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Old May 11, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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I run the 4" MBRP cool duals with no muf and 5" tips. If I roll the windows down It sounds great with the windows up it's not loud at all. My friends say it sound really good on the road.
 
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Old May 11, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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well there is one disadvantage to the 5" that I found after installing mine




















my fuel economy tanked cause I keep stepping on the skinny pedal just to hear it.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 05:47 AM
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I thought that the largest you could get a down pipe is 4" because thats all the compressor is only 4" also
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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All Kits come with a 3.5 or a 4" down pipe, they flare up at about where the Cat is or was.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Go with the cannon straight piped and dont look back! Nothing with sound as good except stacks.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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That is very true. Smokin was a good opportunity for me to hear a lot of different exhausts and the most stacks I've seen gathered in one place.

The stacks have a cool chgging kind of sound like a freight train. Kris' stacks sounded great outside and I rode in the back on the way to the lodge and they sounded pretty good although that wasn't 70-80mph.

Now you won't be able to give the guy on the right a dose of smoke and whistle as you pass him with stacks. I like stacks though. They are somewhere down the list as they will not make my truck any faster or more powerful.

If I were starting fresh, I would probably get stacks but for now I am good. Think that over hard when considering a new exhaust.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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I personally use the bed of my truck too much for stacks so they aren't an option I would even consider. I like my 5" cannon though.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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Same here monster. I just couldn't make my self cut a hole in the bed of my truck. They are super cool however.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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I personally use the bed of my truck too much for stacks so they aren't an option I would even consider. I like my 5" cannon though.
Another reason they are way down the list, close to the bottom actually.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:54 PM
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5" off ebay seller MKO and couldn't be happier. I painted mine black after some others here due to rust. Again, couldn't be happier.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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You know what's bad?
A Duramax with a cannon exhaust.
I've seen several around here and I always think it's a PSD and turn around to watch it go by and it's a Chebbie!!!
They flutter just like a PSD!
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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Gotta luv the v-8 flutter. Sure do get alot of looks from the neighbors with the wistle and flutter. My neighbor has an early 03 6.0 with 5" exhaust. The wistle on that thing is amazing.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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It must be a V8 thing. I can tell when SCUMMINS is coming from a pretty good distance away. yeah you are right the Duramaxes and PSD sound pretty similiar
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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jrciii56, sure wish you had a gallery setup with pics. That's about the stance I want for mine with the 4.5 in and 35's.
 
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Old May 12, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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I should have them up by tomorrow. stay tuned
 
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