I have a 98RT/RC and a v6 Ram, don't bother with the muffler on the v6 just
have a pipe put in it's place. The cat will quiet it down enough. But a v8
would be too loud for daily driving with no muffler.
-----Original Message-----
From: jesse <pojess@home.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 10:32 PM
Subject: DML: Exhaust question
>I don't understand the cat-back exhaust upgrade. I looked under my
>Dakota and found that the exhaust from the CC back are at least 2.5 to
>3 inches in diamater, but the pipes from the engine were a lot smaller
>(maybe 1.5 to 2 inches). It seems that if I were only going to do a
>cat-back upgrade, I could save some money and just upgrade the muffler
>(free flow) and not get the piping. Does this make sense? Does anyone
>know if the stock pipes are mandrel bent.? Does it make that much of a
>differnce for a soon to be slightly modified truck? Any comments?
>
>1997 cc v6 auto
>soon to have 10" 360 degree air filter w/2.5 k&n filter, Jet power
>module, Gibson cat-back (depends on answers from post)
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