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Exhaust choice

Old Sep 19, 2011 | 06:00 AM
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I;m wanting to change my exhaust on my stock 2001.4in or would I benefit 5in? I'll do air filter mod too,any mods I doo will be for milage really have enough power for what I do.I also don't want it to be horribly loud.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 06:39 AM
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Your stock exhaust is 3.5" with lots of kinks. The only difference between 4" and 5" is that the 5" will give you a deeper exhaust tone.

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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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4 inch will be fine.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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4in is all you need
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 11:41 AM
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5 in is LOUD!!!!!!!!!!! make sure to get a muffler if you tow the drone is killer
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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5 in sounds great on trucks with manual trans, on auto's it sounds like garbage, when I ran a 5 I had to remove my spare tire for clearance, so keep that it mind.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 02:34 PM
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5in is good i think just make sure you get muffler, mines is really loud with out
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 03:21 PM
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i just got rid of my 4". It was a muffler delete is all so it was only four inch from where the muffler was back. It was loud and did not sound very clean. i just got 5" with a 4" down pipe after my exhaust brake and it sounds much cleaner. The 5 does have a muffler but like most diesel mufflers its straight through just there to get rid of the pop and drone. i should have done 5 from the begining. Helps a bit with EGT's too. I would say go five inch and be done. Mine was 700$ installed, had to cut it up for the banks brake.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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$700^^^ man what kit did you get mine was 400 installed! Any ways Im planing on getting a muffler some time soon for it... And its sounds great on my auto

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also I got to keep my full size spare with my 5 inch setup
 

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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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5" sounds so much better, I made my own 4" (because I'm cheap) and it dumps out before the rear wheels on pass. side without a muffler..... if I have nothing else I have the loudest Cummins around
 
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