I made my Second Gen Dodge truck sound AMAZING (5.2 engine - 318 V8)

My name is Austin, this is Mopar Garage, and we build cool stuff in here! Today we are installing a sweet custom exhaust on the 1999 Dodge Ram 1500! The set up is a cat delete with a 2 into 1 Magnaflow muffler. Take a listen to some before and after sound!
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My Vehicles:
1999 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 short bed standard cab 5 speed 5.2 (318) V8
1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z Carroll Shelby Edition
2000 Dodge Ram 2500 24 Valve Cummins Turbo Diesel 47RE
2019 Kia Optima LX FE

[@TheMoparGarage]

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[@dewdrop3009]

Sounds beautiful. I kept my cat but deleted the muffler. I love these ol' 5.2's

[@TheMoparGarage]

Thanks man! I agree, great (and indestructible) old motor. I bet yours sounds great too.

[@Aidan-uf9bc]

Same my d250 had a straight pipe with 3’ head pipes and I had to put a muffler on it bc there was no back pressure

[@ProjectTimeGarage]

Yeah, that made a big difference.

[@TheMoparGarage]

For sure. I didn’t realize how bad it sounded until I filmed the “before” drive by videos. Really happy with how it came out.

[@tomc8157]

I rebuilt my 5.2 in my 96 dakota and added the hughes airgap and a comp cam 20-746-9 and with a single flow master 40, no cat, sounds mean, especially with a 5 speed. Nice lope at idle. Glorious.

[@TheMoparGarage]

Love it! Can't beat that lumpy cam sound.

[@gaara5124]

Sounds better then most I have seen

[@TheMoparGarage]

Thanks! Really happy with how it came out

[@marckemp9955]

I like what you did with the exhaust. 2 into 1. Tree huggers would hate us but I don't much care.

[@vegasrider05]

Man, I hope u keep reviving that truck. Any plans on the body and paint work?

[@TheMoparGarage]

Don’t worry, I had to drive clear out to the Louisiana/Texas boarder after 2 years of searching to find a 5 speed 4x4 short bed standard cab. She ain’t going anywhere! There will be some DIY paint work down the road, complete with spray foam/bondo rocker panel repair. The whole spirit of the project was budget build, so it’ll never be perfect, but definitely plan to make it mopar emerald green one day.

[@SolidSnake4Ever2003]

Thanks for this video, I always love seeing new 2nd gen ram videos, these trucks have a very fond spot in my heart. I've really been thinking of getting a good sounding magnaflow muffler, just truly unsure what to get with all the dozens of models. Currently have a single 3in in dual 2.5 out cherry bomb extreme and it's kinda way too loud lol. The truck originally many years ago had a knockoff single in dual out dumped at the ground muffler I thought sounded way too whimpy, and due to the cat being gutted as well as the exhaust exits pointed straight at the ground they'd bounce up and would just congregate and spread out stinking choking exhaust fumes all around, I had to have choked out some poor kids at the fast food drive thru's when I'd pull up to the window lol. When I got the new exhaust put on like 7 years ago I never had another fume issue since it was pushing them at the back of the truck like a normal setup. The magnaflow in this vid sounds awesome, nice rumble and growl. I may just end up going with that with a single tailpipe as well. The dual exhaust that people swore up and down on forums would make these old v8 trucks magically get 20mpg never did for me anyway LOL. Do you have the model number for this magnaflow muffler?

[@TheMoparGarage]

Thanks for watching my man! I try to give the gas job 2nd gens a little love, they’re my favorite truck of all time and there’s not a lot of good content out there on them. This truck actually has a Flowmaster 40 series on it.

[@SolidSnake4Ever2003]

thanks man I'll definitely consider the flowmaster 40 then, sounded awesome without being too loud like my cherry bomb extreme is. I feel the same, most of the videos on the 2nd gens are from the early youtube days without that great sound quality. I still see them any time I go out and they're one of the VERY few reasonably priced used vehicles left in my general area. They have a fond spot in my heart, I've had an 01 v6 short bed and this 95 5.2 regular cab long bed over the years, "the little v6 that could" even hauled some old friends house moving stuff in the extremely intense 110degree tx summer heat years ago, the trans temp warning did pop up tho, I think I was hauling stuff in overdrive LOL. I'm not sure if it's due to them just being older and more simple but I was only quoted $2000 for a trans rebuild including labor when I inquired awhile back too at a well regarded place, despite the cosmetic things like dashboard and trans they've been very mechanically sound to me, best vehicles I've ever had after a string of very junky cars lol.@@TheMoparGarage

[@TheMoparGarage]

@@SolidSnake4Ever2003 nice! I’ve owned probably 15 of them, they’re great trucks. Especially if it’s a 5 speed, in which case you don’t really have to worry about the transmissions.

[@JasonLumbatis]

Got a 99 with total shit for an exhaust. I can squeeze 25 MPG out of it but it’s a 5 speed Dakota lowered 3 inches 😄

[@craigbowley6783]

No wonder it didn't sound like anything it's a 2 into 1. I'll never understand why çar companies do that it's restrictive and sounds hella lame!

