Great sound clips Jon...drove my dog crazy...hehe
Does anyone have any sound clips of 3.9 V-6s. I would like to upgrade my
exhaust from the OEM, but I don't know if I'd like the sound a V-6 would
make, I've heard some refer to it as a sewing machine on steroids.
Jerry
2K2 PB/w graphite gray bumpers and flares CC SXT 3.9, 3.55...no mods...yet.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Dual Exhaust
>
> "Gary Hedlin" <ghedlin@theramp.net> wrote:
>
> : How do those sound with a Carsound Cat? I have a flowmaster 40 serries
on
> : mine right now, and its louder than hell. I need a soft, low rumble :)
>
> I'm not sure how it sounds with a Carsound, but the Gibson is a pretty
> nice muffler - gives the exhaust a mellow tone - I had one on my '96
> which I used both with the stock cat and with no cat at all. The cat
> makes all the difference in the world. I really liked the way it sounded
> without the cat, it was a bit too quiet for me with the cat in there.
>
> Unfortunately, on the way back from the Nats, the tailpipe came off
> (rusted through). I needed to do something right away, so I threw
> together a new exhaust out of parts laying around the garage. I
> used a 3" Dynomax Race Magnum that was waiting to be installed on my
> Ram, and a 3" 90 degree mandrel bend along with my Gibson tip to
> dump it out right in front of the rear tire. This is MUCH louder
> than the Gibson, partially becuase of the lack of a tailpipe I'm
> sure. My initial impression is that I don't like the sound as much
> (the Gibson was more "refined") but its got a nice rumble at idle, and
> at 55mph, isn't too obtrusive - but when you're going through the gears
> the whole neighborhood knows it! Unfortunately, I never did get any
> good sound clips of the Gibson with the cat out - a shame since I
> always thought it was one of the nicest sounding Daks I'd come
> across, with the exception of Ray Block's Dak which sounded almost
> identical, and James Elsmore's which was a different sound but every
> bit as nice (or nicer). Now, my exhaust is just loud and mean - no
> finesse. :-)
>
> If it helps at all, there are some sound files on the DML home
> page - http://www.dakota-truck.net/sounds/ of my '96 with the Gibson
> cat-back and the stock cat in place. Its a V8 though, not a 6 so
> obviously the sound is going to be somewhat different - should give
> you an idea though. (Sorry, they are large WAV files instead of mp3
> because they've been up there since before mp3s became popular.) :-)
> I'll get them converted eventually...
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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