Dodge Dakota ForumDodge Dakota PhotosDodgeDakota.net Membership
  Forums   Forum Tools
01:59:19 - 03/19/2024

V8 Dakotas
FromMessage
RooKnute
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

7/18/2003
12:04:32

Subject: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
Hello guys,

I did a search on here before I decided to write this and still didnt find much.

I wanted to know:
1. What is the stock pipe size on the 5.2?
2. Should I do a true duel system becasue of the
y-pipe restricting the flow?
--If #2 is a yes, where can I find some O2 sensor fakes?

I want to do a full exhaust job and want to do it right! Any feedback would be great. Even if you all want to argue about what the best system is :) Personaly, I'm going with Vortex muflers, and i'm pretty set on them, I had them on my 3.9, and loved it, cant wait to hear um on the 5.2.

Thanks in advance guys!




DakToBasics
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

7/18/2003
22:34:57

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
What year 5.2?



RooKnute
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

7/21/2003
08:03:07

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
Its a 98



88 Dakota
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE


7/28/2003
04:10:28

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
Recomend Hooker Super Comps. Long tubes.... Part # HOK- 5803. With high flow cats and Magna Flows. Magna Flows sound great, deep, and mean. Brad P.



RooKnute
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

7/28/2003
09:49:44

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
Brad, thanks for the input. I'll definitly look at the Hookers.

What about the stock pipe size? Does anyone know what this is, or should I just get under there and try to measure it.

Untill I save up for the headers, highflow cats, and pipe. I was going to just get a performance muf and put it in there for now. I know its cheap and wont give me the power the rest of the mod will, but untill i save up for the whole package it'll work :)



DakToBasics
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

7/28/2003
10:06:25

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
I'm a GenII owner but... I think it is 2 1/2 from the y-pipe back!

As far as true duals, I would hate to say no because there are a LOT of believers on this forum but...

In many cases a single pipe will flow better than 2 simply due to pulse scavenging. I would recommend buying your headers and puting whatever pipe size your collectors are, probably 2 1/2, through mandrel bends to a Flowmaster Scavenger and then run a single 3 or 3 1/2" high flow system from there. It can get expensive to do it correctly but you will receive better results from your other mods. Just as a rule of thumb, if you don't have mandrel bends use bigger pipes. Mufflers are designed so well these days that if you could bolt them directly to a good set of headers they could produce more flow than a straight pipe and provide torque building back pressure at the same time. It used to be the muffler that caused the restrictions in a good exhaust now it is the bends!



RooKnute
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

7/28/2003
10:22:35

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
DakToBasics,

Thanks for the input. I'm thinking now, just to do a single pipe, maybe a double out of the muf. But prolly not the true duals like i was going to before...

What is the differance thou between mandrel bends and, well... not mandrel bends? Dont mean to sound dumb, but you dont learn from not asking :)

Thanks again for the posts!



blue_bullet
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE


7/28/2003
10:49:46

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
Mandrel pipes are a smooth bend while normal pipe bends have kinks or indentations in them...I think hope that helps.



RooKnute
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

7/28/2003
13:37:28

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
Nice! I think if you take it to a exhaust shop they bend the pipe, and if you buy a kit, its a cast mandrel pipe...sounds like it anyway..

Thanks guys!



eric
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

8/02/2003
20:36:54

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
mandrel bends give u a mch better flow. plan on paying xtra $ but it's $ well spent. man, don't b so hard on yourself! ask questions if u need 2 know something. none of us were born with this knowledge, it is aquired through reading, hands on experience, talking with "elders", and of course, QUESTIONS!



DakToBasics
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
 Email

8/02/2003
22:24:57

RE: Quick Exhaust Question. PLEASE help.
IP: Logged

Message:
Amen Eric...

I have been reading,experimenting and have been in the industry for years and am still learning new things daily. I know my $hit but there is always someone who knows more. Ask... if I don't know the answer, I will get it!!!





   P 1


Post a reply to this message:

Username Registration: Optional
All visitors are allowed to post messages


Name:
Email:
Notify me when I get a reply to my message:Yes  No

Icons:            

          

Subject:
Message:
 



Home | Forums | Members | Pictures | Contact Us

This site is in no way affiliated with Chrysler or any of its subsidiaries.