I'm finishing up my coffee and heading out to chop off the HUGE muffler and replace with the muffler delete by MBRP. I too will be leaving flapper valve for now and then possibly do the spring mod to keep it open. Likely I'll run with this until I save up some sheckles for the full cat back. Truck sounds great man, nice job!

@dadlifetexan

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, glad you enjoyed the video!

Not sure what that costs but my local exhaust guy does muffler deletes for $60 plus tax. He will take the flapper valve out too, make a new piece of pipe, and weld it in. Takes like 20 minutes once the truck is in the air. Your truck sounds good. Now it sounds like a proper V8.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a good option if you have somebody local at that price point. The part cost was $100 plus my own time.

Sounds much better! Just bought a 6.2L TB looking into this .

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

awesome, would love to hear it!

@kkoch666

Жыл бұрын

Do it for sure, the 6.2 sounds so much better than the 5.3.

@Knight21030

Жыл бұрын

Protip: Be sure to get rid of the flapper valve has well.

How proud your neighbors must be

@dadlifetexan

3 ай бұрын

No worries, I have a quiet diesel now

Had a muffler shop remove the muffler and flapper on our 6.2L. Left the rear resonators in place. Sounds amazing and only cost me $100.

@dadlifetexan

5 ай бұрын

Oh awesome, I’m sure that 6.2 sounds nice

@philipiimacedon8299

5 ай бұрын

Is there a drone?

@philipiimacedon8299

5 ай бұрын

Never mind...I saw the answer in other comments!

Greetings from a fellow Silverado owner in Travis County. That sounds good. I have a 2021 RST 5.3L

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

The RSTs are 👌👌

Biden would not be happy with this mod...sounds great

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Lol I’m glad he wouldn’t be happy, thanks!

@LandonClimbs

11 ай бұрын

Fjb🥰🤠

@LarryR4927

5 ай бұрын

Biden drives a ‘67 ‘vette. The other guy is from New York City, and has probably never driven a car or a truck.

@Anvita444

4 ай бұрын

Corn Pop was a bad man

@joshthomas8087

Ай бұрын

Dude never happy unless he is segregating schools or creating fatherless homes

I just ordered mine and plan on keeping the valve. I want it to sound better than stock, but not too obnoxious.

@dadlifetexan

9 ай бұрын

Awesome man!

Did the same with and without the flapper cut out. Sounds 100x better with the flapper cut out also. Best sound tho is to cut muffler out and weld a 4” tip angled at the ground.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Did you do the angled tip?

@zachgriffin4865

Жыл бұрын

@@dadlifetexan yes I did them both, and the angled tip without the flapper sounded the best & wasn't obnoxious in the cab like you'd think either

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

@@zachgriffin4865 that's awesome

This must me the replacement for the totaled Jeep. Very nice choice there.

@dadlifetexan

9 ай бұрын

Yeah buddy

Appreciate it! One of the best videos I’ve seen on this. 1 question: do you ever see your self changing it to Borla or AWE 0FG?

@dadlifetexan

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, eventually I will upgrade to something else but right now I’m remodeling my house so my time and resources are going to that…

Great Video and Project! Subscribed from Brazoria County!

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Nice vid def gonna try this on my TrailBoss too, thanks Thor

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, yeah I get that a lot!

Is there drone with towing? I’m wondering with you leaving the flapper, if that is the reason you don’t have drone with regular driving without towing. But I’m curious if you have drone if you were to tow a camper. I do long trips with a camper and drone would drive me crazy. Love the sound!

@dadlifetexan

9 ай бұрын

I haven’t really hauled anything that heavy. There’s probably potential for drone under a heavy load.

Wow thats not a muffler thats a suitcase i dont blame you Bro.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Lol exactly

Just curious if you have the 5.3 or the 6.2? A lot of exhausts I'm finding are saying they're for 3" exhausts, when the exhaust on my 5.3 is 2.75". Has me hesitant on ordering them if they're not gonna fit.

@dadlifetexan

3 ай бұрын

5.3

@chris440x

3 ай бұрын

@@dadlifetexan Yeah i re-watched the video after and realize you said it in the beginning! Appreciate the answer all the same! Pipe should be here tuesday for my truck!

