[quote=I have 2 cats, sound like you only have 1???[/quote]

Yup, only have one

 

Sounds good man...i was wondering about the crackle too but it sounds pretty sweet. Oh and the steps are cool. nice touch

 

Sounds pretty nice man. And im with ya. I hate that raspy crackle poppin exhaust. Makes a truck sound horrible. Good job on the install man.

 

I'm wanting to but a 30 inch CB GP on my 08 Hemi. What would be the best solution to connect it to the old tale pipe section? I want to keep all the resonators but get rid of the muffler. I basically want to start as quiet as possible and take off what I need if its not loud enough.

 

The Glass Pack and 2 - 18" 3"ID sections, will plug it right in.

 

Just got back from a 5 hour trip (one way). Exhaust dumps too close to the Rear Axle. Melted the plastic hosings on the ABS wires and the plasitic coating on the E-brake cable.

This will need fixed. I may use the stock pipe from the muffler to the resonator to get it over the axle.

 

Ouch hate to hear that. If you run it over the axle post some pics please. I would like to get an idea of what it looks like.

 

Since my cell takes such good pics...I'm a pic posting fool.

It's in the shop now the rear end leaked during the trip.

 

****UPDATE****

Well, I got the exhaust bend over the rear axle cut off the stock set-up and ready to go on the end of my glasspack. Bought a .020 wire brush for my angle grinder and made the pipe look new again. I'm most likely going to drop the glass pack get it all put together and paint it black with engine block paint. The red sticks out from under neath that blue like a sore thumb...

I thought it was nice to see it in the beginning, now I think it looks dumb.

I'll get pics for this.

 

Thanks for the great DIY. I replaced the stock exhaust on my '04 5.7 today after seeing this. For those who decide to do the same thing on an '04, things are a little different than on the '07 in this DIY. The biggest difference is that the stock pipe is NOT 3". If you cut off before or unclamp and slide off at (what I did) the stock muffler, the pipe is 2.5" ID. I had already ordered a 3" CB GP (I'm glad I did, I think it being a little bigger makes it sound better), so luckily I found at 2.5" OD to 3" ID adapter for $3 at Oreilly's.

Because both the adapter and the end of the GP were 3" ID, I cut a 4" long piece of 3" OD pipe to use as a "connector," and then clamped at both connections and tied in a hanger too.

I then cut a 5.5" long piece of 3" OD pipe and tapped it into the other end of the GP. I intended, then, on just sliding the 3" ID turn down pipe on the end of that... but the metal the turn down was made of was much thicker and stronger, so I couldn't really clamp the pieces together. So I cut the flanged end plus 2" off of the 18" piece of pipe I was using for scraps, and welded that into the turn down. I then slid and clamped that over the little "connector" piece coming out of the end of the GP.

Because I ordered a shorter GP, and everything is connected basically touching, the overall system is not too long. It dumped a decent ways in front of the axle so I don't think I'll have an issue.

By the way - I am completely AMAZED by the sound of my new set up. Considering I spent under $60, I was just hoping to get a little more tone. That thing sounds killer though. So if you are wondering what size GP to get, I would suggest the 18" body. It's not so short that it's all rapping, but it's not so long that you don't notice enough of a difference. It's perfect.