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OJ
Dodge Dakota
10/08/2001
03:36:18
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Hello,
I recently got a wild hair to remove my muffler and just put in a straight pipe, but I noticed the factory put a spot weld on top of the pipe! How can I remove this without getting into alot of cutting? I was going to use one of those flexible exhaust pipes in place of the muffler. I know this probably sounds rediculous, but I'm on a tight budget. Please help if you can.
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97 Club Cab 5.2L
Hand built cold-air intake
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ram41569
Dodge Dakota
10/08/2001
08:33:04
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I just put on a Gibson cat-back on my 2001 Quad w 5.9 and on my truck there are little pins on top of the exhaust and the pipe that slides in has a little slot and it just lines up the pipe for install.
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Clevite 77
Dodge Dakota
10/08/2001
18:34:41
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OJ I'd loosen the pipe then get a hack saw(your gonna have ta cut it somehow)as your cutting it move it back and forth until the weld breaks?
since were on this subject, has anybody just taken off their cat and replaced it with a straight pipe? I know with the Camaro/rustang you put this (cant remember the name of it) it goes between the 2nd o2 and the wire, tells the computer it's running normal, so it doent screw up the hp in fact on those cars, it raises hp, I don't know what it'll do to a 4.7L though.
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kennungesser
Gen III
10/08/2001
19:49:07
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I just asked a gut at Tuffy about doing this,and he said it would be VERY loud, ( he could have been trying to sell me a muffler)to the point of annoying. If you do this, please let me know how it sounds.
Kenneth l Nungesser
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CW
Dodge Dakota
10/08/2001
21:18:19
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Clevite 77, It's called a Kat-a-box, sold on Bernds site, speedtweaks.
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OJ
Dodge Dakota
10/08/2001
21:57:43
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Thanks for the input folks. I just got frustrated messing around under the truck. I even had a hard time getting me dremel on that weld to break it loose. May just look into getting a system made at one of the local shops. They're a dime a dozen here in San Antonio.
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Clevite 77
Dodge Dakota
10/09/2001
16:27:54
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Thanks for insite CW, fairly new to the site so I'm not to familiar with everyones site, OJ said he was on a tight budget, when I was away at college, I was also on a tight budget and that meant it had to be free or close to.
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moparjoe20
Dodge Dakota
10/10/2001
19:03:53
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If you plan on keeping the stock tailpipe, just chop it with a saw in front of the muffler, drop the spare, and pull out the muffler and tailpipe so you dont have to work on it under the truck, seperated mine by cutting the spotweld, slicing the pipe coming out of the muffler and prying the sliced pieces of tubing back until the tailpipe would come free of the muffler.
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OJ
Dodge Dakota
10/10/2001
19:51:41
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Moparjoe20, how loud was it after you did this mod, and did it make any performance difference?? Also, was the noise so loud that it got on your last nerve after a while?? :)
OJ
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moparjoe20
Dodge Dakota
10/10/2001
23:36:48
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Without a muffler I found that the sound was acceptable, but-it's my girlfriends daily driver so I put a dynomax race magnum on it, it's a little louder than a stock R/T. Don't think it would get on my nerves without a muffler 'cause my daily driver is a ram with a cammed up 360 with headers no cats and 2.5" turbo mufflers dumped under the cab.
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Doch80
Dodge Dakota
10/11/2001
14:19:31
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San Antonio... I'm from San Antonio!! OJ, what part of SA do you live in?
Doch80
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OJ
Dodge Dakota
10/12/2001
00:02:43
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Doch80,
I live on the NW side, in the Culebra/1604 area. How about you??
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doch80
Dodge Dakota
10/12/2001
01:42:48
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OJ,
I live around Tezel and Guilbeu. Actually I live in Waco but I grew up in braun station. My parents moved around a few times and ended up where they are now, around tezel. I do come home once a month to visit my parents and to serve in the reserves. Small world. I'll have to see your truck some time, what kind of dakota do you have???
doch80
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OJ
Dodge Dakota
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2/11/2002
21:00:00
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Hey Doch80,
Sorry I didn't get back to you way back when! I haven't checked this forum in quite some time. In answer to your question from October (geez, it's been a while eh??), I have a 97 CC STL+ with 5.2L, American Racing wheels, Mopar running boards,It's the only Bright Jade colored one around.
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Texas97
GenIII
2/12/2002
02:59:18
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Hey, guys.. just found this thing.... im from the NW side of San Antonio too, outside the loop.
Drive it like you stole it!
97 Dakota CC 3.9L 5 speed
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OJ
Dodge Dakota
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2/12/2002
22:30:08
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Cool! I thought this was the world wide web, looks more like the Texas wide web!
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xplikt
Dodge Dakota
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2/13/2002
10:36:43
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A bunch of people have joked about that on here, that this forum has to be 50%+ Texan. I am a native born Texan, but I'm in Montana now.
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OJ
Dodge Dakota
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2/13/2002
20:06:36
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Actually, I'm a transplant thanks to the Air Force. I'm originally from PA.
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Scott
Dodge Dakota
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2/14/2002
14:35:13
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Hey OJ,
What part of PA are ya from? I'm an AF recruiter transplanted up here courtesy of the AF.
I spent ten months in SA before I moved up here.
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OJ
Dodge Dakota
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2/14/2002
15:09:49
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I'm from around 50mi east of Pittsburgh, town called Ligonier. As a matter of fact, I went to the recruiter in Greensburg. I'd like to be stationed around home, but recruiter duty is not my cup of tea. (no offense).
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Noah Heflin
Dodge Dakota
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2/15/2002
21:23:46
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Reading thru the thread, I noticed that noone seemed to relate if removing the cat will mess up the ECM. My exhaust guy told me not to do it.
I have a 2000 Quad 5.9 4X4...it currently has a 3" pipe off of the cat to a Ravin' 1 into 2 with 2 1/2" out the back. Is my exhaust guy full of it?? or can I remove the cat?
Thanks, any help is appreciated
Noah
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