Joe V

I'm thinking of doing this to my stock exhaust system. What are the side effects?

More smoke? More power? More noise?




Cheers,
Joe

powerwagon440

i have mine straight piped! i thought it made alittle dif in the way it ran and performed but not a huge dif! and yes its LOUD!!!!! ;D

dieselcrazy

i put a 4" straight pipe system on my 97'..... wow.......sounds like a straight piped big rig .. ;D ;D ;D

Jeeper

[quote author=Joe V link=board=9;threadid=13655;start=0#128542 date=1050481439]<br>I'm thinking of doing this to my stock exhaust system. What are the side effects?<br><br>More smoke? More power? More noise? <br><br>Cheers,<br>Joe<br>[/quote]<br><br>Mine is muffler free. Won't add smoke - only more fuel (or less air) can do that. Maybe a bit more power. Yes, more noise, but it's good noise to me. ;D The sound of a straight piped first gen is a beautiful thing....

Dieseldude4x4

Stacks are not noisy. :

Monty

[quote author=dieseldude4x4 link=board=9;threadid=13655;start=0#128900 date=1050544716]<br>Stacks are not noisy. :<br>[/quote]<br><br>Nah, not a bit

Stevie G

Ditching the muffler is a good move. Getting rid of the kinks is even better. I 3&quot;straight piped mine with some mandrel bends before going to the bigger turbo and 4&quot; and it helped a lot on EGT and &quot;Out of the hole&quot; response. Bigger is better and smooth is awesome. Get the kinks out, You won't be sorry.

Paws

Mine smoked like a train before I cut the exhaust out of it and put in 3'' mandrel, straght pipe of course. The best part about this is when your truck looks good and sounds good everybody looks when you drive by

hdm48

I have a 3 1/2&quot; straight pipe. Less smoke, more power, better milage, cooler temps, sounds cool.<br><br>dave

fishermansteve

I got a little bit more power &amp; less turbo lag, less mileage, but the noise was horrible. Couldn't hear my radio over the noise &amp; opening the rear slider was out of the question. I put on a 3&quot; flowmaster &amp; now I'm happy. Still sets off alarms in parking structures, but the raspy noise is gone &amp; mpg went up. Try the straight pipe if you want to, but keep $100. in your pocket for a muffler when the novelty wears off &amp; you want to enjoy your truck again &amp; listen to the radio or open your rear slider.

Voss

I just straight piped mine last week and I love it. The noise is less than the gasser Jeeps I used to drive, with burned out glasspacks. I just wish I had removed the cat also, but the muffler shop here in Vancouver said that the fine wasn't worth it. [undecided]

Lil Dog

Just had a 4&quot; Cat Back kit from Dynomax installed that goes on a more recent 9x truck. Wow, what a difference getting rid of that muffler and tail pipe made.. I gained 2 Psi of boost with this kit installed and still have a muffler.. Nice sound, but I do get a pretty good drone at 2200 Rpm..<br><br>She's a tight fit, but a good shop in Calgary put it on for me in about 2 hours.. 8)<br><br>I like having that big 4&quot; hangin out, not many 1st gens do.. ;D .<br><br><br>J-eh<br><br>

98rammer

if you do get a muffler, get a flow-through. flowmaster isn't the way to go for performance (sorry fishermansteve). straight-piped.....yum! ;D some poeple look at you with an awe-struck look, some don't even notice that the loud vehicle driving by isn't an 18-wheeler.<br><br>Tom