Well I should have known something like this was going to happen...
After giving my Dak a tune up, having the tires changed, and even changing the
timing belt without swearing ONCE, my streak is over. I ripped my exhaust apart
this weekend getting firewood by driving over cable fenced that decided to jump
uo and snatch my muffler. Tore pulled it apart at the ypipe-meets-main pipe
connection completely. Loudest a truck of mine has ever been.
I got under there today and tried to put stuff together. The exhaust had also
TORN out of the rubber hangers and twisted the one metal hanger so badly I had
to try straighting it. No go, my little brother emptied every gas tank in the
house. On top of all that, the y-pipe and main pipe were clamped so tightly
from the factory that they don't go back together.
After an hour and a half of wrestling with and exhaust system that weighs as
much as I do I gave up, heated the room with every curse word I know, beat the
crap out of the muffler with a ballpeen hammer, and finally cut the muffler
apart right in front of the muffler.
I know I shouldn't have lost my temper, but I feel a lot better now and am in
back in touch with the true me :) Besides this gives me an excuse to upgrade
the exhaust.
After cleaning up and cooling down, I took the Dak for a test run too find any
performance difference. Soundwise, you can't tell the cat is even on, it's just
stinking loud. My parent heard me from 5 miles away in a hilly wooded area.
Powerwise, I did feel a gain from 2-4K, but trhere was a definite loss from the
get go.
Tomorrow I am going to have the y-pipe welded to the main pipe, and I'll get a
clamp to strap type clamp to hold together what I cut off, just so I don't get
pulled over. I'm thinking of ordering the Dynomax aftercat setup ($105 in
Summit). Does anyone else have this? Is it truly bolt in or am I going to get
frustrated and cut something I shouldn't? Power vs. sound?
Thanks for reading all the way through and allowing me to vent :) and thanks
for any help as I now truly begin to "fix" my truck:)
Mike S.
93 V6 5-speed CC Sport
Perma-cool 16" electric fan, no muffler and earplugs
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