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Honestly the only difference in sound is you get a really deep drone if its anything like my 2011 1500 i would just hit the - on the shifter and it would disable the mds but in all honesty i had such a lead foot with it the mds never kicked in lol
Exactly. A bit deeper and a more pronounced stutter, but far from comparable to a true 4 cyl.
I'm really interested in your (performance/sound) result with the MagnaFlow on your Cummins if that's the way you decide to go. Do you have any intake modifications?
Wildwoods, Ill post if I decide to pull the trigger. I do want to mention I have the 6.4 and not the Cummins engine, so any feedback may not help you. I beat my head on this because I am like rockcrawlerdude and a old man at heart. I love the sound of a good engine/cam, exhaust combo that will make your head turn. I have had the 350, straight piped trucks in the 90s and love it then. That's when I could care less if it droned or even knew what drone was. Cool was loud and loud was cool. I do not want that loud now, as I stated before the performance or MPG increase of any kind would be a plus but he main reason is Iwant is just a little mellow, tone to sound good. My neighbor has a new 1500 and just put a Borla Dual kit on it. Its too loud for my liking and it was a full cat back kit. It sounds good just to much for me at 38 and 70 year old heart. I wish someone would dyno these besides the company or someone trying to make money and report back. I feel like to say a better flowing muffler will not do anything and it is only in the butt dyno isn't 100 percent true. Yes it may not give anyone massive amounts of HP increase or turn you stock engine into a custom engine but I think it would help provide something in tune of engine production number. So on a diesel its known to lower egt(s) which can be easily read on a gauge. That is something, so to say its all in your head or others wise cant be 100 percent. The two mods in my head that could cost about the same depending on how its done is the 8.4 upgrade and exhaust. Of those two the 8.4 will get done first.
The local dyno shop proved that theory went factory- magnaflow- then straight all were the same hp/tq
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I agree with all of this. And even with the radio on a volume level of 8, it's more than enough to drown it out and still have normal conversation.Check out posts 132 and 142 on the below string. I installed the Magnaflow direct fit a few months back and am very happy. I see a lot of discussion on the internet about drone but I don’t notice it. I have accepted the truck does it so I turn up the XM radio and enjoy the ride. It isn’t too loud... it is louder... but in a better quality tone. I recently got rid of the stock muffler I like the Magnaflow that much.
Make the swap, keep your OEM muffler and switch back if you don‘t like it. I found the best price on eBay. Good luck
What did you do TO your RAM today?
Looks great! Any pics of how its mounted? I've got the rough draft prototype mount hardware photographed, although I don't have any decent ones of attachment to the undercarriage. Ignore the ugly aluminium brazing, it was a gap filler and cannot be seen from the finished side. I matched...
Kimo7, Thank you for your reply. The performance enhancement I was referring to in my earlier thread was swapping out a restrictive Flowmaster for a MagnaFlow on a Jeep Crawler with a supercharged 6.2 liter engine. I'm guessing it will require a number of modifications (intake, exhaust and tune engine and transmission) to the 2021 Cummins HO to see (or feel) an appreciable performance gain. I do appreciate your experience/feedback with just the muffler change.Check out posts 132 and 142 on the below string. I installed the Magnaflow direct fit a few months back and am very happy. I see a lot of discussion on the internet about drone but I don’t notice it. I have accepted the truck does it so I turn up the XM radio and enjoy the ride. It isn’t too loud... it is louder... but in a better quality tone. I recently got rid of the stock muffler I like the Magnaflow that much.
Make the swap, keep your OEM muffler and switch back if you don‘t like it. I found the best price on eBay. Good luck
What did you do TO your RAM today?
Looks great! Any pics of how its mounted? I've got the rough draft prototype mount hardware photographed, although I don't have any decent ones of attachment to the undercarriage. Ignore the ugly aluminium brazing, it was a gap filler and cannot be seen from the finished side. I matched...
I should have quoted the OP (Woody284) in my reply which is several months old, I’m a little late to the conversation. I was replying to his asking about experience with a muffler swap.
Does the Magnaflow have a deep sound?
Yes, it’s throaty. I love it. I posted a link below to a different thread that has a video that demonstrates the difference in sound between the stock muffler compared to the Magnaflow.
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