Mufflerectomy

[FordGuy100]

Thats what the TDI folks call it at least

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Big ole thing for a little turbo diesel. Love the sound of these straight piped! Gotta work on the cats next.

 

[gatorman21218]

Cool. bet it dont sound like a 7.3 straight piped though

 

[The Warden]

Lucky you Justin, at least you can pull the cats...no way Jose out here

I hope you put pipe in its place and didn't do what a buddy of mine did to his '81 300SD...he took a hacksaw and cut the exhaust pipe just beyond the downpipe, ripped the mufflers out, and called it good as towcat put it, Big Helga sounded like a milk truck going down the road

Any chance of a video? I know an ALH will sound different...my biggest question is, how much louder is it inside? Towcat and I have both put some thought into making the mufflers in my '01 go bye-bye but I don't want the cabin to be any louder with the windows closed...

 

[FordGuy100]

I did exactly that. Both of them are done that way to be exact one day I will rig up something fancier.

 

[FordGuy100]

This is Marys car the day I did it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JMLpMqpwU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

how does the turbo sound after the muffler delete?

 

[towcat]

you're going to want to put a tailpipe on or you are going to regret the soot buildup later on. Even with a pressure washer, it's almost impossible to remove.

 

[The Warden]

you're going to want to put a tailpipe on or you are going to regret the soot buildup later on. Even with a pressure washer, it's almost impossible to remove.

Based on my experience both with my truck and with my buddy's aforementioned 300SD, X2 on that!! I have to give the soot under my truck credit for one thing, though...I don't think the rust on the frame and underside is as bad as the rust up above

 

[lilredtdi]

The drone between 70-75mph will be annoying...............Ask me how I know.

I am running a 3" passenger performance SS downpipe into 2 1/2" pipe and a magnaflo straight through oval muffler to a dual 3" tip welded to muffler. Quiet until I get on it but she has a conservative 215HP which is over double stock.

 

[FordGuy100]

It never had any sort of drone problems, I think thats more of the VE TDI's.

 

[SD70Ace]

My 11 TDI , I straight piped the muffler and no differnce in sound.... Not willing to DPF and cats delete to give up 600+ miles to a tank of fuel.

 

[FordGuy100]

My 11 TDI , I straight piped the muffler and no differnce in sound.... Not willing to DPF and cats delete to give up 600+ miles to a tank of fuel.

You would have to get tunes otherwise it wouldnt know you didnt have a DPF and the car would go into limp mode. You could easily pick up 10% better fuel mileage.

 

[bockhold]

Justin and his muffler deletes lol.

 

[79jasper]

I love the sound of those straight piped.
Albeit, it's not a roar of a big diesel, but still....

Is the "cat" built into the dp on these?
I know some turbo Saab's were like that.

 

[FordGuy100]

On these TDI's, yes. And I haven't touched it yet. I would like to one day thOugh.