Does anyone know how much a new cat costs (my truck is 100% stock and I think I have a 4" exhaust)? I've been trying to call muffler shops near my area but of course they are all closed today. I was wondering why my truck was so loud inside my cab and one of my brother-in-laws told me to feel for airflow w/ my hand. Well my cat is almost totally split in half near the floorboard. Is it dangerous to drive my truck while it is this way?

Here is a couple of pics I just took of it.

 

Look around these sites. Someone will have one they took off. See if you can score a used one. You can buy a delete pipe to get you buy in the mean time. Driving it should not be an issue unless fumes get in the cab.

 

How loud will my truck be if I took out my cat (replaced w/ a straight pipe) and left the muffler in? I'm sure it would be much quieter than it is now I'm sure.

 

Ram, I sent you a pm.

 

Running a straight pipe with no cat or muffler would be very loud with a lot of drone in the cab especially when pulling. I have no cat on my truck. I took my stock muffler off and put an aftermarket muffler on and the noise level isn't nothing compared to the straight pipe. Hope this helps!

 

I your opinion (anyone replying to this post), would it be or is it better to just remove the cat? I'm keeping the muffler cause I live in a residential neighborhood and don't want to p-i-s-s them off. I know Frisco doesn't do emission testing just the safety inspections on my truck.


OH! "MERRY CHRISTMAS"

 

Good morning! Merry Christmas! I would remove the cat completely to allow the exhaust to flow better. I wouldn't straight pipe the truck because you will loose backpressure. Some backpressure is better than none at all regardless of what people say on these forums. I know when I straight piped my truck one time, I lost a little power so I put the muffler back on. Anyway, check your pm box. I sent you one last night.

 

How many miles are on it? If I recall, the cats are under a forced federal warranty for quite awhile and the dealer has to replace it.

 

Personaly I would just use it as an excuse to just remove it and put a pipe in its place. I intend on doing mine one of these days but first I have to get a torque converter in it so I can drive it again.

 

I have about 125,500 miles on it.

 

This is what I'm getting when I'm trying to pm you.
"6spd05Dually has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages"

 

Your truck won't be too loud. I know someone who did what you are thinking about. It gives the exhaust a better(deeper) sound and you can also hear your turbo slightly more than stock. I have "old" ears and I think it sounds GOOD!

 

He wont be getting any PM's from anyone because he violated the #1 main forum rule here by trying to sell you something by sending you a PM.

The forum rule reads "If you send a PM to someone trying to sell them something without them asking you to contact them first, you will be banned with NO Questions asked.

We do not tolerate Spam on the forum

 

So if I get rid of the cat, what would I put in it's place? I'm keeping my muffler since there is nothing wrong with. Or should I just replace it w/ a used one (I have no idea where to look for one) or a new one.

 

Get a Cat test pipe from here on the DTR store. When mine goes, that is what I will be doing.

I forgot to mention, take the old cat and have it recycled. It's worth a good bit of money.