I ran without a muffler for a couple weeks and it is very loud. Way too
noisy in the cab. Gave my g/f headaches all the time. It was nice to get
noticed but it always gave you a hightened sense of the law enforcers out
there. It did make the low end suck but up on top it sounded sweet.
Especially going through a tunnel at 5K rpm.
Chris Oertell
Arcadia, Ca
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1998 Dodge Dakota Sport V6 Regular Cab Emerald Green
1989 Kawasaki EX500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Styer" <dakotamike@netzero.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:43 PM
Subject: DML: V6ers-Running no muffler is indeed a bad thing
> 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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