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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 09:00 AM
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Personally, I love the sound of the Cherry Bomb Extreme and it has a very good 500+ CFM flow rate (about 150 CFM better than a "Flow"master).

Here is one on Pyro's 4.7 Ram that should be a better comparison for Dak owners than posting the one on my Hemi up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EswoA0c7zkQ
 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by tdister
Rengnath, your truck sounds awesome.

Any HWY cruising drone? How is loud is it under light-moderate acceleration with the windows up?
Thanks tdister.
The exhaust note is there, but inside the cab all you hear is the rumble. The radio can block it out perfectly. It never gets too loud to have a convo with another person. There is a drone when cruising around 62mph, but it is very light. If you cruise a little faster or slower, it goes away.
Under heavy acceleration with the windows up, I can actually hear my intake/engine noise more than I can hear the exhaust. My friend did comment one day though when I redlined it under a bridge next to him that the truck is deafening.
The truck doesnt sound mean until over 3k rpms. Anything less than that and its just a rumble. I can post a couple more videos if youre interested. I have a thread up showing all the pictures of the system out of the box when I got it. Its called MBRP, from the beginning I believe.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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Brian9,

Forgot about the vid I posted of the before and after of mine.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...1-install.html

I would get you a pic, but its Fathers Day(so it's my day to do SFA) and raining here....
 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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I love the sound of my Borla exhaust!!!

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...t=MOV00463.flv
 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian9
Yes that would be much appreciated. Please give feedback on how loud it is in the cabin as well. I am sure that others out there would love to hear the video as well. Thanks.
I'm probably a bad reference for loudness in the cab since I have it setup as a side exit, and it's kinda tucked under the side instead of sticking further out. I'm guessing this is helping it to make some extra noise in the cab. Even still, I don't find it to be too bad at all. I can hold conversations as long as I'm not laying into the gas, and the radio can block it out if I ever decide I don't want to hear it.

These videos were taken before I added my tune (Seemed to make it sound slightly louder and more aggressive for some reason) and replaced the tail section with a mandrel-bent piece. That made it sound a bit smoother (IMO) since the crush-bent piece was horrible. First vid was with it kinda cold, and right after I got it installed. Second and third were also cold from sitting for a while. I all of them I had the windows down.





 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dakota_raven
I love the sound of my Borla exhaust!!!
Yes Sir, sounds great!
 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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I got a Magnaflow thats all stainless with a polished tip. Sounds great like everyone else has said. Would have gone Borla, but the price is a little high.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian9
! Your Dakota is truly amazing Keep posting videos!
Thank you brother. I will try and make a couple tomorrow and post them up. I would say if your trying to save the $( and most of us are, lol) go with the Cherry Bomb or Magnaflow.

I chose Borla for the sleeper effect. I wanted a nice deep tone but no rumble until I hit WOT hard. Like I said before, if I didn't get the Borla my second choice would have been the Magnaflow. Flowmaster just doesn't flow as well as the rest, but alot of people buy them for the sound and to save $
 

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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 08:54 AM
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Thank everyone for all your feedback, plus the time and effort to post videos! I thought it would make my decision easier but it made it harder because all your trucks sound so good! I really like how some of the loud mufflers, flowmaster and cherry bomb (especially in Mr. Crashs video! wow!), sound but I have to remember what i use this truck for and dont want it to be to loud even though it sounds so good! and borla, as always, is the best exhaust but I just do not want to put that money into it. So I came to the conclusion to order this in the next few weeks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge...s#ht_804wt_927

unless anyone can give me a reason not to! :lol: Thanks again to everyone for their time and effort responding so I could make the best decision for what i need.
 

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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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Good choice brother, you will love it.
 
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