have any of you 03 ctd owners straight piped your trucks?

 

That has got to sound like a turd...

 

[quote author=dodgeman01 link=board=17;threadid=6442;start=0#59865 date=1036078888]<br>have any of you 03 ctd owners straight piped your trucks?<br>[/quote]<br><br>Why on earth would I ever do something like that to my beautiful sounding (meaning &quot;minimal&quot; sound) truck ??? ??? Love it just the way it is.<br><br>

 

I seriously contemplated stopping off at the muffler shop the day I brought her home to exchange mufflers (no straights for me); but as said above, I love it the way it is.

 

go to diesel dynamics's website and download their two 4&quot; and 5&quot; exhaust system videos. they sound horrible in my opinion. the 5&quot; isn't as bad as the 4&quot;. i don't say this to be against diesel dynamics0 they have excelleny products, but against the news cummins itself. to each his or her own!

 

Why in @$%^*&amp;_!! flippin' hell want to straight pipe one of these babies/<br><br>I bought mine, 50% 'cause it was nice and quiet, 50% 'cause it is 3G and is gonna **** off all the 1G and 2G guys! <br><br>Hunter, leaving his stock and loving it!

 

I heard one the other day. it sounded like a ricer with a 5' exhaust on it.

 

[quote author=Hunter link=board=17;threadid=6442;start=0#60277 date=1036124418]
Why in @$%^*&amp;_!! flippin' hell want to straight pipe one of these babies/

I bought mine, 50% 'cause it was nice and quiet, 50% 'cause it is 3G and is gonna **** off all the 1G and 2G guys!

Hunter, leaving his stock and loving it!
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Hunter, I see your 's, but I get the feeling you really think us &lt; 03 guys are standing around, fuming when a mellow, discreet, and dare I say demure 03 drives by . Yet, I probably speak for the majority of us when I say that's probably farthest from the truth. Yep, ours are obnoxiously loud, and clackety, but personally, I wouldn't have it any other way. I've read several reviews on the web that consider the 02's Dodge Cummins the end of the &quot;real&quot; truck, and I feel fortunate to own one. Granted, there are fella's out there who have been waiting for the new quiet engine, and if that does it for them, like maybe yourself, then great. But, don't pity us. Ten years from now, the 12 valve and ISB Cummins' will be the equivalent of a 60's big block; searched for and coveted. Rather it's I who chuckles now when an 03 pulls into a fueling bay.

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Oh yeah...

 

comma<br><br>Yup! I am just funnin' with you guys! Gotta see if I get any dander up <br><br>But, I do truly love the quiet, but never had the other kind except for a Ferd and it was a loud smokin' black machine that wouldn't tow my trailer up a Florida Mountain!<br><br>I do hope you are wrong, that we will all be laughing at the DuraCrap and PSD owners 10 years down the road, not just you 2G guys!<br><br>Don't ever take me serious on those kinda things, pullin' on yer leg! ;D<br><br>I hope I enjoy mine as much as you obviously have yours!<br><br>Hunter

 

FLORIDA MOUNTAIN??? WHERE??? ??? ???<br><br>Tell me where it is, Hunter man. Then I won't have to drive all the way to North Carolina to see it this truck can drag my fiver up a hill. <br><br>CuriousBob

 

To each his own ;D<br> I'll tell ya what is really errie,,, a couple of weeks ago when my folks went camping up in the montains with us, I couldn't help pullin out to pass Dad going up the grade of Afton Mtn. I told him to roll down his window as I came by so he could hear a real truck. Dad &amp; Mom have a V-10 Ram and pull almost the same Cougar 5er as we do. Ours is about 900lbs heavier with the doulble slides.<br> Anyhow, a few days later, Dad and I took his truck down to visit the Harley shop in Orange. Talk about QUIET,,,, If you turn the radio off and don't breath,,,, you can almost hear the transmission hum. That thing makes you think it's got an electric motor under the hood! He loves it and it does have quite a bit of power,,,,,, Just kinda scary when you can't hear it. ;D <br> However, I did get him makin comments about maybe,,, just maybe,, looking at the new quiet Cummins when he decides to get another truck. ;D

 

RATTLINRAM,<br><br>I too found the V-10 very strong, quiet and a good engine. Loves gas, but sure was a lot cheaper to buy it. Just have to push it too hard on the long climbs with much weight on it. It will do it, but don't like pushing those RPM's up that high. So, I just took it easy - - and slow. Like the mileage on this new one MUUUUUCCCCCHHHHHH better. 8)<br><br>Bob

 

[quote author=98rammer link=board=17;threadid=6442;start=0#60120 date=1036109640]<br>go to diesel dynamics's website and download their two 4&quot; and 5&quot; exhaust system videos. they sound horrible in my opinion. the 5&quot; isn't as bad as the 4&quot;. i don't say this to be against diesel dynamics0 they have excelleny products, but against the news cummins itself. to each his or her own!<br>[/quote]<br><br>Is it just me or are these files gone off Diesel Dynamics site now? I know I watched them once before, but sure can't find them now ???

 

One of my customers cut his muffler off his new 03 dually and I thought it sounded darn good 8)

 

I was going to say I heard a 03 truck at the Monroe dyno day that had DD2's, a 4&quot; exhaust with straight through muffler and I thought it sounded pretty good. I am biased being an 03 owner but the first and second gen owners for the most part thought it sounded like a proper Cummins also. I think part of the sound thing comes from the fact that a fair number of the older gen truck owners have only heard the new one at idle at stoplights and such where I agree it sounds like something is missing. Remember that as you run up the RPM's the main cumbustion event gets much closer to the pre-combustion fire and all that marvelous cummins sound comes out of the closet.