Sounds like a V8 now

by "Justino6969" (justino6969)
Published 09/27/2017 at 15:14

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I decided to try out a muffler delete on my truck. It’s been a couple weeks now, and I am thoroughly happy with it. Cold starts in the parking garage at work are almost ridiculous, but once the truck warms up for a couple minutes, I can’t tell anything has changed unless I’m on the throttle. It’s kind of amazing actually. Best of both worlds.

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I also decided to put a chrome tip on it, because why not. I don’t have a really good picture of it, but you can kind of see it here.

Since I had to trim the stock tip a little to make the aftermarket tip fit, the little cousin got an upgrade to his truck.

I was scared to do this for months, but I’m glad I did. It’s amazing how quiet an essentially straight piped modern truck it. Three cats and close to 20 feet of pipe will do that.

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"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
09/27/2017 at 15:23, STARS: 1

Looks good dirty.

"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
09/27/2017 at 16:04, STARS: 0

I’m wanting to do this to my S8. The exhaust makes it too quiet, but yeah, dragging my feet a bit, but maybe. Any droning in the cabin at cruise?

"Justino6969" (justino6969)
09/27/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 1

No droning when cruising. When I’m not accelerating, it’s just as silent as it was stock.

Side note, I tuned out the 4cyl mode on my truck. Stock there is a spring-loaded butterfly valve that opens and closes with exhaust pressure differences that removes the helicopter like noise that a larger displacement 4cyl would make with no muffler. I removed mine with the delete. If I still had 4cyl mode enabled, it supposedly would sound terrible and drone like crazy whenever it went down to 4cyl mode.

I kept my muffler just in case, but I don’t think I’ll be going back anytime soon.

"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
09/27/2017 at 16:55, STARS: 1

That’s awesome. I was going to go with some electric cutouts, but I may just do it and cut the mufflers out and see how it goes. So tempting.

"Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy" (camshaft-chris)
09/27/2017 at 17:48, STARS: 0

Sounds nice. I’ve been debating on doing this with the Crown Vic. Did you weld it yourself, or have a muffler shop do it?

"Justino6969" (justino6969)
09/28/2017 at 08:53, STARS: 0

I wanted a cutout too. I was in your position for what felt like forever. I just couldn’t do it. Glad I finally did. Good luck!

"Justino6969" (justino6969)
09/28/2017 at 08:55, STARS: 0

I took it to a muffler shop (Mad Hatter in Columbus, OH); in and out in 20 minutes for $50.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
10/03/2017 at 13:35, STARS: 1

pretty sweet! stock muffler wasn’t welded right?

ordered a carven progressive direct fit muffler for my 2015 Ram, hopefully it comes within the next few days