Pyped

Hey everyone, now I'm sure that this sort of thing has been gone over several hundred times, but I can't seem to dig up anything about 1st gens on the subject. Since I'm a young and dumb kid I want my turbo to whistle very loud like it is on straight piped 6.0l fords, I haven't found a thread about this on 1st gens and I'm really curious about different ways to do it. So here I am asking you guys what are some tips/tricks to make my turbo whistle louder. I also found a video about a really nice sounding 4th gen. I wish my truck sounded more like that. Thanks in advance.

Jason

bryson711

you can do a 4'' exhaust and a bahf air filter. but too really get good whistle you will need a turbo off a newer truck you can pull the silencer ring out of the turbo. a hx35 off a 2nd gen or a he351 of a 3rd gen have them.

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Pyped

They make BAHF air filters for stock turbo 1st gens? Would I have to rig one to make it work? My truck currently has 4" exhaust that goes up to a 5" stack would it sound the same? Would it only work if I swapped out the turbo as well? Sorry for all of the questions but I honestly have absolutely no clue. It doesn't have to sound exactly like that I just want the turbo to be a lot louder than it currently is. Thanks in advance again.

Jason

Greed 93

The 6.0 Ford's sound like that from the variable vane turbo.

Pyped

So in other words the factory turbo is a no-no for the sound I'm going to try to get??

Greed 93

Stock one yes, exhaust housing is to large and compressor wheel a bit small.. you could put a smaller housing and bigger wheel. However It might be cheaper to just swap out to another turbo, to get the sound your looking for.

Pyped

Alright, thanks. I guess this is going to have to wait for a while as I just spent a bunch of money on wheels. Also do you know if I would need a BHAF?

Greed 93

No, I don't have one. I made my own with a universal AFE filter..

Pyped

Thanks, might check the local scrapyards for a 6.0 or 3rd gen or something. Thanks for the help.

Jason

Pyped

I know that nobody here is a super big ford nut but what is the factory 2003.5 6.0 turbo? Anyone know?

Greed 93

6.0 turbo work work for yours bud, the are pedestal mount and are hydraulic controlled. Best to stick from one off a dodge.

d22019

Are you just wanting more whistle out the exhaust or just a louder turbo in general? The loudest bolt on turbo Ive personally heard on a 1st gen is an hx35 with a 4" exhaust cut off behind the cab. The he351 is louder through the intake but doesn't have much whistle out the exhaust. An hx40 might make more noise idk.

edit:
Just listened to that video. You don't want your 1st gen to sound like that. A guy down my street has a similar set up and its sounds like a muffled hair drier with a little bit of rumble mixed in.

mknittle

Around here the kids have ricers with fart can exhausts

j_martin

My truck has a muffler on it. Most of the noise it makes comes from the tires.

Twitchy

I like the growl, but that is way too much whistle.