Exhaust Drone

DoubleB223 · May 22, 2017

Question: How can I dull down the drone of my exhaust ? I have JBA LT Headers, JBA y-pipe, single in/single out Magnaflow muffler dumping out behind my passenger side rear tire. The truck runs and sounds amazing, but at about 2000 RPM the drone is almost too loud (I know my wife is prob tired of it already) but since we do take my truck on trips and other outings I was just wondering if anyone had some advice on how or what (if anything) can be done to help, or if I just need to get used to it.

Thanks in advance.

Trapinator · May 22, 2017

DoubleB223 said:
Question: How can I dull down the drone of my exhaust ? I have JBA LT Headers, JBA y-pipe, single in/single out Magnaflow muffler dumping out behind my passenger side rear tire. The truck runs and sounds amazing, but at about 2000 RPM the drone is almost too loud (I know my wife is prob tired of it already) but since we do take my truck on trips and other outings I was just wondering if anyone had some advice on how or what (if anything) can be done to help, or if I just need to get used to it.

Thanks in advance.

I had the same when I had Carven with headers. I swapped mufflers to black widow. Sounded better but with having headers with no cats it's most likely gonna scream sometimes lol

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RJP · May 22, 2017

Try a tuner and turn off the system that shuts down cylinders for fuel mileage.

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DailyRam · May 22, 2017

RJP said:
Try a tuner and turn off the system that shuts down cylinders for fuel mileage.

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Turning mds off actually made my cruising speed drone worse since I stayed in the rpm drone zone. It was only at 60-65 mph, but I spent too much time at that rpm.

DoubleB223 · May 22, 2017

RJP said:
Try a tuner and turn off the system that shuts down cylinders for fuel mileage.

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Yeah. I've done that. I need to get a custom tune. That may help the shift points in sure. But still no matter at 2k rpm she demands to be heard ! Lol

Oh well guess I'll just turn the radio up!

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bassheadhemi · May 22, 2017

J-pipe will take care of the drone. Mufflex sell one

Trapinator · May 22, 2017

DoubleB223 said:
Yeah. I've done that. I need to get a custom tune. That may help the shift points in sure. But still no matter at 2k rpm she demands to be heard ! Lol

Oh well guess I'll just turn the radio up!

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I'm telling ya lol

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DoubleB223 · May 22, 2017

bassheadhemi said:
J-pipe will take care of the drone. Mufflex sell one

I'll take a look at that !

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07MegaCabRam · May 22, 2017

You can also reduce the drone by trying to get the muffler as far back to the axle as possible. Some shops mount it under the cab or near the front of the bed. Moving it back helps.

DoubleB223 · May 22, 2017

07MegaCabRam said:
You can also reduce the drone by trying to get the muffler as far back to the axle as possible. Some shops mount it under the cab or near the front of the bed. Moving it back helps.

Ok. I'll take a look at that and see. I'm not 100% where it's at. See if I can move it a little further back. Thanks.

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DoubleB223 · May 22, 2017

bassheadhemi said:
J-pipe will take care of the drone. Mufflex sell one

So how does that j pipe work. You just mount it in and it takes some of the sound away?

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trip1027 · May 23, 2017

Another which would be a huge upgrade is using some sound dampening Mats in your doors and under the carpet... would elimanate majority if not all the drone then also all other sounds aswell

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SoCal Bomber · May 23, 2017

Can anyone comment on the j-pipe and if its worth the money?

boomer632 · May 23, 2017

I wouldn't mind seeing a picture of the mufflex jpipe installed on a 1500...

bassheadhemi · May 24, 2017

The J-Pipe is an Helmholtz resonator.

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The Mufflex one is adjustable so you can move it to find the perfect frequency cancellation depending on your setup.

Next time I'll be under the truck I'll take a picture of mine installed.

SoCal Bomber · May 26, 2017

Unable to view the pic, plugin not supported. Ugh...

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