Muffler Delete

[paineszj]

I have a Volant 4" Turbo Back exhaust on my truck that is bling and sounds good, but its not very loud. The exhaust was really designed to minimize cab noise, but I really want my truck to be loud and roar once I hit the go peddle.

If I take the muffler off and replace it with a straight pipe how much turbo boost will be lost due to backpressure? If im going to loose alot of boost its not worth it.

Suggestions and or comments please!

[bigwhite7.3stroker]

You won't be able to notice the power diff ran mine with than w/out and couldn't tell and the guys that have dynoed with and w/out the muff say it is within a few horsepower and the biggest thing it will sound awesome w/out the muff

[paineszj]

Nice to hear! I am going to try and do it today if I can find a piece of 4" pipe that is long enough to replace the muffler. If I dont like it, I can always go back to the muffler with minimal financial loss.

[paineszj]

Is it true that if I flip the muffler around so that if flows the wrong way it is the same as doing a straight pipe?

[vitalidle]

Measure your muffler and see what the total length is. Does volant sell a muffler delete? The reason I ask is I have a silverline and they don't sell a delete pipe, but my muffler was the same length as the mbrb's muffler delete pipe, so I used it. Never heard of the muffler flip before

[paineszj]

I will just reaplace the muffler with a straight 4" pipe and call it a day if that will work. Im going to check it out soon, we will see!

[paineszj]

Ok finished the muffler delete earlier and drove the truck around for a while. I lost alot of boost and the truck is now sluggish. I could easily hit 10psi with 3/4 throttle before, tonight I had it to the floor and I barely broke 10psi. Im going to leave the muffler off for a while and see if I like it while towing. But the muffler and weak sound may be coming back, to get my boost back.

Oh almost forgot, the truck sounds bad A$$ and it roars.