4” Down-Pipe – Resonator Question
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This is what has kept me from installing one so far. It appears it is a pretty hard job, especially by yourself. The down pipe sometimes requires more room to install than you can get with a jack on your driveway. Alignment is critical so it doesn't rattle on the body, frame or axle.
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From: stoneboro, pa
Originally Posted by ClubDrof
No I'm not thinking of the cat. The resonator is part of the down-pipe and is very obvious from beneath the truck. Now that the 4” down-pipe with resonator has been installed the whine is noticeably less.
Thank you for the reply Tim.
Thank you for the reply Tim.
i mean glass shattering........
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From: Northwest
Originally Posted by bighoss550
was the whine really THAT bad without the resonator? i have an 03 and plan on a non-resonated DP and 5" pipe into a single 5.5" stack. i want it to SCREAM!!!!!
i mean glass shattering........
i mean glass shattering........
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From: Stuttgart, Ar
Originally Posted by Choctaw Bob
This is what has kept me from installing one so far. It appears it is a pretty hard job, especially by yourself. The down pipe sometimes requires more room to install than you can get with a jack on your driveway. Alignment is critical so it doesn't rattle on the body, frame or axle.
Stainless looks better. It is up to you to decide if it is worth the difference.
Stainless looks better. It is up to you to decide if it is worth the difference.
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As npcc says...
the "extraction" is the real battle....
I did not care about going back to stock and so I told the guy that did mine to go from the bottom and cut it as high as he could before loosening it...
trying to be a nice guy... he tried to take it out whole...
he and another worked on it for 45 minutes before they finally gave up and cut it like I suggested
having done a lot of work for me in the past, he knew I wouldn't be happen if they took too many pieces off to save the stock CRUSHED downpipe...
( I still have part of it and it's amazing what a piece of engineered junk that is !
the "extraction" is the real battle....
I did not care about going back to stock and so I told the guy that did mine to go from the bottom and cut it as high as he could before loosening it...
trying to be a nice guy... he tried to take it out whole...
he and another worked on it for 45 minutes before they finally gave up and cut it like I suggested
having done a lot of work for me in the past, he knew I wouldn't be happen if they took too many pieces off to save the stock CRUSHED downpipe...
( I still have part of it and it's amazing what a piece of engineered junk that is !
Last edited by jdadamsjr; Sep 21, 2004 at 07:12 AM.
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
CB--I did mine on ramps in the driveway--unbolted the tranny crossmember and took the stock out in replaceable pieces. Wished I'd had lift access tho--would have been lots easier and probably only taken a couple of hours. I put in the 3.5" downpipe system. It really was a chore and still don't have the alignment of the pipe quite right--one hanger bumps the frame occassionally. The downpipe will come out if you wiggle it just right and the replacement goes in very easily since it's quite a bit shorter than the stock.
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I promise they were nothing you could buy at Walmart--25 plus years in the ironworking business tends to net one real stuff--not that mmmmm..........cheap.......junk--LOL. 
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
I promise they were nothing you could buy at Walmart--25 plus years in the ironworking business tends to net one real stuff--not that mmmmm..........cheap.......junk--LOL.
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