clogged exhaust? low power...exhaust opinions please
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clogged exhaust? low power...exhaust opinions please
hey guys..soo i got my tranny problem fixed...it wasnt the transmission, it was the sensor throwing the shifting off. anyway..the guy said my exhaust is clogged....lol i kind of laughed because i never heard of a clogged exhaust before. anyway he was serious, so im going to have to put a whole new exhaust system on. he told me that the truck was acting sluggish and didnt feel like it had the right power. and the exhaust sounded clogged. right now i have a single pipe going to a glass pack with a ingle out but i have a y pipe and the end. and it has a really deep sound that i like. im wondring if i should get 2 strait pipes? with cats on each pipe? or go single in dual out flowmaster? im wantin a deep sound..nothing really flappy and anoyying. what do you guys think? im curious to see what a lfowmaster sounds like on a v8. ive only had one my v6 3.9l dakota.
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for lack of power, with nothing else wrong, i would suggest that your exhaust system is clogged as well. mine is but i haven't had time to take it to the shop yet. tomorrow i will. but i would also check to make sure your cat isn't clogged as well. probably the reason(mine too) that your exhaust is clogged, is that your cat broke some honeycomb off and it got stuck in either that cat itself, or the muffler. just a suggestion.
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definately cut off the cat and see if it drives ok for a short trip, if it is plugged you will be able to tell as soon as you take off. you'll probably get an o2 sensor cel with the cat off but thats ok because you'll just be testing it with it off. if you don't have a welder it might not be a good idea to just chop it off.
with a glass pack on there i doubt that anything got wedged in the pipes behind the cat since glass packs are straight through.
flowmasters suck on rams, they are too quiet. i had a 40 series on mine when i got it and it was too quiet, i cut it off and put 2 thrush glass packs on it and it sounded better but still too quiet. i dropped the glass packs and put straight pipes in place of them and now it has a good tone. if you really want a muffler (i hate mufflers) then i suggest the pypes muffler, a guy posted a vid of his on here a few months back and they have a nice deep tone.
with a glass pack on there i doubt that anything got wedged in the pipes behind the cat since glass packs are straight through.
flowmasters suck on rams, they are too quiet. i had a 40 series on mine when i got it and it was too quiet, i cut it off and put 2 thrush glass packs on it and it sounded better but still too quiet. i dropped the glass packs and put straight pipes in place of them and now it has a good tone. if you really want a muffler (i hate mufflers) then i suggest the pypes muffler, a guy posted a vid of his on here a few months back and they have a nice deep tone.
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hey guys..soo i got my tranny problem fixed...it wasnt the transmission, it was the sensor throwing the shifting off. anyway..the guy said my exhaust is clogged....lol i kind of laughed because i never heard of a clogged exhaust before. anyway he was serious, so im going to have to put a whole new exhaust system on. he told me that the truck was acting sluggish and didnt feel like it had the right power. and the exhaust sounded clogged. right now i have a single pipe going to a glass pack with a ingle out but i have a y pipe and the end. and it has a really deep sound that i like. im wondring if i should get 2 strait pipes? with cats on each pipe? or go single in dual out flowmaster? im wantin a deep sound..nothing really flappy and anoyying. what do you guys think? im curious to see what a lfowmaster sounds like on a v8. ive only had one my v6 3.9l dakota.
I like my Flowmaster super40. with no cat, it is plenty loud.
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