yea i've seen pics of them set up behind the step, but it was on a crew cab....maybe thats the difference? thats how I would want to run it.
i wouldnt want it underneath the steps either...
The cab length shouldn't make a difference, because the frame difference is just more length under the cab. Where the bed starts and the frame steps up and the leafs mount is the same geometry.
You can't do it the leaf spring mount it right there.
I beg to differ....this was whtrpta's pieced together job, but I know some company could do this in a real nice setup....
You can see crossmembers of the truck hanging slightly below the running boards, and the exhaust doesn't hang any lower than those, becaues the frame rail steps up in that area and the exhaust snakes right through, and doesn't sit any lower than those crossmembers. Even if it did sit an inch lower, not a big deal for my use, I'm not scraping the frame of the truck offroading. And tons more clearance than sticking it under the running board. I don't think anybody looking for lightning exit was looking for that.
Here's a pic of underneath. Not sure if there'd be room to do 2 pipes, but definitely enough for one larger one.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the factory exhaust SI 3.5" and DO 3.0"? Or is it SI 3.5" and DO 2.5"? I'd want to make sure the outlet was still larger area than the factory setup
Single 3.5" = 9.621 sq in
Dual 2.5" = 9.816 sq in
Dual 3.0" = 14.136 sq in
Dual 3.5" = 19.242 sq in
Single 3.5" = 9.621 sq in
Single 4.0" = 12.566 sq in
Single 4.25" = 14.186 sq in
Single 4.5" = 15.904 sq in
So if factory inlet SI 3.5" and DO 2.5", I'd want bare minmum of SO 4.0 if we could only do a single pipe. If factory is SI 3.5" and DO 3.0", I'd want minimum of SO 4.25.
I would prefer doing the single to dual tips after it snaked past the frame to fill that whole area of the fender in front of the tire, or possibly an oval tip.
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