I'm getting ready to do my exhaust, and am sooooo tempted to dump it out behind the passenger tire

my om617 is not my DD...

thanks

dooooooooooooo it!

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1981 300 SD 213k miles "Stock for now"
1999 Super Duty 7.3L 113k miles
1981 300 SD 180k miles "Heavily modified" SOLD

remove the muffler and leave the reasonator....

I'm getting much better at just glossing over threads like this and not saying something smart-arsed..........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Oh come on you know you want to...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

when you get professional at it go over to the snoozeville performance site, theres a guy over there that needs serious professional help!
you could like-counsil him and stuff,, Mann.

If you don't have anything nice to say, why bother saying anything at all?

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1981 300 SD 213k miles "Stock for now"
1999 Super Duty 7.3L 113k miles
1981 300 SD 180k miles "Heavily modified" SOLD

He's doing his trolling.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

exhaust is in, sounds like a truck

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toyota fj40 landcruiser with a mercedes om617 3.0L turbo diesel

Very clean! Nicely done.

Jay

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On the road, currently:
'83 300D (German spec.) 168k mi. - - Wolfgang (tucked snugly away for the winter!)
'87 300D 375k mi. - finally went over to "The Dark Side"
'87 300TD 225k mi.
Cannondale 66cm CAAD5 w/Campy/Jamis Aurora
Hujsak Custom Fixie/Landshark Track Shark Custom/Ahearne Custom 29'er

I have a straight exhaust, not sure about behind the rear tire; but out the back where it normally would go, works very well. Its moderately loud, primarily if you are using 100% throttle. I enjoy mine, can blast soot onto other cars. Perfect for tailgaters.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Currently I'm in the middle of replacing my Toyota gasser with an om617 - toyota fj40 landcruiser.
I believe some of you may familiar w/Luke's kit (4x4 labs)?

Replacing a motor provides some opportunities, so I'm also going fj60 axles (3" wider), and finally going power-steering

Routing out the back sounds more passenger-friendly then behind the front tire

Found someone w/a om617 in a jeep w/straight exhaust, going to check it out next friday.

thanks for the replies,
manny

I saw a W123 riding around here last week. It was painted in Jungle Camo and had a straight pipe coming off the turbo and out a hole in the hood. I wish I would have had a camera with me....

Cool looking rig in its own way. I would never want to own it or drive it. Still interesting to look at.

They do get loud. Mine still has the muffler underneath. But, I cut out the resonator at the rear and just ran a piece of pipe with a turn down on it. It is fine until about 65 MPH. Then it starts to drone. I am having an new resonator put on in a couple weeks.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

I've done it.. you'll wake the neighbors, but it sounds good.
But if you run a full length of pipe with a perforated resonance chamber it'll be just as free, and you won't scare children.

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'82 300SD 351k

Scaring children is a useful feature of the straight pipe! Keeps them out of the street!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)