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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Want to do a muffler delete...

I was thinking about doing a muffler delete on my truck. It's not bad now, but i want that true diesel sound, it's just to quite. Am i better off leaving it alone? If i do it, will i be losing any power? Will the sound be over bearing or will it sound good? Any feedback will be great!
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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It's still not that loud and mine ran better,my muffler was plugged
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:46 AM
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By doing it you'll help your engine breath better, lose that big restrictive stock one. Alot of guys done that, your truck will sound a little better.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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Now should i just cut out the muffler and take a piece of 4 in. exhaust pipe and weld it in there, or is there an actual pipe that you buy that should go there?
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:49 AM
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your truck will sound a little better. Edit: Alot better.....
 
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I did this years ago. You can't tell while driving thats its any louder.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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When I had my muffler taken out of my stock exhaust I just took to my local muffler shop, and the charged me 25 bucks to take out the muffler and replace it with a piece of straight pipe.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselBeast01
When I had my muffler taken out of my stock exhaust I just took to my local muffler shop, and the charged me 25 bucks to take out the muffler and replace it with a piece of straight pipe.

that is exactly how much a local shop charged me. Love the sound and I immediately noticed a drop in EGTs.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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Just out of curiosity, does this drop EGT's because more air is able to flow out?
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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yep it sure does. The more your truck can breathe, the lower the egts. If you really want to get those egts down, then get your self a 4" or 5" after market exhaust.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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I personally hated the straight pipe it sounded like crap under load with alot of flutter when I had my window down, I put a 4in and a hog muffler on my truck.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:32 PM
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I'm not the original owner of my truck and my exhaust is 3.5 inches. So is this an aftermarket exhaust? I do have the muffler so thinking about getting rid of that.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselBeast01
yep it sure does. The more your truck can breathe, the lower the egts. If you really want to get those egts down, then get your self a 4" or 5" after market exhaust.
I already have a 4" Bully Dog exhaust on it but i am still not happy with the sound. A buddy of mine did the muffler delete on his magnaflow system and it sounded awsome. Will it make a difference that i already have an exhaust system and if so, for better or worse?
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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That is a factory exhaust that you have you might consider getting an aftermarket 4in
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I'm not the original owner of my truck and my exhaust is 3.5 inches. So is this an aftermarket exhaust? I do have the muffler so thinking about getting rid of that.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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Mxracer, If you already have a 4" exhaust then straight piping it in my opinion does make it sound better. I just really like the sound of the straight pipe no matter what size exhaust you have. Tdpower, 3.5" is the stock size exhaust on these trucks, so the exhaust you have should not be aftermarket,(I've never heard of a 3.5" aftermarket exhaust) the truck probably came from the factory with that exhaust on it.
 
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