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As with any 30 year old vehicle with unknown maintenance history always good to start with some basic maintenance new fluid in the front diff new steering components Fresh coat of paint

Fair warning right off the bat this is going to be a slow build I'm just a working stiff with not a ton of money but the base vehicle is a 1989 F350 crew cab long bed XLT Lariat 460 big block V8 ZF 5-speed transmission Dana 60 Kingpin in front Ford 10.25 in the rear 4.10 gears in both currently...

If you ever go to any of the meetups, you might be able to hear mine in person cuz we're in the same state I'm only about a hundred fifty miles south of you

Thankfully I don't think it is feasible to get a ricer sound out of a big block V8, though I agree with you ricers sound like crap legitimate tuners sound decent but they can't compete with a V8 my daily is a tuner but it's quieter than the truck

What would be interesting to do is take a decibel meter or decibel meter app on a smartphone and get an idea of how loud each vehicle is, to really get a definition of what is a loud vehicle and what is not a loud vehicle, apply a little science to this instead of perception

That's going to be my problem to some extent a big block V8 is only going to be but so quiet, so I just have to be mindful of others and how I use it

I would like to think mine has a decent sound to it other than just being loud for being overly loud, it's got a free-flowing performance exhaust system I believe Gibson predominantly stock engine with a mild cam

I'm fairly new to the forms looks like a great place and also new to overlanding. But what I'm wondering is what are people's opinion on vehicles that are overly loud? My rig I know is very loud, old truck 460 cubic inch big block that's roughly 7.5 for those medically minded running through a...

Hello everyone I go by Fox I am new to overlanding with some experience camping and hunting I'm In Surry Virginia and my rig as of this post is an in process build 1989 Ford F350 crew cab long bed