I have a buddy of mine who has a 09 Dodge Ram and he just cut the exhaust in front of the muffler, it doesnt sound bad... i was wonder what kind of problems i might run into if any if i did the same to my 08 1500 with a stock 5.3?

 

Big drop in mpg I have a 99 with 05 eng and I cut off muffler and with the price of gas I wish I didn't but a side note it sounds bad *** lol just sucks fuel

 

I wanted to modify mine but a guy in a club I'm part of at a muffler shop said not to touch anything cuz it's all designed for correct backpressure. Sucks but I like a dash with no lights.

 

No lights here but gas gage saying e lol he don't know **** (crap ) some people just talk bp is not what its made out to be and your fine if you cut it off

 

sound and mileage are the only things that hsould change depending how much you cut off

 

there's mixed things about taking muffler off. i took one off my truck and i noticed better fuel economy but the downfall is that i like hearing it now so i'm on the throttle more and fuel economy drops down. i average around 16 in the city when i'm beating on it and it jumps to 20 when i drive it normally on a tank of fuel. luckily gas prices are dropping by me