Sunday, September 02, 2007
  Cummins Exhaust Plus Shiny
The truck is back from getting a whole new front end after I rear ended someone 2 miles from my house on the way back from Bayonne, NJ. Everything forward from the engine needed to be replaced, like the grille, hood, bumper, headlights, radiator, intercooler, AC condenser, and tranny cooler. I ordered an MBRP exhaust system for it about a week after the accident. I finally installed it two days ago right after driving it back from the body shop.

Much nicer front end, and they touched up all the scratches and dents on the fenders and doors.

Oooh....shiny

They body shop apparently couldn't figure out how the stock badges went together, so they put a nice gap in between the Ram and Cummins badges. They did them both like that on the each side, so it doesn't look too bad. I guess it gives the truck a more customized look, and a nice emphasis on the fact that there's a 24 valve Cummins under the hood.



The exhaust system is fucking sweet. My truck sounds like a Kenworth semi now. Installing it wasn't as bad as I expected. Removing the old system was more difficult than putting the new one in. Its a 4 inch system from the turbo back, and splits at the muffler for a pipe out each side.

This is the passenger side:

And here's the driver side:

The heat wrap on the pipe is to prevent the rear brake hose from resting on the pipe and possibly melting through it.


Here's the old exhaust system for comparison:
 
Comments:
you can see the S-class sitting in the garage, reflected in the chrome of the hood in the first picture...
 
Oh yeah. Funny how that happens.

I should post some pics of that beast
 
how do you split a six cylinder,single exhaust to a dual?
 
The exhaust system starts at the turbo with a single 4 inch downpipe. then it goes to a muffler that splits into two 4 inch pipes that exit at the sides
 
Amazing work guv. I'm so stunned, it hurts. Definitely keen to see how it turns out! Kenworth Exhaust
 
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