ok well a while back my truck died on me. Well its back and running just fine. turns out it was just a burn't wire that was shorting out. but is all good now. Also i have been thincking of takeing my muffler off. now other than beeing illigel would there be any negitive effect on the truck

 

Go ahead, the only negative effect would be a louder exhaust.

 

alright i was just wondering casue some people have been saying you can fry your valves or somthing like that. sounds stupied but **** happins so i just wanted to check it out

 

Na i will sound pretty darn good if id say i just cut my mufler on on my 2000 5.2 and i love the rumble it makes... Its kinda loud though and is kinda annoying in the mourning when you are not ready for anything loud...

 

Sorry to be the " All Noise" party pooper. For a short time, yes you can run no exhaust. But, expect the only gain you will get is in loudness. You actually hurt performance running just unrestricted pipes. You will lose bottom end(no back pressure). Not to mention the possible PCM/CEL issues. As far as burning a valve. You run it long enough with no exhaust, it becomes not a question of if it burns a valve, but when. But hey enjoy the loudness while you can right?

 

Man that's the best part of my morning. The sound of a finely tuned machine!!

I understand your point of view, but he's not going to run open headers. I run open headers on my Chevy and going to put a exhaust back on it cause its not cool anymore and I will agree there is a slight loss on the bottom end. Just removing the muffler won't cause any PCM/CEL issues as that's how I ran my truck for the longest time.

 

Take the muffler off and throw a straight pipe on there. A few weeks ago I tore off my muffler and ran it that way for a couple days until I punched out my cat and threw a piece of pipe in place of the muffler. I love the way it sounds but I'm sure my neighbors will say other wise.

 

haha yeah i can't run it with out a muffler all the time just cause of pa law. But mine is just clamped on so i just unbolt it and wiggle it out is sounds so bad ***

 

Glad you got your truck fixed.The best thing on a forum is when the members follow up on the repair, and I must say Dodgeforum is the best at this, IMHO.

 

sorry, but i'm calling bull**** on this one.
running with no headers or no exhaust manifold might warp a valve,
but running open manifolds or open headers will not hurt anything but your ears.