has anyone took the turbo silencing ring off of a second gen. Cummins. if ya have, how much difference does it make in the sound and performance of the truck

 

no loss or gain in mileage or performance. . .all it does it make the turbo sound more like a 747 takeing off

silencer ring, intake baffleing, kitty all MIA on my truck

 

Perhaps I'm missing something, but it didn't seem to make a whole lotta difference in sound on mine. I could hear the whine before and sounded the same after too. 2nd gens don't have the baffling, do they?

 

thank ya drew...it really outta sound good with a 4 in turbo back straight exhaust

 

Aaron, to be honest, I dont think the 2nd gens had the baffeling.

with the way the intake is done on the 3rd gens it is more straight piped instead of that 180 bend the 2nd gens have.

so your probably right in that you wont hear much of a difference, but I do know with the 3rd gens if you yank the silencer ring and the baffeling the turbo will get borderline obnoxious

 

is it hard to do?

 

nope, two flat head screwdrivers, pull the intake off the turbo, look for the beveled edge of the snap ring that holds it in, pry it out with one screw driver, then use the other one to begin working it around untill if falls out, the doughnut shaped piece of stamped aluminum will fall out as well, install inatke back on turbo and your done.

only a 1 on the difficulty meter.

 

removed ring and baffle. 20 mins tops. i like it a ALOT!

 

where is the baffle? i have an 03.

 

take the hard plastic piece out of the intake tubeing, the cross section is the baffeling we are talking about.