Any last minute thoughts on exhaust?
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Any last minute thoughts on exhaust?
I'm taking my runner in monday to get an 18" magnaflow muffler installed. it's the aluminum one (stainless is too expensive and I don't care what it looks like) with 2.25 pipes i believe.
Anyway, anyone with exhaust experience, from prices you got yours for, installation, and how please you are, POST. I'd like to make sure there aren't any problems before I dump more money into such a high mileage truck.
Anyway, anyone with exhaust experience, from prices you got yours for, installation, and how please you are, POST. I'd like to make sure there aren't any problems before I dump more money into such a high mileage truck.
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Originally Posted by alltheway
Yeah here is a tip...get a magnaflow exaust...cheaper and sounds better. Trust me I've had em both on my 97 Runner. Magnaflow works better.
He is getting a Magnaflow...
Please explain.
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Hey, I was wondering, when I drive next to a wall and have the windows open, it sounds pretty rough (not a leak) when on the pedal and @ 1700rpm or so. Let off the pedal and its quiet. It doesn't pur like a new car. How long do factory mufflers usually last?
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Originally Posted by alltheway
Sorry my bad. I thought I read that he was getting a flowmaster. My bad. Way to much green smoke to the head.
QUESTION:
As you can tell I am new to this stuff.. Okay, so I go in and tell him i want a new magnaflow muffler. Do they replace ANY piping, or do they just cut the muffler and weld the old tailpipe to it? because my tailpipe is hideous, so is new pipe extra or is it always just included? Thanks, I'm an exhaust newb.
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Opinions will vary, but IMO you should make sure that they do a full circumference weld around the joints. It can make the pipe more brittle, but after I had my 2.25 pipes done I kept checking them every now and then and they were constantly coming up with leaks at various points until I had them weld the full joint.
In an enclosed vehicle like a 4Runner a few little leaks can wind up letting a bunch of exhaust in the interior and CO2 builds up in the body. Well worth the slight potential of a shorter life of the pipe to me.
In an enclosed vehicle like a 4Runner a few little leaks can wind up letting a bunch of exhaust in the interior and CO2 builds up in the body. Well worth the slight potential of a shorter life of the pipe to me.
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If I remember right, piping comes with labor. You pay for them to bend the pipes. Custom tailpipes cost money though, like if you go for chrome, how long it is, if its angle cut, those kinds of things.
I hope you enjoy the sound. I know I've been enjoying mine since. I had an acquiantance approach me one day at school after I passed him telling me how good it sounds. Tonight I set off a car alarm driving by I was only at 1/8 throttle. Methinks his alarm is too sensitive.
I hope you enjoy the sound. I know I've been enjoying mine since. I had an acquiantance approach me one day at school after I passed him telling me how good it sounds. Tonight I set off a car alarm driving by I was only at 1/8 throttle. Methinks his alarm is too sensitive.
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Ive done so many exhuast mods that its come fairly cheap now. I must have poured over a $1k into the local shop. Right now I have a setup that Ive outgrown. 3inch from the headers into a cherry bomb (no cat anymore, gonna put a high flow in next week), 3 inch into a flowmaster 40 delta flow, going into 2 1/2 pipe out the back.
This setup is to loud for me, and has been since I pulled the cat (check engine light in on, so I took out the bulb) My new setup will be highflow cat, same pipes, with a borla offset muffler. Hopefull it will become quiter, I've grown to old to be waking up the neighboors with my loud truck from blocks away
This setup is to loud for me, and has been since I pulled the cat (check engine light in on, so I took out the bulb) My new setup will be highflow cat, same pipes, with a borla offset muffler. Hopefull it will become quiter, I've grown to old to be waking up the neighboors with my loud truck from blocks away
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So would this muffler fit on my '93 PU? How loud is it... and how loud compared to the Flowmaster 40 series. A bunch of people suggested the flowmaster 40 muffler and they said it wouldn't be THAT loud, but what I said was that I wanted something fairly cheap and that would be only slightly louder and maybe deeper than stock. How does the magnaflow compare?
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Originally Posted by kford
I'm taking my runner in monday to get an 18" magnaflow muffler installed. it's the aluminum one (stainless is too expensive and I don't care what it looks like) with 2.25 pipes i believe.
Anyway, anyone with exhaust experience, from prices you got yours for, installation, and how please you are, POST. I'd like to make sure there aren't any problems before I dump more money into such a high mileage truck.
Anyway, anyone with exhaust experience, from prices you got yours for, installation, and how please you are, POST. I'd like to make sure there aren't any problems before I dump more money into such a high mileage truck.
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Originally Posted by kford
QUESTION:
As you can tell I am new to this stuff.. Okay, so I go in and tell him i want a new magnaflow muffler. Do they replace ANY piping, or do they just cut the muffler and weld the old tailpipe to it? because my tailpipe is hideous, so is new pipe extra or is it always just included? Thanks, I'm an exhaust newb.
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Is a muffler hard to install or something? I have one coming next week, was planning on putting it in myself.
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Sorry my bad. I thought I read that he was getting a flowmaster. My bad. Way to much green smoke to the head.
More info:
- The 40 Series Deltaflow muffler is just damn loud all around, inside and out.
- The 50 Series Deltaflow muffler is quieter than the 40 Series, yet has a nice growl when you get on it. They are also pretty quiet inside the cab, especially at cruise rpms.
- The 50 Series SUV Deltaflow muffler has the same growl as the plain 50 Series outside, but is definitely louder inside the cab than the plain 50 Series.
Listen for yourself:
Deltaflow 50 Series on a 3rd gen w/3.4L V6
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