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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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straight pipe

I am thinking of straight piping my 1999 do I need to keep my muffler?
 
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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I did mine. I live in Mississippi. Depending on inspection you will have
 
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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Do you live in a state that requires inspection prior to yearly registration? If so you might have issues not having your muffler. I straight-piped mine (no inspection in ky), but I was able to push the muffler to the rear of the truck just enough to separate it at the connection forward of the muffler. Then I used a couple of worm drive hose clamps to clamp the two side by side.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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I live in Idaho no emission in my county. Some have told me that it would be to loud? What size pipe? Should I need buy a kit? Any other info would be great.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Riffraff Diesel: MBRP 4" Single Muffler Delete Pipe

OEM piping is 3.5in, so you'll need the collector from any autostore/muffler shop to connect the "delete" pipe. As for noise, you keep the exhaust routed to the back of the truck ,and not dump it under the cab/bed, you wont know a difference, considering ,the turbo itself acts as a muffler
 
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by timmyboy76
Riffraff Diesel: MBRP 4" Single Muffler Delete Pipe

OEM piping is 3.5in, so you'll need the collector from any autostore/muffler shop to connect the "delete" pipe. As for noise, you keep the exhaust routed to the back of the truck ,and not dump it under the cab/bed, you wont know a difference, considering ,the turbo itself acts as a muffler
Bingo....if noise if the issue then you should pass any inspection. It only gets louder when under load/accelerating. At idle there isn't much difference. If there is a law against removing the muffler then you obviously will have a problem. It all depends on how much the man will let you get away with. Either way keeping your muffler can't hurt unless your strapped for storage space. It's not worth selling if you ask me.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 08:06 AM
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you can do what I did, cut the muffler off and flip the s-pipe up thats before the muffler, then all you need is a straight pipe - no bending required, it lines right up
 
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 02 Stroker
you can do what I did, cut the muffler off and flip the s-pipe up thats before the muffler, then all you need is a straight pipe - no bending required, it lines right up
this is what I did too. A friend gave me his stock exhaust and I cut a piece of it to fill the gap. Eventually went to the 4"
 
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