Mufflers

[Bigboytoys]

Are the stock mufflers clamped on? It looks like it, but not 100% sure.

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

They should be, atleast the 5.7 stuff is. Deff soak down the slip fits with some WD or Deep Creep.

 

[Bigboytoys]

awesome! Thanks Ken!

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

No prob, what ya gonna toss on there?

 

[Bigboytoys]

Flowmaster 40 SISO 3" IO

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

The length might be diff you will have to double check overall length

 

[Bigboytoys]

I bought the 18" Flow, but will double check...worse comes to worse, have my buddy weld in a piece of pipe..

 

[Bigboytoys]

Yup...definately gonna need some pipe...

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

Through the years I had welded from the cats back which was great for no leaks, but a PITA if you wanted to drop the exhaust to do a bunch of work. My last 2 setups have been slip fit for the most part and my current one is complete slip fit and makes removing it a breeze.

Before putting on the 3 inch band clamps doing a test fit





Best part is got the stock pipe opened just a hair to slip on the bullet so from the back looks 100% stock even with the resonator. The pipe has been cleaned and painted black now.

 

[Bigboytoys]

I also have a 3"in 4" out tip that we are putting on, along with hopefully my Magnaflow Y
We were suppposed to put it on last Saturday, but his wife had other plans for him, so he said tomorrow when I get off work.

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

The Y is gonna require pipe and bending also.

 

[Bigboytoys]

I figured as much...He has the pipe needed and a bender....so we shall see...When I am back here complaining, you will know it didn't go well...LOL!

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

It will go fine. Does he have an expander also? If not you can just do butt-welds instead of an overlap weld. The Magnaflow Y will prob push back the rest of the exhaust some to if it was done like my old setup.

 

[NHDuckHunter8003]

Through the years I had welded from the cats back which was great for no leaks, but a PITA if you wanted to drop the exhaust to do a bunch of work. My last 2 setups have been slip fit for the most part and my current one is complete slip fit and makes removing it a breeze.

Before putting on the 3 inch band clamps doing a test fit





Best part is got the stock pipe opened just a hair to slip on the bullet so from the back looks 100% stock even with the resonator. The pipe has been cleaned and painted black now.

I'm about to weld my headers to the pipe cuz that damn leak keeps toying with me haha.

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

Still leaking at the ball?

 

[Bigboytoys]

The only leak I have right now is at the manifold on the driver's side...starting to annoy me...I have new gaskets on hand though.

 

[NHDuckHunter8003]

Yup! I fix it, and it goes away for a week. I just banged on it for a few minutes this morning and its almost all gone, my exhaust overpowers it but driving by a wall I can kinda hear it but I can deal with it. But it'll be back in a week and I'll crawl under there again and take my sledge to it.

 

[Blackram]

Through the years I had welded from the cats back which was great for no leaks, but a PITA if you wanted to drop the exhaust to do a bunch of work. My last 2 setups have been slip fit for the most part and my current one is complete slip fit and makes removing it a breeze.

I have kind of gone the other direction. When I first started modding my truck I always would clamp it. But the clamps always ended up leaking. Now I weld everything. No more leaks and if I need to get the exhaust out for some reason (like when I swap converters again soon) I just cut it off then weld it again when I am done.

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

Where you using the crappy clamps like pacesetter sell or wide stainless steel clamps? Knock on wood I havend had leaks with the 3" SS clamps with the 2 bolt hookup for the past 2 years. The only issue I have had with the clamps like that were in the first elbow on the driver side because of the bend so thats my only welded section.

 

[Blackram]

Where you using the crappy clamps like pacesetter sell or wide stainless steel clamps? Knock on wood I havend had leaks with the 3" SS clamps with the 2 bolt hookup for the past 2 years. The only issue I have had with the clamps like that were in the first elbow on the driver side because of the bend so thats my only welded section.

Three inch duel bolt ss every time. Always had a small leak. I couldn't drive around with my truck sounding like that.