if i cut off the muffler and just run straight pipes will i lose gas mileage? also will it pass VA inspection?

 

gas milage? probably very minimal if there is a loss/gain. pass inspection? highly doubt that.

 

You wont lose anything noticeable unless you calculate every sip of fuel on mpg tests. You will not be able to pass in an emissions county, or at a place where your not good friends with the inspector.

 

^ even so your not going to be able to record a loss. There are a ton of other variables that differs the outcome of mileage...

 

i cut mine off and havnt seemed to lose anything.

but the cold weather has taken a toll . it is some how effecting back pressure causing system to lean codes then inturn putting more gas in to the cylinders

so if ur doing it for the short term just to get some sound until u have enough money to get a new exhaust go for it but long term is not a good idea.

 

buddy got true dual no mufflers on a 2003 harley f150..sounds nice and sounds slow as hell too...i dont recommend it

 

Are you just wanting to cut the muffler out and add pipe to fill the space on your stock exhaust?

Or by the "just run straight pipes" comment are you looking to add duel exhaust of some form?

I did not notice any gas mileage loss from my true duel set up. I wouldn't think you would lose mileage period.

As for VA inspection. A muffler does nothing, that I know of, for emissions. So you would be fine that way. If they require that everything has a muffler you would be screwed.

 

how exactly does something sound slow?
a muffler just muffles the sound of the exhaust, cats are what you need for emissions but without a muffler you will not pass for other noise related reasons.

 

^ yup

 

yea.......i dont know how something sounds slow..unless its a v6 with a bad exhaust leak!

 

slow as in redneck sounding most likely. Typical small stabs. Whats funny is no muffler, and straight through mufflers, perform the same way, and straight through mufflers are best for performance so...

 

i don't know about in your town but around here i have a couple buddies with old z71's running true straight pipes, no mufflers, no cats, with an x-pipe and it sounds like they're going mach 10 when they're cruising around town.

ha i would say it sounds like it's going fast not slow.

 

^ hahahahahahahah nice

 

LOL sounds slow. Sometimes people forget these are trucks I guess.



Jeff

 

well probably i didnt explain it well enough it sounds good no lie but sounds like it is under a heavy load for no reason ALL THE TIME, and yeah i own a truck so i wudnt forget wut a real truck should like, its gotta sound like it has ***** not like a dying tortoise