Straight Pipes

[badass]

Today my cousin took his fj cruiser to a meineke and the guy charged him 30 bux to remove his muffler and make it straight pipes. It sound real slick. Just wanted to know, i was planning on putting a flowmaster 40 on mine but wanted to know if i was to remove the muffler on mine and put straight pipes, would it sound good? Thanks. Sound clips are appreciated.

 

[Poser]

Sell your truck....please.

 

[1973Guppie]

it would be LOUD, not sure if that is good though, I would say spare the rest of us and slap a muffler on it.

 

[Isotel]

Sell your truck....please.

poser you crack me up

Badass, you can do whatever you want, it will sound real cool for about a month, You wont be able to here anything! then one day when you realise you cant stand it you will go back to a muffler..

i love my stock Ramshorn Manifolds and Turbo muffler! nice and quiet, but still sounds good when you get into it!

 

[F-junker]

I can't imagine an tin can with a straight pipe sounding good...

I wanted mine so that I COULDN"T hear it. Of course that's not too hard anymore as I'm getting deafer by the year.

How are you gonna hear those jammin' tunes over that damn exhaust???

 

[badass]

Right now you can't even tell if the rig is on. I just want some exhaust sound, what is the best route?

 

[F-junker]

I run a stock toyota muffler and I rather enjoy listening to those beefy tires and heavy gears man!

 

[2badfjs]

Right now you can't even tell if the rig is on. I just want some exhaust sound, what is the best route?

flowmaster with a 2.5" exhaust

 

[Poser]

Right now you can't even tell if the rig is on. I just want some exhaust sound, what is the best route?

That is perfect.




It is just one more reason why your Land Cruiser is a Land Cruiser and not anything else, like the things all your friends are driving.





Hopefully someday soon you realize what you have, appreciate it, and stop wanting it to be what everything else out there is...




Oh,


And when you learn your truck, you will know when it is on.



You should not need anything telling you that your truck is running or not, especially loud exhaust.

 

[Mark W]

Right now you can't even tell if the rig is on. I just want some exhaust sound, what is the best route?

I've run open headers. On race cars.

I run a set of circle track baffles instead of mufflers under my 350 powered mini-truck. Sonds real nice, and flows great. But it';s a far cry from open pipes.

Do you have the power to back it up? If you don't have a motor pushing a decent amount of horsepower, there is no reason to have to listen to it.

If you are just looking for noise for the sake of noise, then I've got nothing for you. Except for the suggestion not to do something redneck like that. It'll sound like crap anyway. A low compression straight six is not a nice sounding engine with open exhaust.



Mark...

 

[Coolerman]

If you REALLY want to hear it, I've got a cherry bomb muffler the PO installed that bolts to a set of headers. I'll send it to you for the cost of the ride.

 

[40Flipper]

I had flowmasters on my 40 that had a chev 350. My neighbors raised their eyebrows everytime I went by and I had the quietest set they make. Can't imagine the noise with stright pipes. Stick with the flowmasters. Has a good rumble

 

[dgangle]

I guess sound is like beauty...it's in the eye of the beholder.

I had 2" twin baffle Flowmaster mufflers on my 350 TLC for about 5 minutes. It sounded like a cross between a muffler-less farm tractor and a redneck-knock-the-widows-out-of-your-car-and-lets-go-stock-car-racing Saturday-night wonder. I told the muffler shop that did the exhaust I wanted it to sound like a 5.0L Mustang. I guess I should have bought one then because it was on the other end of the spectrum.

When I started driving, I thought it was real cool to shut the key off on my I-6 powered FJ40 while driving, turn it back on and BAMM!!! It only took a couple of those to blow the end out of the stock-ish muffler. I had to drive it like that for weeks and after the coolness of the first 15 minutes ran out I was so embarrassed. It sounded like the biggest POS and I'll never forget the stares pulling up to high school in a rusted, multi-colored, oil-burning, one tail light, rear spring-sagging loud POS with my worn out Monster Mudders on rusty white-spoke wheels burnin' a Marlboro Light. Damn, I thought I was cool. Thinking back, it's a wonder I EVER got laid.

My vote is to keep it quiet, or at least a deep, deep subtle rumble.

 

[hatchman]

Quiet....is a good thing Be different than your buddies

 

[1phrogguy]

When I started driving, I thought it was real cool to shut the key off on my I-6 powered FJ40 while driving, turn it back on and BAMM!!! It only took a couple of those to blow the end out of the stock-ish muffler. I had to drive it like that for weeks and after the coolness of the first 15 minutes ran out I was so embarrassed. It sounded like the biggest POS and I'll never forget the stares pulling up to high school in a rusted, multi-colored, oil-burning, one tail light, rear spring-sagging loud POS with my worn out Monster Mudders on rusty white-spoke wheels burnin' a Marlboro Light. Damn, I thought I was cool. Thinking back, it's a wonder I EVER got laid.

My vote is to keep it quiet, or at least a deep, deep subtle rumble.

That is too freakin funny.

Correct me if I am wrong here (I know you will), wouldn't you lose some power, either low end or high end with the loss of back pressure of running no muffler?

 

[Mike C]

My exhaust needs some work, I can't hear my spotters on the trail! I would rather have it dead quiet. Soon as the weather warms up, that is one of the things on the to do list.

 

[Deep South Cruisers]

Currently running headers with ancient THRUSH mufflers *WHAT!!!!!*

I got ramshorns ready to install and I can't wait to quiten the beast down.

Guys, don't forget that badass is running a stock 2F. I think a straight pipe OR a flowmaster would sound like a swarm of angry bumble bees.

 

[badass]

That is perfect.




It is just one more reason why your Land Cruiser is a Land Cruiser and not anything else, like the things all your friends are driving.





Hopefully someday soon you realize what you have, appreciate it, and stop wanting it to be what everything else out there is...




Oh,


And when you learn your truck, you will know when it is on.



You should not need anything telling you that your truck is running or not, especially loud exhaust.

Poser, i know when my truck is running, i adjusted the idle so it would run real quiet. I've just seen how other 40s have exhaust sounds and i thought it would be nice, guess i will just stick with stock.

 

[JJS]

I have a 2.5" single with a Summit glass pack. I put it on due to space constraints. I don't like it. I never wanted the truck to be very loud, and it screams. I might swap it for a Hushpower II muffler, which is supposed to quiet the pipe right down and give it a "mellow 50's tone." The damn muffler is $130. I know you're all going to say why did you buy a glass pack if you wanted quiet. Well, it was cheap and allowed me to finish the exhaust.

 

[miletwo]

I'm running a Magnaflow with MAF 6-1 headers on my 2F (FJ55) and it has a nice rumble but not overpowered growl. I echo the sentiments above. Don't be a dumb redneck. Make sure you're reaching for optimal power, not big noises.

Cheers