Thinking of putting a straight pipe on my 04 HO. Is there anything I should know before I do that. Will it still have a cat on there and if not is that legal. I live in texas and still have to pass the inspection.

 

True straight pipe means no cat, no muffler, just pipe. Here in California there is no smog check for diesel vehicles.
Cheers
Bekim
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check under neath, if yours is an early 04, you shouldn't have a cat to begin with

 

Inspection's not a problem in Texas... no emmission... just a safety inspection. However, you can be cited for altering your exhaust system in a manner which creates a louder exhaust than OEM equipped. Cat... resonator... whatever they call it on yours... mine didn't have one... just the muffler.

That being said, I've never had a problem... I take it easy around the po-po though. I have a buddy that's been cited for it with a cranky lawman in East Tx.

It's one of those on the book laws that is rarely enforced... unless the fuzz has a beef with ya.

 

Straight piping is Legal in VA. and I love it,No Kitty ever, no drone and no problem's and Lower egt's Loven it in VA.

 

Hmm...

§ 547.604. MUFFLER REQUIRED. (a) A motor vehicle
shall be equipped with a muffler in good working condition that
continually operates to prevent excessive or unusual noise.
(b) A person may not use a muffler cutout, bypass, or
similar device on a motor vehicle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995

Eww.... We're stomping all over the Tx Transportation Code these days.

§ 547.605. EMISSION SYSTEMS REQUIRED.
(d) Except when travel conditions require the downshifting
or use of lower gears to maintain reasonable momentum, a person
commits an offense if the person operates, or as an owner knowingly
permits another person to operate, a vehicle that emits:
(1) visible smoke for 10 seconds or longer; or
(2) visible smoke that remains suspended in the air
for 10 seconds or longer before fully dissipating.
(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $1 and not more than $350 for
each violation. If a person has previously been convicted of an
offense under this section, an offense under this section is a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $200 and not more
than $1,000 for each violation.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1075, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


Personally, I've been thinking of going back to some kind of muffler... even if it's just a straight pass type to tone it back a weeee bit. I love it... it's loud... but after a few hours hauling the gooseneck... it get's a little annoying sometimes... especially on the hills.

 

does anyone know of any shops around ft. worth who will put a straight pipe. I am not very mechanically inclined.

 

A friend of mine had his done in Weatherford, I'd have to ask him who... I had mine done at Ken's muffler near Love Field.

Most shops in town will do it... it's a matter of if they have the 4" material or not. Think non-big-franchise muffler shops too

 

I couldn't find a shop around here with 4" pipe. All the "normal" exhaust shops only had up to 3", and then the truck shops started at 5" and went up. So I ended up just buying the Muffler Elimination Kit from Geno's. It was a little pricey for a bent piece of pipe and a clamp hanger, but it was simple and it works.