muffler?
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From: Colorado
muffler?
hey i want to open up the exhaust on my truck a little bit by cutting the muffler off but i dont have a welder to weld anything on after that so would it hurt to just cut it off before the muffler and just leave it like that untill i can get a welder?
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From: Higginsville, MO
yea u can cut it off right before the muffler as long as it exits behind the cab you should be good. it will be loud though. i cut mine off there when i had the stack and it stayed that way for awhile.
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From: Eugene, OR
On mine the exhaust ends at about the front of the doors (single cab). It's not that loud, as I have an ATS Turbo for a muffler! Do it! I plan to add more pipe soon, but for the time being, I dig it. I won't be putting a muffler on either.
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my muffler starts right after the cab so if i cut it off it would be like right at the end of the cab. i remember hearing something about it not being legal unless its passed the cab is this right?
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It wont be bad with a turbo. AFAIK as long as your exhaust exits past the passenger compartment you should be OK. Just do what I did and take the muffler off and clamp on a 90* bend and a short length of pipe to get the exhaust out from underneath the truck.
i say cut the thing off and put pipe in its place
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From: Malahat/Cowichan Valley
you dont need a welder and it will make for easier work involving exhaust because you can drop just part of it. Do not use the u bolt clamps, get stainless band clamps, they dont crush the metal and have a better more even holding strength. my 4" pipe has a section that is just clamped in and no leaks at all.