How much louder would a stack be?

I don't have a stack/s.... But a few that I have rode in weren't too bad. It seems that the bigger you go the quieter it gets. I don't have much experience with it but that's what is seemed like for me.

 

I ran a straight through exhaust for awhile with my '03 turbo....way to frickin' loud...had to put the muffler back in.
Now with a non-vgt, it sounds like a big block with the rumble. And it's still quiet...somewhat...until you floor it.
I just don't want the kids in the back seat to go deaf from the drown.

 

im running dual 5's ivan and it can be loud, as long as i keep it under 2500 rpms cruising its nice and quiet

 

It's freaking loud. I just took off my stack to do some re-working, and my truck is a ton quieter just dumping down and out the side...

 

2 big ones are
Advantage...Looks
Disadvantage...Smoke in your bed

 

Trust me they are fun for awhile but, the noise will get annoying. When my truck actually runs the exhaust drones at highway speeds. When towing it's worse. I still like the sound of the stack though. Maybe consider a muffler with the stack/stacks. I had it straight-piped but currently it just has the cat on.

 

do one with a muffler if you do it!

 

Your bed and tailgate will never be clean. Especially after you crank the truck and there is any kind of moisture in the stack or pipe it will blow black water all over the bed and cab. I feel like the stack will make more mess and more noise than what you have now. As you said the front and top of the trailer will be covered vs just one side. The inside of the bed and tailgate will be dirty vs just the back panel and bumper....

 

if you have a black truck it wont matter- if it wasnt black i probably wouldnt have one. single is the only way to go though...two is overkill and useless

 

not to mention if you have on light colored clothes and you lean up against it by accident and get black all over your clothes. Just slide your tip out a little further so its further away from the quarter panel...

 

or do a turn down style tip so that the soot spray is far less potent... it really works

 

I had a 7in aussie stack in mine.. Boy did I love the way she sounded. But at the high school football games when I talegate all the girls would B*tch because of all the soot getting on them or there clothes. Stacks look good but you can never keep anything in the bed clean. Just my 2cents

 

Yep nothing can stay clean in the bed. Mine is always flaking. Also dont forget the bucket on them when it rains. Mine looked like a giezer after 3 days of rain LOL

 

i only run a stack on my race truck now. i had one on my truck for about a year and my tailgate would be covered in soot constantly. i always had to warn people because they would turn there clothes black from leaning on my truck. alot of people tried to sit on my tailgate too lol bad idea. oh and the back window and roof got black too. having compounds helped alot for keeping it quiet but it still got annoying at about 70mph. kept me driving slow though lol.

 

If you run an areo or flow through tailgate then the bed does not get all smokey. Or drive with your tailgate down or off. Keeps all the smoke from swirling back inside the bed.

 

Wow that would look awesome......it definitely isn't worth that. Who would ride around with their tailgate off.

 

ive run a single and now i have duals. and ive had many different side exits.

not much louder IMO. i like the looks of them and they sound pretty good. only running the duals now for a change.

 

The 6" single in my regular cab truck is loud as hell at wide open throttle. I put a magnaflow muffler in it to help with some of the sound, it's quieter at an idle, but it didn't bring the noise down much at all when you're in the throttle. If I didn't have a 6" hole in my tonneau cover, I would've removed the stack by now in place for a regular 4" exhaust system.

 

I also recently put a 6" single stack on my truck. I really like the way it looks, and its nice for extended idling near the house with winter up here.

I don't like how loud it is, or how dirty it makes things (and my trucks black). I don't know how the cummings guys deal with the drone of a stack on those trucks!

 

If you're planning on putting any kind of miles on it, there is NO way I would ever do a stack again.

Love the look, not useful for DD.

 

Well...that settles it then...no stack for me.

I use the truck box alot, and just hearing about the trouble other people have had with people gettin dirty from it....not too many brownie points...

Thanks for the input fella's!!

 

i have never had the WHITE paint on my truck dirty from a stack, it gets washed once a month, just depends on the setup your running and the tuning you are running on it

 

I may have to try that turn down idea. My trailer gets a good bath in soot with the 6" duals...

 

Yeah. The only real advantage to a stack is if you use it for race purposes.

 

IDK what the angle is on your side exit exhaust but I run a 6" tip behind the rear tire and its pointed toward the ground at about a 60* angle. I never have any issues with soot on my quarter panel unless I don't wash it for a month. Plus it sounds and looks great, plenty loud at wot and nice and quiet for DD.

 

My 5 inch is loud out the back....could not imagine how loud it would be in a stack/s configuration. No Thanks for me. Toy hauler only gets one side washed lmao.

 

I have a 5in exhaust straight pipe all the way to a 7in stack and it is pretty load i def wouldnt do it if i had kids... I love the sounds tho!