@dadlifetexan

2 ай бұрын

@@chris440x awesome man, you're gonna love it

My home is 1/4 mile from a Texas State Highway. When we moved here 6 years ago it was tranquil. Now, the highway has been widened and traffic has increased 10-fold. To make matters worse, in the middle of the night and early in the morning, I am jarred awake in my bedroom from the noise of every truck, car, and motorcycle that have 'deleted' mufflers. I thought they put mufflers on vehicles for a reason.

@dadlifetexan

10 ай бұрын

If it’s that loud sounds like more of an entire exhaust system replacement. A muffler delete doesn’t increase the volume by that much.

@10Jesse14

3 ай бұрын

Maybe don’t move next to a highway

Hey man I’m interested in getting the same delete, do you still recommend ? Have you had any issues?

@dadlifetexan

Ай бұрын

No issues at all, everything has been good

This may sound like a stupid question but what is drone noise, I've never heard that phrase before

@dadlifetexan

7 ай бұрын

It’s just a constant, annoying, monotone noise

I'll be doing this in the upcoming week to my 2020, tired of the "quiet", need the rumble like my camaro, thanks for the great video,.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

waaay too quiet from the factory in my opinion

I'm going tomorrow to get a Flowmaster 40 or Super 40 installed on '23 RST, had the same thing on a '20 RST. I wish I could hear the muffler delete in person. How is the MD on the interstate?

@dadlifetexan

7 ай бұрын

I’d like to hear how your system sounds! The delete is good on the interstate, no drone or anything.

@andrewski6317

5 ай бұрын

@@dadlifetexanI put a flowmaster 40 catback duel exhaust on my 2013 5.3 and I couldn’t ask for much more out of an exhaust for the 5.3. It sounds great

@dadlifetexan

5 ай бұрын

That's awesome!@@andrewski6317

I have a trailboss. I could never hear it idle until I deleted it.

@dadlifetexan

3 ай бұрын

Exactly why I wanted to do this

Can you leave the 4 inches on the back end and cut the flapped out with this delete pipe?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe that would work. I actually thought of doing that myself but ended up just following the directions from AFE.

Let’s see some more videos on the truck!

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

working on it!

@jordanhannah5839

Жыл бұрын

@@dadlifetexan gained a sub! Love the videos.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

@@jordanhannah5839 thanks, I appreciate the support!

If I cut closer to the muffler on the opposite side of the flapper valve will the AFE Muffler delete be able remove the the flapper valve ?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it should. Probably what I should have done too honestly.

@Soviet_Koala

Жыл бұрын

Perfect thank you very much for the feed back.

Did you keep your resonator near your rear axle ?

@dadlifetexan

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I did, haven’t addressed that yet

Is it road legal? Like noise compliance?

@dadlifetexan

Ай бұрын

Completely legal here in Texas

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Sounds good! , Does this void your warranty?

@dadlifetexan

7 ай бұрын

Nope not at all

Sounds good. Now get rid of the USB port exhaust tips.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

hahah I kinda like them...I'll get rid of them when I do a full exhaust system

Thinking about doing the same on my 5.3L. How's it sound at highway speeds? Did you notice any difference in performance?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Sounds good at highway speed, no drone. Honestly, haven't noticed any change in performance really.

@DIYAndrewFlockhart

Жыл бұрын

@@dadlifetexan Awesome thanks. I subbed, keep the good content coming!

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

@@DIYAndrewFlockhart Thanks, I appreciate it!

This one time at band clamp.. I got two girlfriends!

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Great

Why keep the flapper thing

@dadlifetexan

8 ай бұрын

I was just following the directions provided from AFE. In retrospect I would cut it off and adjust the delete pipe forward. Instead I have it permanently "rigged" open.

Nice notes, I like it ! Now you have to bring back the roar of a quadra-jet carb sucking in gallons of air ! LFOD !

How about the drone sound

@dadlifetexan

5 ай бұрын

not really noticeable at all

How does it sound inside while driving?

