Hi:

Does anyone have tried or have done strip out the original big and ugly muffler of a 2010 dakota?

(if I don't express well, taking out all the stuff that comes inside the muffler, wire mesh, ecttt..)

Its is difficult, impossible or just a lost of time...
I think it could sound better and have a better flow, some of my friends have done it on toyota's mazda's you know small cars..

Thanks

Victor G.

 

I think you be better off to just buy a after market muffler. Seems like a lot of work to strip out the guts

 

I agree. just buy a glass pack and replace it...or weld in a straight pipe....

 

Do you think a glass pack will make a great sound, leaving the one at the end? I don't want a taxi cab sound, JAJAJA, I don't want a lot of sound too just more flow and a pretty looking sound, a little aggressive not too much..
I was thinking in a flow master but.. too expensive for my in this moment and by experience tends to sound loud inside the cabin.

ThANKS

vICTOR g.

 

a glasspack is going to be loud, some people like the sound, i personally dont. just replace the muffler with something better flowing, and remove those resonators that the 3Gen's have.

 

flowmaster is stupid loud, the 40 series anyway. Lots of noise inside. I have a magnaflow and it is basically a glasspack. straight through with the inside packed full of mesh. also remove the stupid resonators like winston said. remove those and install a performance muffler. your good to go.

 

As others have said, hollowing it is more work than it's worth. Since mines a daily commuter, I keep it stock, but with my Gen 2, I cut the exhaust after the cat. I then hollowed the cat and put stock (R/T) muffler back on, then put a Raven (basically a 40 series Flowmaster) muffler and put a dump right before the axle. Honestly, I liked the sound of just the cat best, but the Raven sounded pretty good. Just too much cabin drone on the highway for me. I had to upgrade my stereo so I could hear it over the exhaust. It regularly set off car alarms. Sounded great for a weekend toy, but driving back and forth to work every day would drive me up the wall.

 

When you remove the resonators, do you clamp it all back in or have it welded? I'm sure welding is always better, but do the clamps hold up well enough?

 

My clamps lasted four months and then my system came disconnected before the muffler..next to a state trooper..and I proceeded to get it welded..hahaha. If you do it right then clamps will last, my problem was that the two pipes didnt slide together well and I had to double clamp that one section.

 

I have a glass pack and took out the resonators on mine and it sounds good. But I have the 4.7l. Not sure how it would sound on the 3.7l, in high school I had a glass pack on my 92 ford Taurus with the 3.0l V6 and it sounded like a small V8. If your on a budget glass packs are the way to go in my option. They are cheap and sounds good to me. I'm still using one of the stock clamps for in front of the muffler. I think as long as the weight of the exhaust system is supported with the hangers the clamps should hold up.