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Seems like an awful lot of people are removing thier mufflers. I heard one the other day and it didn't sound too bad, kinda throaty, and the turbo was really singing.
What is the flutter I have seen people talking about? Should I remove muffler or not?
What is the flutter I have seen people talking about? Should I remove muffler or not?
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Flutter is the noise made as the exhaust side of the turbo cuts through the exhaust gasses. I left my muffler in place (it's not stock but an aftermarket from Warpspeed), but running without one sounds pretty good to me.
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actually a stock muffler or an OBS should be a straight through design, with the lil glass pack cups on the inside, said to kill flutter and keep a nice tone, but i havent tried it yet, the stacks kill enough flutter.
the "cat" is what kills most of your sound, and is the most back pressure, on the OBS truck only.
Diesel Rod
the "cat" is what kills most of your sound, and is the most back pressure, on the OBS truck only.
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Originally Posted by 444dieselrod
actually a stock muffler or an OBS should be a straight through design, with the lil glass pack cups on the inside, said to kill flutter and keep a nice tone, but i havent tried it yet, the stacks kill enough flutter.
the "cat" is what kills most of your sound, and is the most back pressure, on the OBS truck only.
Diesel Rod
the "cat" is what kills most of your sound, and is the most back pressure, on the OBS truck only.
Diesel Rod
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Originally Posted by arninetyes
On '99+ PSD 7.3, the muffler is a huge, reverse-flow design that contributes greatly to backpressure.
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Originally Posted by Skeeter2221
I also was thinking of cutting off the muffler and going with the straigt pipe on my 01 PSD. I know most of the bennifits, but what are the neg.
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Originally Posted by bigdaddyTank
What Kwik said, here is what it looks like
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