ed paul

anyone have a 04.5 with short wheel base, with a donaldson 51in. on it?
just bought a 51 in. donaldson and the guy at the muffler shop said it won"t fit.
can anyone tell me different?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,please

OOPS

A lot of info here!!!

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...threadid=50167

ed paul

thanks OOPS.,,but i have been there and there isn"t anyone with a 04.5 short bed that has one on there truck,,,,,the o4.5 have a cat. that takes up alot of room

OOPS

That is what I also have!

ed paul

u have a cat. on a 04? or do u have an 04.5?

lightening ram

fits fine without cat, should fit with cat i think, your tailpipe goes straight into muff without all the elbows, or offset from factory muff.

ed paul

yeah,,can see how easy everything would be without the cat,,,,',tempting',,,,but if anybody gets caught, it will be me,,so the cat. stays. ( i think)
anybody got a 04.5 short bed with cat and donaldson 51 in muffler?

OOPS

04.5

MonkeyLips

Can you move the CAT forward at all? You should be able to use a 40" Donaldson as the CAT also acts as kind of a resonator (if your worried about drone).

RonsRig

Last Friday I had a 51" Nelson installed on my truck. They didn't mess with the cat except comment about how big is was. Best upgrade I have made to my truck.

Take your truck to another experienced muffler shop and they should be able to do it. The guy you talked to probably didn't have the experience. Talk around and find out who can do it.

ed paul

thanks RonsRig,,,,,,,,,,,,just had it to another muffler shop,,they didn"t want to do it either,,,looks to me that if the mid pipe is turned so the offset is correct the cat will hit the frame,,only a couple inchs of clearence.
I'll keep trying

cquestad

Replace the mid pipe with a straight one!

ed paul

finally,,,,,,,,found a shop that is going to install it,,,,it"s a diesel shop that sell Banks go fast stuff,,$65 an hr. said it will take about an 1 1/2 hours,,,can"t wait till wed.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thanks for the help guys!

coolslice

Mine went on fine, but they did have to angle it down in the front in order to line everything up.

xford

What kind of drop can I expect to see in EGT'S with the 51", and not sound like a dump truck