OrionR5
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2014
- Posts
- 174
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- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Ram Year
- 2019 Ram 1500 Sport
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7L
Hi Guys,
Really need some input here from guys running this exhaust on their 2019 Rams. Yesterday I went to have mine installed at a muffle shop. One I have used before in the past. The tech working on my truck was not a novice installer. He ran into all kinds of issues. Said the brackets were not lining up like it should. After he got the tips aligned with the bumper ports with everything tightened down he ended up with the muffler tight up against the right side frame. Some of the rubber hangers were quite distorted and he said they will eventually break under stress. The left hanger bracket on the muffler itself was going way left and not straight down like the right side muffler bracket.
I don't really understand all of this. I went with a full cat-back system for the ease of installation and not wanting to cut and weld. Is this even possible to have Magnaflow send out a finished product like this.
The installer said the muffler should have had an offset on the inlet pipe. This inlet sits center on the muffler. There is also no play from the pipe from the engine to the muffler. This puts the muffler tight up against the frame. I know this will cause all kinds of banging and knocking on acceleration and idling.
Could the installer have gotten it so wrong. I was there and seen what he had to work with. I had him remove the complete cat-back and re-install my original system. Which is a damn big system. I have taken some pics so you can see what I am referring to. Kinda not sure what do now. I'm out the cost of this installation and the re-install and have no cat-back system on my truck. I also noticed now that when Eco mode kicks in it is now much louder and distinct than before. I'm just so pissed!!!
Really need some input here from guys running this exhaust on their 2019 Rams. Yesterday I went to have mine installed at a muffle shop. One I have used before in the past. The tech working on my truck was not a novice installer. He ran into all kinds of issues. Said the brackets were not lining up like it should. After he got the tips aligned with the bumper ports with everything tightened down he ended up with the muffler tight up against the right side frame. Some of the rubber hangers were quite distorted and he said they will eventually break under stress. The left hanger bracket on the muffler itself was going way left and not straight down like the right side muffler bracket.
I don't really understand all of this. I went with a full cat-back system for the ease of installation and not wanting to cut and weld. Is this even possible to have Magnaflow send out a finished product like this.
The installer said the muffler should have had an offset on the inlet pipe. This inlet sits center on the muffler. There is also no play from the pipe from the engine to the muffler. This puts the muffler tight up against the frame. I know this will cause all kinds of banging and knocking on acceleration and idling.
Could the installer have gotten it so wrong. I was there and seen what he had to work with. I had him remove the complete cat-back and re-install my original system. Which is a damn big system. I have taken some pics so you can see what I am referring to. Kinda not sure what do now. I'm out the cost of this installation and the re-install and have no cat-back system on my truck. I also noticed now that when Eco mode kicks in it is now much louder and distinct than before. I'm just so pissed!!!