[MarvinVR]

I know what it would be like on my gasser but not these. Dont wanna spend the money on a muffler if I dont have to. Is it legal?

 

[drdenny1]

Mine has been straight piped for quite a while now /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Have never had a cop look at me. It's quieter than a gasser cause of the turbo, but barks pretty good when you get on it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif. I love it. Like they say you'll either hate it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bleh.gif or love it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.

 

[I10haulR]

...the chopped mufflers on top /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif

 

[JimTJr]

Click here to HEAR one straightpiped,,, I had the mic about 6ft from the tailpipe in my driveway. Only reved it to about 22-2500rpm. I like it. I am going with a 4" downpipe,,about 5' of straightpipe and a 45* pipe with a 5" tip on the end,,exiting right in front of the right rear tire soon,,,,! SHOULD be louder and sweeter!

 

[smpcompdude5898]

It's a little louder especially when you "get on it". I think it's a sweet sound. I still have the stock exhaust system minus the muffler. The muffler had a run in with a cut off saw and a new piece of pipe took it's place. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif It actually helped my fuel economy a little. You really notice it when you get on it in town. It will rattle the windows.

Johnny

 

[Alabamatoy]

[ QUOTE ]
Is it legal?

[/ QUOTE ]Prolly depends on the state. In the free state of Alabama, darn near anything is legal.

Mine is straight pipe, came that way purchased used. I dont care for it. Once I have $$ I plan to put larger diameter exhaust system with muffler on it.

My home is partway up a long hill. Pulling that hill with a load lets everyone in the neighborhood know I am about. I dont like that.

 

[JimTJr]

I like being able to hear that turbo sing thru the tailpipe too!! Another PLUS!

 

[MarvinVR]

JimTjr you sure can hear the turbo whistle in that. Thanks. I opened up the header flanges on my chevy for fun---only about a 1/4 inch but the tone at a certain rpm was so intense that my teeth almost fell out. I dont want buy a new muffler but also dont want to keep the radio on high. Guess Ill just have to try and see. I wonder about welding a Y into the system with one leg exiting ahead of the tire but with a cap and bolts. Cap on-exhaust through muffler. Uncap it and its a straight system. Easy to do when needing to pull. Easy to cap up if you need to sneak home to catch the wife and milkman.

 

[JimTJr]

Marvin,,really the truck is not that loud. I dont mind it and dont need the radio on loud,,for that reason,, (I am just a kid at 48 and love my ROCK AND ROLL!!) I dont know how loud it is from the outside really,,but in cab is not obnoxious at all really.

 

[IntT444E]

I agree....mine is an early 99 with the muffler cut out and a 3 in. pipe welded in to take its place...when ure in the cab with the windwos up u dont hear it at all....but if u roll the windows down and listen to it off of buildings it makes a kickass sound, one that u cant describe, it sounds like a semi.... and the turbo has a really distinct sound on these trucks, if u just sit there and rev it up u cant even really hear it that good, but if you're putting a load on the engine and get on it like goin up a hill or just coming through the gears, the sound it makes will put a smile on ure face, mine does everytime, especially when im in 6th gear going 35 miles per hour through downtown....the sound is unbeatable.....but if u get sick of the noise, all u have to do is roll ure windows up and turn on the ac, u wont hear a thing then....

 

[KRMNAL1]

You will get a tremendous amount of flutter after you whack off the muffler which sounds terrible and you don't notice the noise in the cab much but outside it is quite a bit louder, like someone said above you either love it or hate it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[airfooter]

Like they said...

I got a piece of discarded stock pipe for free and paid $40 to muffler man to cut out the old muffler and weld in the pipe I got. Best $$ I've spent. I got pipe from performance shop that does alot of diesel upgrades, otherwise 10' of 3.5" was like $45 (couldn't find a 3ft piece ANYWHERE).

 

[anchoryanker]

Perfectly Legal. The turbocharger is considered a muffler by federal law, therefore perfectly fine to straight pipe a turbo-diesel

 

[MarvinVR]

I just thought, most of my pulling is a horse trailer. Wonder if it would blast the horses. Otherwise, Im tempted to cut the thing off tomorrow.

 

[JimTJr]

I imagine they would get used to it like anything else.... like I said,,NOT really obnoxiously loud,,,especially with the stock pipes...now ,, if you straightpipe a 4"down pipe with 5" all the way out the back,,,,then it would be louder I imagine,,but mine with the stock exhaust is not terrible.

 

[whodis]

I have no cat no muffler, and when your in the kitchen it's loud. In the winter at high with the ebv closed it sounds like a jet plane!

 

[curdog]

I've got a 2000 350 dually. No cat no muffler, and to be honest I wouldn't have it any other way. My tip comes out in front of the rear wheels, so I get a little bit more noise in the cab but I've dreamed about owning a diesel since childhood so I'm fine with it, but its not unbearable or anything