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Old 06-10-2009, 11:20 AM
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does nybody have a good way on doin this?? my dad won't let me take it off.. n he's not going to be home today.. so if i gut it he won't know that i "straight piped" it... he doesnt now nything about diesels so if i tell him that all diesel's ehaust are loud.. then he'll believe me
there ny side effects of just gutting the muffler?? like drone r somethin like that???
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by wisconsin redneck
there ny side effects of just gutting the muffler?? like drone r somethin like that???
How about Dad kicking your a$$ for messing with his truck?? That would be one...
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 12:01 PM
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unless he's just plain dumb he will notice the first time he hears it.it will make a BIG difference in sound.and no it won't hurt anything.
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 12:41 PM
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Yeah, a similar way to get the same sound is just to shoot a hole in it. Works just as well haha... I remember when I was a kid we had a Pontiac Parisienne with a 305, and the muffler got a hole in it on a gravel road or something, man it sounded bad-***, almost the same as a performance muffler. Sometimes having a rusted muffler isn't a bad thing!
But yeah, he'll notice if it's straight piped, the sound is noticeably louder. Unless he's got a hearing aid already and is insensitive to noise, I wouldn't try it!!
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by wisconsin redneck
does nybody have a good way on doin this?? my dad won't let me take it off.. n he's not going to be home today.. so if i gut it he won't know that i "straight piped" it... he doesnt now nything about diesels so if i tell him that all diesel's ehaust are loud.. then he'll believe me
there ny side effects of just gutting the muffler?? like drone r somethin like that???

aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh, i remember when I was that nieve to think my Dad was that dumb good luck kid caution though, I see a red back porch in your near future LOL
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 03:43 PM
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been there done that LOL. he thought the muffler was just old and needed to be replaced. I had conveniently already ordered in a high flow.

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he does have a lot of hearing damage so that probably helped
all he heard was increased drone.
 

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Old 06-10-2009, 04:08 PM
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Those where the good ol days... I remember instead of gutting my muffler I just cut the stock exhaust off right before the cat. Talk about loud
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Evil
How about Dad kicking your a$$ for messing with his truck?? That would be one...
well its my truck! hahah... but rly he wouldnt notice... i would just tell him that its a diesel n he WOULD believe me!!! hahha.. but how do i do it?? without cutting the muffler wide open??

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thanks guys but i'll take my chances!
 

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bfh and crow bar maybe. you should be able to burn most of the fiberglass out of it with a torch just getting it hot.
 
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tell your dad you want better fuel mileage and more power. it does not harm a thing! do it honest.
 



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