Dual muffler exhaust?
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Read Here. Pay particular attention to the third paragraph. Granted, it is only one manufacturer, but, the results are pretty telling.....
The marketing focus in really identified in the fourth paragraph...just not listed as what the focus is, but I think we all know (or at least those of us that have "been there-done that" MANY years ago).
Last edited by gdstock; 02-12-2012 at 12:40 PM.
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Curious, So why did you ask if you already have your mind made up? Or did you research it elsewhere and find your answers?
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Actually many mufflers are designed for a certain flow rate.... more or less can make it sound totally different...sometimes more flow will make it quieter sometimes louder... and it can actually hurt performance if the flow is too much or too little for what the muffler was designed to handle.
Last edited by Augiedoggy; 02-12-2012 at 02:13 PM.
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YouTube people have crap recorders and ****ty sound, gives you an idea and 2 mufflers will restrict the flow to give me backpressure. Because right now i have stock exhaust and I cut the muffler off. Great deep idle but when you rev it it gets loud but loses that sound of power and crackles big time.
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and 2 mufflers will restrict the flow to give me backpressure.
Like I've said, 1 muffler vs 2 mufflers has minimal sound difference when you've done nothing w/ the rest of the exhaust, it's more of a factor of how much $ you feel like spending for looks/maybe a few added horses. If you want power, sound, and looks...headers, true dual high flow cats, dual (good flowing) mufflers, and 2.25-2.5 size pipes.
You seem like you've already made a decision on just adding thrush mufflers, so put one or two on...it's up to you.
Last edited by Matt Nickerson; 02-12-2012 at 08:09 PM.
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Ask anyone else on here, stock y-pipe/cat setup is restrictive. Replace it with mandrel bent y-pipe going into a dual inlet cat=less restriction=more power in the case of our 2nd gen rams.
The stock y-pipe crams the 2 pipes coming from the manifolds into a small diameter pipe leading into a single inlet cat. This restriction is more prevalent in the 94-99 models as they changed the exhaust setup/pipe sizes for the better in the 00-01 models (although upgrading the exhaust still helps to increase power).
I've already done this myself. Replaced the pipes and got a hi flow cat...even with a blown plenum there was a definite increase in power from that alone.