[@marcusholtzheimer9316]

Damn i need to upgrade my exhaust on my 360 that sounded wayyyyyy better after

[@TheMoparGarage]

I’d highly recommend! Nice and cheap too, just no cats and a Flowmaster 40!

[@winstonholmes5566]

Go next level next time. True dual with an X pipe. Made my Dakota sound like no other. I have regular on it before with the 408 engine then did the true dual 3 inch with x pipe, wow it made a difference

[@TheMoparGarage]

Sweet! I’m likely doing true duals on my ‘73 Plymouth Satellite.

[@winstonholmes5566]

It’s an all around game changer. You won’t be disappointed and you will have one nice sounding machine. An H pipe works but an X pipe is way better and for performance too.

[@winstonholmes5566]

If I had more computer abilities I’d have it on here to show you.

[@garrettthompson5875]

Wounded great 👍😱

[@TheMoparGarage]

Thanks brother!

[@r.n.u_mb_4uller_710]

I have a 5.2 98 ram sport and I'm looking for an exhaust thinking I might just copy this if you don't mind except I want a chrome tip going for a clean build... my truck is really nice no rust on it no dents just slight age damage wish I could show pictures of it lol but Id really like to know the part number or name of this exhaust sounds amazing

[@TheMoparGarage]

I recommend it! I’m not sure of the part number, it’s just a Flowmaster 40 series 2 into 1 muffler. I got this one used for like 40 bucks. I believe they’re about 300 new. Keep in mind the engine light will come on if you remove the cat like I did. Luckily no vehicle inspections here in SC so I don’t care haha.

[@r.n.u_mb_4uller_710]

@@TheMoparGarage yeah I have no lights on my dash so imma see if I can bypass that I might just attach it outside so it reads clean air maybe that will help did you see any negative performance issues cutting the cat off?

[@TheMoparGarage]

@@r.n.u_mb_4uller_710 yeah there are supposedly ways around it, I’ve read/seen that if you put spacers it will read it clean. There’s some KZbin videos on how to do it.

[@TheMoparGarage]

@@r.n.u_mb_4uller_710 no negative performance, it actually runs a lot better now without it. I’m sure it was pretty clogged up. It still has the front 02 sensor which is the one that matters, it adjusts air/fuel. The back 02 sensor is just to read emissions.

[@romeoreda]

the vast majority have a v8 and these are second generation ram, I have a v6 and I don't know how good it would sound

[@DodgeMan_Bcole]

Can you add the link to the Flowmaster 40 you bought I can’t find any online that way they fit my 1997 ram 1500

[@TheMoparGarage]

This one was pulled off a wrecked vehicle. I don’t think it technically was designed to fit this truck in particular, but my exhaust guy fabricated it in.

[@enjoythesho1992]

You found a shop in south Carolina to do a cat delete? I cant find anyone that will do mine im in upstate South Carolina

[@TheMoparGarage]

The muffler shop on Remount Road in Hanahan!

[@alexandernguyen1718]

Since it’s a 99’ don’t you still need to get emissions? Doesn’t the cat delete make you can’t pass?

[@TheMoparGarage]

South Carolina doesn’t have any vehicle inspection laws so it doesn’t matter for me. For states that do though, there are ways around it. You can usually put a spacer in the post-cat o2 sensor and it won’t throw a code.

[@alexandernguyen1718]

@@TheMoparGarage Did yours throw a code?

[@TheMoparGarage]

@@alexandernguyen1718 yeah it did, I don’t even have a second o2 sensor on it right now.

[@magdielespinoza2199]

I got an 1995 Dakota 5.2 l leaking oil and tans like crazy.😢

[@TheMoparGarage]

Bummer! Unless it’s a rear main seal, it probably wouldn’t be too bad to fix!

[@thomaswalter6230]

How do you delete the car what did you do for the o2 sensor

[@TheMoparGarage]

The downstream 02 sensor doesn’t do anything but measure emissions which my state doesn’t require testing on.

[@jagdude8515]

what wheels are those in your rear? off what truck?

[@TheMoparGarage]

Those were stock wheels off a base model 2nd gen 4wd 1500

[@dustinwhite7759]

Does it just have a leveling kit?

[@TheMoparGarage]

It’s a rough country leveling lift. I think it was 2” in the rear and 3” in the front.

[@marckemp9955]

318 is great. But the truck around it won't hold a candle to the other one I have.

[@davesogn3329]

how did u know the cat was plugged

[@TheMoparGarage]

I don’t know for sure, but it runs a heck of a lot better without them so I assumed.

[@chicagorc3967]

what did they charge you?

[@TheMoparGarage]

I think $350 or $400. Lightly used muffler made it a little cheaper.

[@chicagorc3967]

That's not too crazy, thank you. I got a 97 jeep grand cherokee orvis with the 5.2. These Magnum motors are awesome

[@TheMoparGarage]

@@chicagorc3967 nice! Agreed, the 318 is legendary!

[@matthewpark3151]

What muffler is on that beast? It's definitely aggressive sounding. Nice video.

[@joshuawitzen]

Sounds the same, but someone just turn the volume knob up.

[@lukedawg357SIG]

Please sell me that truck

[@TheMoparGarage]

Haha! This is one I may never sell 😬