Do you know that as a fact? I'm almost sure that when I was shopping for a mid-pipe I was told NUMEROUS times that a 99+ pipe had different flanges on it, and would not work. I'll try to find the thread I started on it...J.R. said:Yes, but you wont have hanger's.
g_dogg said:impossible that the flanges are different.
frpp shoty hearders are made for 94-04.
which mean the flanges will be the same on the stock mid pipes.
Anyway got the pipe. I'll be installing it May 23rd.
Shocker98GT said:g_dogg said:impossible that the flanges are different.
frpp shoty hearders are made for 94-04.
which mean the flanges will be the same on the stock mid pipes.
Anyway got the pipe. I'll be installing it May 23rd.
The flanges are actually slightly different. When I did my PI engine swap, the driver's side donut was smaller on the PI exhaust manifold. But it was a small enough difference that I imagine either midpipe would work. I don't know why Ford does stuff like that, changing little stuff that wasn't broken to begin with. But the more you work on these cars the more you find little presents that the engineering staff gave you.
Twista said:cant you just take it to an exhaust shop and have them weld a piece of metal on where the original hanger would go.
g_dogg said:very hard.. the 2003 hpipe was much wider than the 96-98.
even if you fab something still might hit on the transmission itself.
Im thinking the
99-2004 midpipe will probably fit if you get a 99-2004
transmission and crossmember.
are the 99-2004 transmissions different from the 96-98?
can anyone verify this?