Hey Dan! I was looking for the same thing on my 2013 Ram 1500. The factory exhaust just didn’t do the Hemi justice. I went to my local exhaust shop to talk about options, and he recommended the Magnaflow 12288 muffler. I was leaning more towards a Flowmaster, but he said that he really recommends Magnaflow over Flowmaster. So I pulled the trigger, and had him install it. I’m glad I did.
Zero drone in the cab, meaning it can feel like a pressurized balloon under hard acceleration. And it’s fairly quiet under normal driving conditions. However the growl during start-ups, and cold-starts is beefy and exactly what I was looking for. And when I put my foot into it, people know that I’m coming down the road. But not obnoxiously. I run that with the factory setup and I’m happy.
As far as performance and fuel economy go, I didn’t notice much of a performance gain. I wanna say that Magnaflow claims it gives the truck 10HP or so, but something like that isn’t going to be too noticeable. It’s more of a placebo effect, since you can hear the exhaust a lot more over the factory one. Same with fuel economy. It’s still the factory 3” tubing into 2.5” dual rear exhausts. So I’m going to say that the only thing you are really going to notice is the tone and noise difference.
All-in-all, I’m super happy with this muffler and for $359 installed, it wasn’t too bad. You also can’t beat Magnaflow’s lifetime warranty. Just keep the tag and the receipt. I’m sure there are a few clips on YouTube, but nothing is going to do it justice like hearing it in person.
Hope that helps!
https://www.magnaflow.com/products/12288-performance-muffler-magnaflow-5-x-8-oval-centerdual-straight-through-performance-muffler
Ryan.
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