Cheap Exhaust!
09-02-2008, 05:22 PM
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Cheap Exhaust!
I keep having people ask me what I did to my exhaust and then that is followed up by why.
To answer the Why first, the cost of steel and how proud aftermarket companies are of their products.
Now to answer the what. Take a reciprocating saw and cut the muffler free of the pipe on each end staying as close to the muffler as possible. Have someone hold the tailpipe in the desired location and measure the gap. Cut a piece of pipe to fit and then weld it in. Walla. Loud exhaust for cheap! My local muffler shop charged me 5 bucks for the piece of pipe I needed. Out of curiosity, I also asked what they'd charge for someone to have this done. They said 30-40 bucks. So if you can't weld/don't have a welder. You can still open your truck up for under 50 bucks. Throw in a Stainless clamp on tip from Auto Zone, which actually holds pretty nicely (mine is a 4 1/2") for another 25 bucks and you're set. Good tone and sound.
To answer the Why first, the cost of steel and how proud aftermarket companies are of their products.
Now to answer the what. Take a reciprocating saw and cut the muffler free of the pipe on each end staying as close to the muffler as possible. Have someone hold the tailpipe in the desired location and measure the gap. Cut a piece of pipe to fit and then weld it in. Walla. Loud exhaust for cheap! My local muffler shop charged me 5 bucks for the piece of pipe I needed. Out of curiosity, I also asked what they'd charge for someone to have this done. They said 30-40 bucks. So if you can't weld/don't have a welder. You can still open your truck up for under 50 bucks. Throw in a Stainless clamp on tip from Auto Zone, which actually holds pretty nicely (mine is a 4 1/2") for another 25 bucks and you're set. Good tone and sound.
09-03-2008, 04:09 PM
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nice work! only as stated before it is not legal in most places to run without a muffler. i just had a flowmaster super 40 siso exiting the stock location installed this morning and it cost me $80 for the muffler and $60 for the install with all new pipe and hangers at my buddies (shop) barn. all welded and custom bent.
it has the sound i wanted and will get a little louder over time but still just right for me. i got all my info from here and made my decision based on that info.
to each his own and as i said nice work.
it has the sound i wanted and will get a little louder over time but still just right for me. i got all my info from here and made my decision based on that info.
to each his own and as i said nice work.
09-03-2008, 08:42 PM
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09-03-2008, 10:26 PM
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09-04-2008, 02:12 AM
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Secondly to the guy dissing my tip.. First of all. If you're going to discredit my exhaust tip while you're are discrediting someone else. Get your facts straight. A 40 series muffler is a chambered design. That's what Flowmaster calls their "Delta Flow" Technology. So there aren't any baffles to "rust out"
Thirdly... My AUTOZONE TIP is at least Stainless Steel, as is the pipe that I welded in. You're 40 series that you know so much about is made of 16 gauge Aluminized Steel.