@dadlifetexan

3 ай бұрын

Better than stock but honestly not that much noise

How bad would this affect the tuning of the engine?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

None at all

@GeTe-dt1zj

8 ай бұрын

I did the same muffler delete…..with the exception of the pre manufactured pipe, muffler shop just welded a 3” pipe on mine. I did notice what seemed to be a decrease in low end torque and fuel mileage decreased by about 1.5-2 mpg. 2021 5.3 TB

I’ve cut off the muffler and the flapper and the drone is just too much. How’s yours with the drone?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

It’s not too bad honestly, but I didn’t cut out the flapper valve. I know a lot of guys do, but I was following the directions provided by AFE with the muffler delete kit. I’ve been happy with it so far.

@ehmaidan

Жыл бұрын

@@dadlifetexan I appreciate the reply 😄

Dose it void warranty

@dadlifetexan

5 ай бұрын

no, it doesn't affect warranty at all

Does this effect fuel mileage and performance?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t noticed any impact on either.

@GeTe-dt1zj

8 ай бұрын

My MPG decreased by 1.5-2 mpg…2021 5.3 TB

Fellow Texan here. Great video. This might be a silly question, but does this mod affect manufacturer warranty at all by chance?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

From everything I have read and seen, exhaust modifications do not void manufacturer warranties

@Knight21030

Жыл бұрын

The manufacturer would have to prove the modded part caused the failure. Obviously they wont cover anything from the cats back, but everything else will be good.

@peted5217

Жыл бұрын

You can bet it duz. Mite even get you into Fed hot soup over noise and emissions

@Knight21030

Жыл бұрын

@@peted5217 Yea, it shouldn’t effect emissions if you’re not touching the cats, but noise, definitely.

@bufordpusser2666

Жыл бұрын

@@peted5217 They find every way to not cover things anyway...if you are past your bumper to bumper....let er rip. That isnt a powertrain item anyway.

What are the dbs at idle?

@dadlifetexan

11 ай бұрын

I’m not sure

Do you have any issues passing the state inspections for Texas?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Not at all, cats are still in place so no issues with emissions.

Any drone at highway speeds?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

No drone at all

Conroe?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

You know it

Did your engine light flash ?

@dadlifetexan

6 ай бұрын

Nope

I removed it and put a cherry bomb on it lol

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Do you have a video of it?

Does your fuel tank not have a skid plate or am I loosing it?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

You’re not losing it…no skid plate on the fuel tank

@panthermartin7784

Жыл бұрын

@@dadlifetexan so its more like a Pavement Boss , not sure why tf the tank would be exposed like that on a truck Chevy labeled TrailBoss

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

@@panthermartin7784 yeah I agree with you on that

How loud is inside the truck?

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

You can hear it, but it’s not overwhelming or annoying

I believe you were supposed to cut the flapper off

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

If I were able to do it over, I would cut off the flapper and move my other cut to just behind the muffler. I was following the instructions from AFE exactly and it is designed to keep the flapper for some reason.

@elianmendoza7880

Жыл бұрын

@@dadlifetexan 🤔

@matthewjprovera1626

Жыл бұрын

Just for your information the flapper valve is only for the 4-cylinder shutdown mode DOD so it does not sound like a helicopter on the highway

Would of been nice to hear it revved up.... lmao lmao. But ok.

@dadlifetexan

7 ай бұрын

lol you right

cut that damn flapper off too.

Rev it up WTH.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

😔

Guys, to muffler delete and retain the stupid gM flapper valve is pointless. It's like putting your hand over your mouth and breathe through your fingers. Useless.

@dadlifetexan

Жыл бұрын

Well, I just followed the instructions provided.

@dustymcdust5095

Ай бұрын

​@dadlifetexan real men throw the instructions out and do what they want 🎉

@davidlivermore1621

Ай бұрын

@dustymcdust5095 real guys remove the flapper valve. Me personally went with a Borla Touring system.

@dustymcdust5095

Ай бұрын

@@davidlivermore1621 mines all stock, I prefer to dump money in my 05 rsx type-s and prefer to drive it also.