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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 07:05 AM
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I'm getting ready to do it myself, hope it is worth it. Muffler shop said they would take them off for $50.
$50 is pretty cheap.....
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 07:23 AM
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I recently took the cats off my truck, and it sounds much better, and I think it feels stronger. When it shifts into second gear it now lights up the tires much further down the road
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ronn25
I recently took the cats off my truck, and it sounds much better, and I think it feels stronger. When it shifts into second gear it now lights up the tires much further down the road
Ronn how does it sound with the 3" Borla muffler. I'm going to need one but i don't want it to be too loud.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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Ronn how does it sound with the 3" Borla muffler. I'm going to need one but i don't want it to be too loud.
Jerry, I got a borla with no cats and it sounds good, you can barely hear it on the highway, on the low end you can hear but with no drone at all... it really sounds real good, but I have a 5.3, they say 6.0 sounds different???
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ap2002
Jerry, I got a borla with no cats and it sounds good, you can barely hear it on the highway, on the low end you can hear but with no drone at all... it really sounds real good, but I have a 5.3, they say 6.0 sounds different???
Thanks, I just don't want it to be loud when i'm towing.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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I really like the sound of it with the borla now. At idle and cruising in town its barely louder than with the cats and borla. Crusing on the highway its only slightly louder than before. If I get into the throttle taking off hard it sounds deep about like my brothers truck with magnaflow and still has the cats.
A muffler does take away a lot of the turbo whistle though, I kinda miss that, its still there just not so obvious but I'm still thinking about installing a cutout just so I can give a warning
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 08:37 PM
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I really like the sound of it with the borla now. At idle and cruising in town its barely louder than with the cats and borla. Crusing on the highway its only slightly louder than before. If I get into the throttle taking off hard it sounds deep about like my brothers truck with magnaflow and still has the cats.
A muffler does take away a lot of the turbo whistle though, I kinda miss that, its still there just not so obvious but I'm still thinking about installing a cutout just so I can give a warning
Thanks, I was planning on putting a Cutout.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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ronn25,

Where did you mount your muffler? I'm thinking of guting my cats and installing a muffler, but not sure about where to put it.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 06:49 AM
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Does anyone have a picture of their cats removed? DId you install a x pipe to equalize the pressure? I am interested in doing this but i don't see an easy fit for the x-pipe on my 6,0L
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 07:07 AM
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Kbracing96-
Its after the turbo wedged right beside the spare tire, its turned at an angle, its not pretty but its not touching anything and it works. It might be easier to run a 4" or 5" outside diameter round muffler instead.
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