Stock muffler

[audio1der]

So many of us replace these, I thought I'd cut mine open to see why. I have seen another pic elsewhere, and what I opened up was not nearly as bad. While not straight-through, it's no crazy maze (may have been a 3rd gen muffler?). Sorry I couldn't finish the job- it ate my last 2 cutoff discs getting this much done.
Enjoy

 

[2batruck]

Thanks for sharing. Always wondered about what's inside a stock ram muffler

 

[Cascade]

Really doesnt look too bad in that chamber....mine is still getting replaced with a magnaflow one of these days though

 

[Hemi450hp]

Very cool. What's on the other side where the 3 ports are going?

 

[audio1der]

We won't know until someone else adds to this. Mine is now at the dump.

 

[mattman_13]

Should have turned it into a lamp.

 

[JoshikusIII]

If I had to guess one is the flow pipe and the other two are for sound absorbtion. But I really have no clue...nice to see this though I have wondered myself. Slashing this off was my first mod, I couldn't stomach a Hemi that sounded like a Prius.

 

[Chewy]

You know, I've heard other stock 4th gen rams and they don't sound nearly as meaty as mine did stock. I had watched a video where one of the engineers claimed the Sport came with a louder exhaust and I have to believe it's true. Plus, I helped put a Mufflex on an Express and I remember his muffler being bigger and heavier than mine.

Thanks for the cut out view!

 

[Etroze86]

The mufflers on the Express are ginaormous it was like bench pressing a water heater when I took mine off lol.

 

[TRXHemi]

I still like this better! Ha!

 

[audio1der]

You guys really think they'd go to the trouble of putting different mufflers on different trims?? My truck is a Sport, and the stock muffler was huge. I'd just be surprised to see them fit different mufflers to different trucks, when they do so much the same such as wiring harnesses, etc.

 

[Chewy]

You guys really think they'd go to the trouble of putting different mufflers on different trims?? My truck is a Sport, and the stock muffler was huge. I'd just be surprised to see them fit different mufflers to different trucks, when they do so much the same such as wiring harnesses, etc.

YES! I do...

It's common to have different trim levels with different exhausts. In this case, I believe it's two different mufflers.

 

[ob1sw4n]

The mufflers on the Express are ginaormous it was like bench pressing a water heater when I took mine off lol.

Yeah! that thing is beastly, I wonder what the weight difference is between say a muffler delete or a 18" magnaflow, and that thing.

 

[Casper]

I checked All Mopar parts, they only list one single in/dual out muffler. Doesn't mean there isn't a different one, but it does suggest there may be only one (Sounds like a line from Highlander--McMuffler of the Clan McMuffler ).

 

[audio1der]

Chewy; would you say the Sport/Laramie+ etc are different, or maybe there is one for the express only??
The weight savings are substantial; I don't even have my 22" muffler clamped up the stock hangers yet and I'm not very worried about it.

 

[emjohn4]

You guys really think they'd go to the trouble of putting different mufflers on different trims?? My truck is a Sport, and the stock muffler was huge. I'd just be surprised to see them fit different mufflers to different trucks, when they do so much the same such as wiring harnesses, etc.

Yes.

Are the Ram specific exhausts different? I dunno, but I believe them to be.

However, it is widely common that manufacturers put different "things" on different trim levels of vehicles. Sway bars, springs, shocks/struts, insulation, muffler tips, and on and on; are common things different between trim levels that are not necessary obvious to the "naked" eye.

 

[Chewy]

Chewy; would you say the Sport/Laramie+ etc are different, or maybe there is one for the express only??
The weight savings are substantial; I don't even have my 22" muffler clamped up the stock hangers yet and I'm not very worried about it.

From the video I watched, the guy said the "sport" had a different muffler to give it a more muscular tone. It sounded pretty dang good, but wasn't deep enough for me. My 24" is PERFECT!!