GeneralClortho
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Fellow RAM family,
I have been researching swapping the stock exhaust cat-back to a MBRP S5149 system. I know it will not give me performance gains, just grunts of manliness, and that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
It is a 3.5" system that expands to a full 4" tailpipe. I am running a 35" spare and it is tight, I mean tight. I beat the heat shield back to where it almost touches the stock exhaust in order to wedge the tire into place. I think I am going to remove the heat shield all together next time I drop the spare or modify it because one must issue forth a string of profanity when attempting to secure the spare tire into its home.
Herein lies my concern. If the tailpipe is 4" diameter, that is 1/4" greater radius and possibly 1/4" less clearance for the heat shield. 1/4" is either a little or a lot depending on the situation, lol. Are any of you running this exhaust with a 35" spare?
I have been researching swapping the stock exhaust cat-back to a MBRP S5149 system. I know it will not give me performance gains, just grunts of manliness, and that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
It is a 3.5" system that expands to a full 4" tailpipe. I am running a 35" spare and it is tight, I mean tight. I beat the heat shield back to where it almost touches the stock exhaust in order to wedge the tire into place. I think I am going to remove the heat shield all together next time I drop the spare or modify it because one must issue forth a string of profanity when attempting to secure the spare tire into its home.
Herein lies my concern. If the tailpipe is 4" diameter, that is 1/4" greater radius and possibly 1/4" less clearance for the heat shield. 1/4" is either a little or a lot depending on the situation, lol. Are any of you running this exhaust with a 35" spare?