decide on a payment free truck with a RMB motor or a new Raptor. Fun times!

 

Skid plates should arrive next week, looking forward to getting them on.

Happy New Years All!

 

Skid plate showed up today. I hope to get them on tomorrow. I'll be doing an oil change and adding a fumoto valve at the same time.

 

Oil change done, fumoto valve and skids installed. Very impressed with the quality and fit.

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Now to get these suckers on

And as a side note, Full Race resonated Cat-Back ordered.


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How much did the coil overs and plates cost shipped up here to canuckistan? Or did you cross border shop em?

 

Could you enlighten @Blown F-150 of the part number for that drain valve. I tried looking it up through them and it says "Sorry, it seems like Ford used a yellow proprietary plug on this one . You'll most likely only be able to use that plug." which is incorrect because I have changed the oil multiple times and its a 15mm bolt

Edit: Think I found it by searching 2014 instead of 2016 http://www.fumotooildrainvalve.com/f107sx.html