I just called Rip and inquired about his 5in. straight system.He said it has a really loud drone to it.I wanted a really loud truck but don't want the drone to be unbearable.I will be towing a good bit too so that will just make the drone louder.Is anyone running a 5in. straight system that can tell me about drone?If it sounds like too much I will go with 4in straight.I kinda want 5 though.?????????

 

I have a 5inch system on my 04.5 with a 5inch straight through muffler and it sounds great.

 

On mine drone started at about 1900 and went to 2200 it wasnt that bad putting 36in tall knoby tires on fixed it

 

If you want to get rid of the drone on the 5", install a 5" resonator right before the muffler on the 5" kit.
This will nix the drone.
I have a 5" exhaust and this worked perfect to quell the unbearable drone that accompanied the system.
Rip can hook you up with the right parts.

 

Which muffler would you recommend???

40" or 51" Donaldson (or comparable)

Rip recommended the 51" for me, lots of towing...just hoping it's not too quiet.

Thanks,
Chris

 

you could pm tcolesanti on here i ran a straight piped 5" for a long time and hauled heavy with it . i have road in the truck while he was pulling my 1970 chevy pickup down from oregon . the drown was not to bad it does get alittle annoying after 12hours on the road but nothing a turn of the radio **** wont fix. the only reason hes not running it any more is it got cut up to run a 6" bullhauler stack threw the bed

 

I am also thinking of trying the angle iron trick on the pipe if I go this route.I want it really loud,but not terrible in the cab.

 

Angle iron? please expand more on this "trick"

 

Strapping a chunk of steel to the exhaust pipe.

Start by strapping it about where the muffler and resonator would have been on the stocker,
go for a drive, then if the drone continues, slide the angle iron back a bit and try again.

Basically changes the structure of the pipe moving the resonating frequency to higher or lower RPM so it doesn't bug you on those long trips.


phox

 

What is a drone? I have a 5" I loved the sound driving around town but when I hooked up the 5er it was way too loud, you couldn't carry on a conversation without almost shouting, I installed a muffler and it's much better under load.

 

How long should the angle iron be?

 

I've got angle and strap welded all over my exhaust! LOL! people look at my downpipe and they're like "what's all that crap for!??!"

Forrest

 

Aeroturbine makes a 5 inch resonator for Big rigs you could try that it is a drone eater