A quiet deuce?

[Awesome Possum]

Wait, he was unhappy because of the fact your truck was not historically accurate?

God Im glad he aint in Wa. I would be broke

He wasn't happy with diesel smoke in the face, and wasn't inclined to overlook it's historic accuracy.

 

[booger]

I can't relocate my exhaust ? WT*....hope he doesn't notice I relocated an axle !

 

[Loco_Hosa]

He wasn't happy with diesel smoke in the face, and wasn't inclined to overlook it's historic accuracy.

It makes me laugh because my truck was a movie star and is so BEYOND far from historically accurate.

 

[Awesome Possum]

It makes me laugh because my truck was a movie star and is so BEYOND far from historically accurate.

Uhh....the whole "historic accuracy" thing was tongue in cheek. He just didn't like the smoke, which gradually was getting worse. Just saying that at ground level, the exhaust can get you in trouble.

 

[booger]

Uhh....the whole "historic accuracy" thing was tongue in cheek. He just didn't like the smoke, which gradually was getting worse. Just saying that at ground level, the exhaust can get you in trouble.

Now that my truck is a 'Pickup', it's just like all of the other Chevy, Dodge, Ford diesel pickups with the exhaust at ground level. How can it get me in trouble?

 

[Awesome Possum]

Now that my truck is a 'Pickup', it's just like all of the other Chevy, Dodge, Ford diesel pickups with the exhaust at ground level. How can it get me in trouble?

It was starting to smoke badly. It's alittle easier to get away with when it's coming out of a high stack.

 

[andytk5]

Cool pics, I'm working on an out the back with muffler and a diverter valve to retain the stack for fun. Should be cool. It's all done up to the muffler, just have to run the pipe up and over the rear axles then out under the rear with a turndown.

 

[randini]

Perhaps I am the only one but, I love the sound the truck makes when I go under an overpass, with my RT foot all the way down! When ever I go under an over-pass, I alway Goose-it. I love that sound!

 

[oddshot]

I LOVE the sound of my Deuce in the morning.

It sounds like ...

Victory.

oddshot

 

[booger]

Cool pics, I'm working on an out the back with muffler and a diverter valve to retain the stack for fun. Should be cool. It's all done up to the muffler, just have to run the pipe up and over the rear axles then out under the rear with a turndown.

I see you've discovered 3 1/2 inch pipe doesn't bend very tight, especially on compound bends like around and under the frame at the right front wheel well. That's why I mitered mine, worked great.

 

[Broke Down]

In case some people don't know, there are a lot of diesel pick ups ('94-'02 dodge, '98-04? Fords) that use 3.5" exhaust pipe from the factory you can rob bends off of. Just find a buddy that has swapped his exhaust for bigger and swazall it when he's not looking...lol.

 

[andytk5]

I see you've discovered 3 1/2 inch pipe doesn't bend very tight, especially on compound bends like around and under the frame at the right front wheel well. That's why I mitered mine, worked great.

No doubt! Looking back I should have done that too but honestly I never even thought about it. I have a chop saw that would have done it, though a band saw would be nice. THis was my first real pipe bending/welding experience and alot was learned. Like leaving wire in your mig for a long time lets the moisture in and makes welding a B! My 80yr old Navy Master chief neighbor pointed that out..

I bought a 180 degree mandrel bend and cut that in various sections then rewelded it to make the compound bend.

 

[CaptinChaos]

I love the idea of a quiet deuce. Although i would agree with others on here about running it high to save the masses from a black cloud. The one deuce i did ride in and be around i can see why ear protection was needed. But id rather just enjoy the breeze and possibly some tunes instead of the headset. Id like to be able to hear the traffic and whatnot.

 

[andytk5]

Went on a drive across town to the WM store to pick up soem things and wow. I switched between the stack and the muffler half way there and it was a huge difference. The stack just has so much bark as well as turbo scream, very cool! With it switched to the muffler the intensity is dramatically reduced to the point we could talk easily. This was all with the windows down vents open. Still need to finish routing it over the rears out the back.

Developed quite a serious rattle half way there, turns out it was the fire extinguisher bouncing around in the mount..

Observation: From this MV noob to other noobs looking for quiet. My truck came with a C turbo and I love it, would never get rid of it. If you're ONLY concerned with sounds levels well, A - stop reading this and take up knitting. B - Don't get one with a C turbo, or swap turbos later to someone looking for one. Seems to be many. IMHO the C is just part of the cool factor (for me).

 

[CaptinChaos]

I would be interested, and i think others as well. About some possible youtube video of it running and driving down the street.

 

[andytk5]

Once I run the rest of my pipe all the way to the rear I will try and put up a video.

 

[booger]

Once I run the rest of my pipe all the way to the rear I will try and put up a video.

once you run the pipe "all the way to the rear" you can ditch the muffler

 

[quickfarms]

Another weed burner

 

[andytk5]

once you run the pipe "all the way to the rear" you can ditch the muffler

You're probably right as it relates to sound levels in the cab. I added the muffler to avoid severely irritating my neighbors since the turbo whine out of the stack is quite intense. Like in other thread the D turbo would prob solve that but I'm keeping the C for sure. I almost wonder if a header wrap application would also contain the noise at least from the turbo/downpipe/diverter area to about a foot back on the rear section? I used that on a set of headers in my truck and it really dropped underhood temps.

 

[ICAT]

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