SSminneapolis Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 i hacked mine off...put glass packs on...posted pics sometime ago on one of the other threads...sounds great...i am going to get a recording this weekend...much more power on the high end...but i do think that some is lost at the low end...truck doesn't jump as much off the line...but sure as hell gets up and goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 We have a sweet but tame sound that needs some tweaking. Anyone have pics showing their exhaust mods PLEASE POST PICS and maybe have a section Exhaust Mods Pics. I asked GM what happened from the show SS that had duals, No Reply except could void warranty warnings. I agree exhaust mods can adversely affect the equation but if properly done can be beneficial and substantial gains can be accomplished. You do not go slap on a dual 3" system when you have a single 3", that's asking for troubles and blowing backpressure out the door but if you go with 2.5" duals with mandrel bent ss pipes and a properly built muffler then your laughing. Maybe we can get Stacey From TRUCKS TV to go after Magnaflow(Andretti) to come up with a bolt on kit like he did with the ...... WEAK OF HEART PLEASE LOG OFF NOW... Sorry to say Dodge Ram 1500 with 5.7 L Hemi, HP and torque gains and what an awesome sound, as The Tool Man Tim Taylor would say we do not grunt enough eeuuh euuuuh euuuh...out of our SS's. In my case my single side exit will look like next spring from all the calcium corrosion from the wheelsplash and hopefully someone will have something that exits at rear, looks, sounds good and not adversely affect perfomance. John Moss(GM HP Guru) had a great vision but GM execs had last word and saved $$$$ by using off the shelf parts from Excalade Ext. Dr Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSminneapolis Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 well put dr. mike...i did the whole 2.5" think with glass packs...someone driving my truck may believe that a little has been lost on the bottom end...but one you get up to higher rpm's the truck just launches itself from gear to gear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSMANIAC Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 I just replace my muffler with flowmasters 530504 dual in dual out with exit behind each wheel, wow what a difference!! not only it sounds much better but the truck feels so much free. it really open it up "I LOVE IT" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 rico750sxi: Hey bud, it turns out that I was wrong on your exhaust question. The stock muffler is a dummy, as was I… Sorry if I threw you for a loop on that one, I think in my frustration now I am going to hack apart the dang muffler and see what the heck it looks like on the inside… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico750sxi Posted October 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 No problem Blackhawk, you were trying to do me a favor. I haven't got to the exhaust mods yet anyways. Want to get it lowered correctly and I just bought a Superchips programmer for it. I want to get a Volant intake but Tbyrne doesn't have them in stock. I'm bidding on one on ebay now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTex Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Dont you guys just love Trucks TV? Stacey is the man! -------------- Of course GM would never give us headers or even better manifolds, but the weak crimped 2.5 inch front pipes are basically the same as the 4.8 and 5.3 trucks have. They may be OK, but definitely aren't what a preformance truck needs. I love the SS exhaust (not): dual 2.5 inch pipes that feed into dual 2.75 inch pipes that flow into a dual in muffler that comes out a single 2.75 inch pipe that merges with a dummy pipe that ends up in a single 3.5 inch meaty looking pipe. Stupid. I left the stock muffler on after my header install. I wasn't all that impressed with the header benefits, but I now realize that the stock muffler is my roadblock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 I guess disrupting the exhaust flow with 2.5 to 2.75 to dummy to 3.5 is what GM calls NASCAR tuning… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 I think that tuning was for sound, vice performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 You know your right! The performance comes from the vented from brakes…they are so cool they feel mushy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 Dont you guys just love Trucks TV? Stacey is the man! Love that show Who was the other guy that used to be on there with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTex Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 I wish I knew the story of the other guy. I guess he was only on the first season, maybe two. I'm pretty sure he assisted with the Hairy Hauler Willis wagon project. That Copperhead project is SWEET!! I wish he would hurry up and finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 That Copperhead project is SWEET!! I wish he would hurry up and finish it. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawk Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 That Copperhead project is SWEET!! I wish he would hurry up and finish it. What is the copperhead project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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