ryno56

I'm looking at doing an exhaust on the cheap. Is it worth it to buy a Cat delete pipe and a hi perf muffler (magnaflow, aero turbine, etc...) to put in the stock 4" system or would it be better to just buy a kit? I like to do everything myself and as cheap as possible but I don't want to make more work for myself and sacrifice quality by mixing and matching.
Thanks
Ryan

CTDinMT

I have a Donaldson 40" muffler on my truck. 4" in and 4" out, was a pretty good replacement for the factory muffler. Very free flowing, not much louder than factory, but made my truck sound more like a big-rig (which I like!). The outlet isn't off-set like the factory muffler tho, so it forces you to cant the tail section up a bit, which will bring the tail-pipe in toward the bed a bit. I fixed that with a Meg's 4" SS exhuast tip. It put the pipe back out where it belongs. Total cost was $70 for the muffler and $40 for the tip.

ryno56

did you have to fab up any hangers or just do without?

CTDinMT

I have 2 hangers (I think, been a while since I put the muffler on) on the muffler. You could probably do without, but these mufflers aren't light. Not as heavy as the factory muffler, but it still isn't light...

ryno56

bump.... any ideas.... anybody