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I have taken out my muffler and put in an "echo chamber" (i put a slightly larger piece of pipe in place of the muffler), and i put a dual outlet resonating tip on. The exhaust sound awesome, in my opinion, however, since doing this, my pickup has no power. I suspect that i need to have a muffler on it, however i want it to still be as loud as possible. Can anyone suggest a type of muffler, or if possible another solution.

thats interesting. I have no input to help you, just a comment. its crazy how proper sizing and air flow are required to maintain power.

Im sure by days end youll get some good input!

g

I know that sometimes more constrictive exhausts can increase torque.
If you aren't going to run a muffler, you should try smaller pipes, at least for part of your exhaust. That should help out.

if you want something loud go with a cherry bomb.i have a flowmaster and its nothing compared to the cherry bomb.try a shorter exhaust.from all the times i've done mine,the shorter the louder.

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Hey 81,
When I put my exaust on I also lost the umph. I'm running a Pacesetter header, around 3' of 2 1/2" flexpipe, and a monza single tip. The key is the right amount of backpressure. I fiddled with mine till I found that if I left a little over an inch of the stock 1 7/8" pipe that was on the entrance of the monza tip it gave it just enough backpressure to give it the zip. Oh and it is PLENTY LOUD! ( My neighbors would love to see me dead)
Hope this helps...

Dave

toto-

isnt that all the motivation.

i have a neighbor that has got a "problem" with everything I do, including pulling out and firing up the luv. I live in a culdesac and the v8, lumpy cam, flowmaster, just resonate that crap out of her!

g

I have the Pacesetter also but I went with the Flowmaster 60 series muffler, plenty of noise and still have plenty of the 4 banger zip too

77SS
Hell Yeah!! I really only have one neighbor that bitches. She caught me getting out of my LUV the other night and said " You ever even considered putting a muffler on that thing?" I said I DO have a muffler on this thing and have you ever even considered owning a house with walls not covered in aluminum?

Dave

nice.

I purposely lay little 2-3' patches in my driveway just to let them know where I'm at whith their whining. its all the women. the guys love it. the women would like it if their husbands had a hot rod. Just keep feuling the fire, baby!

My neighbors would bitch but I think my neighbor has outdone me, he owns a '98 V10 Dodge Ram sport and the only thing that is stopping him from straight pipes is his cats.

Ive talked to a handful of dodge v-10 owners and they said that they are not happy with the motor. Its only "wow, you have a v-10!", and it stops there. they get about 6 mpg. that stinks for a new rig. sure, in a viper thats all done up, id take it. not in a work truck. give me the diesel!

g

I know nothing about the trucks, I just think my neighbors is loud as hell