'04 4.7 muffler options
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I checked out the Hooker Aero on Holley's website. Unless I'm missing something, they don't have anything remotely similar to the 24" long, 6" round muffler that I've got now.
I don't want to cobble something together myself and I definitely don't want to give an exhaust shop any excuses to charge me crazy money to put it in.
I guess the simplest thing would be to find a Gen 2 Dakota R/T and just measure the muffler.
I don't want to cobble something together myself and I definitely don't want to give an exhaust shop any excuses to charge me crazy money to put it in.
I guess the simplest thing would be to find a Gen 2 Dakota R/T and just measure the muffler.
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I checked out the Hooker Aero on Holley's website. Unless I'm missing something, they don't have anything remotely similar to the 24" long, 6" round muffler that I've got now.
I don't want to cobble something together myself and I definitely don't want to give an exhaust shop any excuses to charge me crazy money to put it in.
I guess the simplest thing would be to find a Gen 2 Dakota R/T and just measure the muffler.
I don't want to cobble something together myself and I definitely don't want to give an exhaust shop any excuses to charge me crazy money to put it in.
I guess the simplest thing would be to find a Gen 2 Dakota R/T and just measure the muffler.
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I like a quiet auto for one reason I have bad tinnitus in both ears very bad its funny but I'm so good at ignoring it I don't even notice it most of the time but I don't want to make it worse. The job I did put me close to very noisy machinery for about 20 years loved the job but it was noisy. 
So I put a nice quiet muffler on my Dakota
So I put a nice quiet muffler on my Dakota
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Well I will say this at 24'' that is not an OEM muffler I have the 2.5 engine and the monster that was under my Dakota was way bigger than that you must have an aftermarket muffler now.
The one I have now is around 24'' and I love it just a little louder than OEM most people say I have a very distinctive sound to my Dakota
All OEM mufflers are big monsters especially truck mufflers
Just measured it 18'' round magnaflow this is not my model but same size I think mine is no longer available and its not a Magnapack model
The one I have now is around 24'' and I love it just a little louder than OEM most people say I have a very distinctive sound to my Dakota
All OEM mufflers are big monsters especially truck mufflers
Just measured it 18'' round magnaflow this is not my model but same size I think mine is no longer available and its not a Magnapack model
Last edited by 98DAKAZ; Mar 11, 2013 at 01:36 PM.
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I mentioned the same thing earlier Tom A... An OEM muffler will probably cost several hundred dollars. I bought my hooker Aero and had installed for a total of $150... It took the shop like 30 minutes and it was done. They just had to add in one small 6-8" section. I think you're going through way too much trouble to just get a stock muffler. I doubt the R/T muffler is even much different from the regular stock muffler that came on other Dakotas.
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I mentioned the same thing earlier Tom A... An OEM muffler will probably cost several hundred dollars. I bought my hooker Aero and had installed for a total of $150... It took the shop like 30 minutes and it was done. They just had to add in one small 6-8" section. I think you're going through way too much trouble to just get a stock muffler. I doubt the R/T muffler is even much different from the regular stock muffler that came on other Dakotas.
