Took off muffler...?

nvs008 · 02-12-2008, 03:22 PM

My buddy at work took off his muffler, so now hes running just his cats. I asked him if hurt his performance any, and he says he didnt notice any loss. At lunch I went out and listened to it and it wasn't too much louder than stock, just a deeper tone, although i did hear a couple pops when he reved it...not loud pops but you do notice them. Anyway is this gonna mess anything up to where hes gonna be payin a sh*t load of money to fix, cause if its not im prolly gonna do the same thing too, but i thought i'd ask first before we both mess up our trucks...

Megw3788 · 02-12-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by nvs008

My buddy at work took off his muffler, so now hes running just his cats. I asked him if hurt his performance any, and he says he didnt notice any loss. At lunch I went out and listened to it and it wasn't too much louder than stock, just a deeper tone, although i did hear a couple pops when he reved it...not loud pops but you do notice them. Anyway is this gonna mess anything up to where hes gonna be payin a sh*t load of money to fix, cause if its not im prolly gonna do the same thing too, but i thought i'd ask first before we both mess up our trucks...

Nope, won't hurt anything. I cut my muffler off and welded on a 2ft piece of pipe with a turndown, I had it like that for a while but eventually the drone got to me. lol. Long trips at highway speeds will give you a headache. I did notice a small loss on low end performance, but it wasn't a huge difference, and it sounded good until you got it above 3k RPMs. I would recommend welding a piece of pipe on to get the end of your exhaust past your cab so the drone isn't completly unbareable though. But for $10, it sounded great until I got it over 3k RPMs then it popped pretty bad. Actually, I'm probably going to put it back on .

rtc1184 · 02-12-2008, 03:53 PM

im running straight pipes. took off my secondary cats and it seems to run a heck of a lot better. ill run a tundra down from like a 30 punch easy

nvs008 · 02-12-2008, 04:11 PM

Thanks for the reply's. I think on my day off tomorrow i have a project to do...hehehe

loudtitan · 02-12-2008, 05:05 PM

what does that do when it comes time to get truck inspected as i live in texas. i already have my flowmaster dumping out under back of cab. the drone is bearable but louder is always better.

husker1206 · 02-13-2008, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by loudtitan

what does that do when it comes time to get truck inspected as i live in texas. i already have my flowmaster dumping out under back of cab. the drone is bearable but louder is always better.

You have to have some kind of a muffler if you live in texas. Unless you can find someone that will inspect it that dosent care about a muffler, but that person is hard to find.

flipcrab85 · 02-13-2008, 08:05 AM

if you wanna really hear something loud, unbolt them at the headers/after the cats, it is so retartedly loud, but the drone will make your head cave in

nvs008 · 02-13-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by flipcrab85

if you wanna really hear something loud, unbolt them at the headers/after the cats, it is so retartedly loud, but the drone will make your head cave in

...LOL...yeah i wont be trying that, but thanks for letting me know.

08TITAN · 02-14-2008, 07:24 AM

I Have An 08 Titan And I Have A Custom Exhaust. That I Designed. Being An 08 My Truck Already Has True Deuals All The Way Back Almost To The Axle So I Designed A Custom H/x Pipe. Kinda A Cross Of Both And Installed It. And Just Had Two Tail Pipes Made, With No Mufflers And It Sounds Really Really Deep. But Has No Crack At All. Before I Put On The H/x Pipe It Cracked Really Bad. But I Had Loss Of Low End Torque. It Was Really Noticeable. After I Put The H/x Pipe On, It Now Has Way More Torque And Runs So Much Better. And The Best Part Is I Only Have $140 Bucks In The Whole Exhaust. Since I Did All The Install Part My Self.

bigbruno · 02-14-2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 08TITAN

I Have An 08 Titan And I Have A Custom Exhaust. That I Designed. Being An 08 My Truck Already Has True Deuals All The Way Back Almost To The Axle So I Designed A Custom H/x Pipe. Kinda A Cross Of Both And Installed It. And Just Had Two Tail Pipes Made, With No Mufflers And It Sounds Really Really Deep. But Has No Crack At All. Before I Put On The H/x Pipe It Cracked Really Bad. But I Had Loss Of Low End Torque. It Was Really Noticeable. After I Put The H/x Pipe On, It Now Has Way More Torque And Runs So Much Better. And The Best Part Is I Only Have $140 Bucks In The Whole Exhaust. Since I Did All The Install Part My Self.

Do you have any pics or vids? I've thought about doing something similar to my 08 but haven't decided for sure yet.

08TITAN · 02-15-2008, 04:19 AM

no pics or vids. i dont have any way to record it. but trust me, it's awesome. just be sure to get an x-pipe.

husker1206 · 02-15-2008, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 08TITAN

no pics or vids. i dont have any way to record it. but trust me, it's awesome. just be sure to get an x-pipe.

Did you make the x-pipe yourself, or did you buy it somewhere??

08TITAN · 02-18-2008, 04:23 AM

had it made at a local manfreal bending exhaust shop. i gave them alle the specs and they made it perfect.

08TITAN · 02-18-2008, 12:14 PM

Sorry For The Bad Grammer. Was In A Hurry, What I Was Trying To Say Was, I Had It Made @ A Local Muffler Shop That Does Mandreal Bends. I Meashured Up Everything And Told Him How I Wanted It. And Installed It My Self. This Past Weekend I Dropped The Exhaust At The Flanges Just After The Resonators & Gutted Them. Still Look Like Stock But There Is No More Core To Them. Welded A 1" Wood Drill Bit On A Piece Of 3/8" Round Stock, And It Was Plenty Long Enough. Drilled Through That Stuff Like Hot Butter. Now It's Even Deeper Yet!