Too loud!!
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Too loud!!
Bought my first cummins a little over a year ago. Followed the advice of friends and family and put on some power parts which included 5 inch exhaust. The ad said "agressive tone but not overbearing". YEA whatever!! It actually is fine empty but 90% of the time its pulling 12,000 pounds. When accelerating especially up a grade it is nearly unbearable! Sounds like the tail pipe in under my seat!! Is there a brand of muffler that anyone is aware of that is a little (LOT) quieter but will still not too restrictive so as to boost my EGT's?
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Nelson and Donaldson both have good sounding mufflers that will quite it down considerably. They are available at most heavy truck shops. Paid around $80 for my 51" Donaldson at our local Freightliner dealer.
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FWIW I had a lot of noise when I had my 5" TBE installed, too. It exited, as usual, to the right and behind the rear tires. I had the installer cut the exhaust pipe back and add a 45* elbow so it exits down and just behind the outside dual. It really cut down on the drone and we can have a normal conversation even when towing our 13k fifth wheel trailer. Hope this helps.
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UPDATE...read some other posts and went with the FTE resonator. Installed it tonight and took it for a test drive. So far so good. Sound overall is a little quieter and less drone. The real test will come next week when I take the 5ver out for a trip. I'll let you know how it goes and thank for the info guys.
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Another option is a Nelson 86130m, which is 5" X 51" and probably doesn't have a baffle. I have a Nelson 86131m, which is 4" X 51" and it doesn't have a baffle. It eliminated my drone and is almost as quiet as stock.
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UPDATE...read some other posts and went with the FTE resonator. Installed it tonight and took it for a test drive. So far so good. Sound overall is a little quieter and less drone. The real test will come next week when I take the 5ver out for a trip. I'll let you know how it goes and thank for the info guys.
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Might want to check your exhaust hangers, make sure the system is not rubbing against the body somewhere,also that it hangs and is not forced into a position as you will get a lot of extra noise.I assume you put the resonator off of the downpipe.Mine is totally quiet pulling on the flats,you do know when you hit a pull, my fiver is 15000 lbs.
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Yep, 51" Donaldson muffler cured my drone while towing. I work @ a F/L in Alberta. Thats a good price on the muffler. Its quiet again, I did not notice any higher egt's.
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Might want to check your exhaust hangers, make sure the system is not rubbing against the body somewhere,also that it hangs and is not forced into a position as you will get a lot of extra noise.I assume you put the resonator off of the downpipe.Mine is totally quiet pulling on the flats,you do know when you hit a pull, my fiver is 15000 lbs.
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I have a short box so not sure I have room for the 51 inch. You think the shorter Donaldson would give me the same results?
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