Resonator & Muffler Delete

[Bulletnjm]

I got a hair up my ass the other day and unbolted my exhaust just to see how it sounds.

It sounds awesome!

I left the entire thing still hanging in case I change my mind, but for the past few days it's been fun. I drive about 40 miles to work one way with a mix of "stop and go" and highway. It drones, but it's not bad enough to where I had to turn the radio up, or to where I can't talk on the phone.

I'm going to re-connect it later today for our road trip coming up this weekend. I don't think me and/or the wife will enjoy 5 hrs of drone at highway speeds.

A cut-out won't last too long in this climate with the amount of salt that gets spread on the roads in the winter, so that's not an option for me. But I am definitely looking for a new exhaust set up now!

Did you unbolt before or after the resonator?

 

[scarrjack]

I got a hair up my ass the other day and unbolted my exhaust just to see how it sounds.

It sounds awesome!

I left the entire thing still hanging in case I change my mind, but for the past few days it's been fun. I drive about 40 miles to work one way with a mix of "stop and go" and highway. It drones, but it's not bad enough to where I had to turn the radio up, or to where I can't talk on the phone.

I'm going to re-connect it later today for our road trip coming up this weekend. I don't think me and/or the wife will enjoy 5 hrs of drone at highway speeds.

A cut-out won't last too long in this climate with the amount of salt that gets spread on the roads in the winter, so that's not an option for me. But I am definitely looking for a new exhaust set up now!

Hey Carl, I hear there are some really good exhaust shops in Gary, Indiana next time you are cruising by stop in and tell them Chad sent you, lol.

 

[Gsteve]

straight pipe on a street vehicle = ridiculous

 

[carlschmarl2]

Did you unbolt before or after the resonator?

Up-stream from the resonator. Right where the two bolts are.

Hey Carl, I hear there are some really good exhaust shops in Gary, Indiana next time you are cruising by stop in and tell them Chad sent you, lol.

HAHAHA! Can you recommend any decent pizza shops in the area?!!

 

[robnfl]

I got a hair up my ass the other day and unbolted my exhaust just to see how it sounds.

It sounds awesome!

I left the entire thing still hanging in case I change my mind, but for the past few days it's been fun. I drive about 40 miles to work one way with a mix of "stop and go" and highway. It drones, but it's not bad enough to where I had to turn the radio up, or to where I can't talk on the phone.

I'm going to re-connect it later today for our road trip coming up this weekend. I don't think me and/or the wife will enjoy 5 hrs of drone at highway speeds.

A cut-out won't last too long in this climate with the amount of salt that gets spread on the roads in the winter, so that's not an option for me. But I am definitely looking for a new exhaust set up now!

You coould just add the "Y" pipe and manually cap/uncap when you want. There's one guy on here that does that, I think he calls it the "manual doug's cutout". I did that for a while when my Doug's crapped out...it's only 3 bolts. But, I do agree, 5 hours on the highway with loud exhaust gets old!

straight pipe on a street vehicle = ridiculous

It's not exactly "straight pipe"...there are 2 mufflers up stream of the resonator and stock muffler...they are called "catalytic converters". They do attenuate the sound quite a bit, it's not like the old-old days where a straight pipe exhaust was screaming loud. I have removed the cat-cons off of my mustangs and used an "off road" exhaust, now that gets loud.

 

[JuggNuttz]

I got a hair up my ass the other day and unbolted my exhaust just to see how it sounds.

It sounds awesome!

I left the entire thing still hanging in case I change my mind, but for the past few days it's been fun. I drive about 40 miles to work one way with a mix of "stop and go" and highway. It drones, but it's not bad enough to where I had to turn the radio up, or to where I can't talk on the phone.

I'm going to re-connect it later today for our road trip coming up this weekend. I don't think me and/or the wife will enjoy 5 hrs of drone at highway speeds.

A cut-out won't last too long in this climate with the amount of salt that gets spread on the roads in the winter, so that's not an option for me. But I am definitely looking for a new exhaust set up now!

mine has gone thru 3 Chicago winters and is working perfect still (knock on wood). so i wouldnt worry too much about that.

 

[LekRap]

@JuggNuttz ...do you have an electric cutout that you control from a switch or do you have just the manual cutout that you unscrew the 3 screws?

 

[JuggNuttz]

@JuggNuttz ...do you have an electric cutout that you control from a switch or do you have just the manual cutout that you unscrew the 3 screws?

i have a DMH Electric cut out, switch is mounted behind the upfitter switches.

 

[LekRap]

@JuggNuttz Wow! So it has lasted 3 years for you? Everything Ive been reading is that they don't last more than 6 months of your lucky. Do you off-road much? Sounds like people say that the dust and mud and rattling ruins them pretty quick...what say you?

 

[JuggNuttz]

@JuggNuttz Wow! So it has lasted 3 years for you? Everything Ive been reading is that they don't last more than 6 months of your lucky. Do you off-road much? Sounds like people say that the dust and mud and rattling ruins them pretty quick...what say you?

i dont offroad alot, being in the city, but 3 years and going thru a Snoball 500 and Havoc in the Hills, it hasnt missed a beat. maybe if you beat on it off road couple times a week, it will kill it fast, but for my normal driving, having fun once and a while when i head to family farms and the couple runs ive been on, its holding up perfectly fine for me.