I'm running my truck with just open exhaust manifolds and I have been trying to figure out exactly how bad this is on my motor and truck itself. I basically only need this information because I need to drive my truck somewhere to get some parts to fix it. This truck is my only means of transportation right now.

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This is somewhat of a bigger deal than what you think, so I'm just going to put this in checklist format. Don't take anything offensive because we have all been there and done that. Things happen in this world, and there is just no way around those things at times. Let's get started!

1. Your truck is not designed for this. Open manifolds are not what the truck is designed for and that's just putting it plain and simple for ya with no details. Do you use your snow blower to mow the lawn? No. Same type of deal.

2. Backpressure and the lack of it. Or actually I shouldn't even say the word lack because there is NONE. Good bye gas mileage and depending on what motor.. your torque, tow capacity and so much more.

3. Valves. A common misconception that I hear a lot is that the valves are going to warp. I disagree with people saying that because I have never seen it nor believe. What I do believe though is that you will eventually just get burnt up valves that are pretty much shot. How can you expect a metal product to hold up to such extreme ideals of interaction with other substances like that.

4. Fuel Burning. With only manifolds on the truck the fuel will burn at an incorrect ratio since there is no backpressure. Not only that, but I imagine it will burn in the wrong combustion mixing area that it wants to usually.


This list goes on and on. And to be completely honest with you.. the outcome of this could be not good. I'm just giving your the truth because that's what we do around here. Thanks for visiting the site, and I hope you can either make it to your next place safely or find a different ride to get your needed parts. Thank you again.

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When dealing with any rust no matter where it is, it is best to treat it as soon as possibly because it will spread, and keep spreading. There are many temporary fixes you could do to spruce up your exhaust tip such as using an sos pad. Gently scrub the rust on the exhaust pipe. This scrub will not damage the pipe, and it actually has rust inhibitor in it to help treat and prevent it from coming back.

Another quick fix would be to try and wax it or use products designed for this kind of problem when dealing with chrome. You could also try to sand it down, treat it when a rust inhibitor, or spray paint it with a paint that already has rust inhibitor in it. There are several at home products you can try to treat rust as well such as using water and tin foil, spraying it with WD-40, etc.

Another way to keep your exhaust tip from rusting is to simply wash your car often. Depending on where you live the winter can take a huge tole on not only exhaust tips, but the whole car. If you are really determined, just keep it clean. You could clean it with just a household steel woal pad too. Or for the really tough spots use a power drill with a specific piece to remove or grind down the rust.

If there are cracks or scratches on the pipe, and it is starting to rust, you will want to get a type of sealant to keep the rust from spreading. You can buy a clear coat paint possibly, a clear sealant, or even use home remedies such as clear nail polish.

As you can see there are several temporary fixes when it comes to exhaust tips and rust. They are designed for looks, so it is truly up to you to ensure they live up to their expectations. Anyone who buys an exhaust tip should know that if they want to keep it well maintained they are going to have to keep up on it. Exhausts get dirty, they get salt on them, mud, etc. The moisture from inside the pipe from the steam causes rust. It is just really something the owner needs to keep up with for it to maintain it's beauty.

You could always try to contact the manufacturer to see if they will give you a refund or send you another tip. It is also important that you know what kind of tip you are getting such as chrome or stainless steel. Stainless steel is not supposed to rust... so if it does, then you must have purchased a chrome pipe. Make sure if you ordered your exhaust tip, make sure you inspect it to make sure there are no cracks or chips where rust can develop before installing it on your vehicle.

I want a loud exhaust system that turns people's heads. I know a lot of people hate loud truck exhaust but I really want my truck loud and that is how it is! My question is what is better muffler for loudness and all around exhaust when it comes to Magnaflow and Flowmaster? I have heard so many good things about either or, that it makes for such a tough decision.

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Welcome to the site and thanks for sending in the great question. This one is a very popular question all over the internet, but we can touch base on it a bit for ya.

Magnaflow mufflers are more of the quite grumble of exhaust. With some of these mufflers, we need to make sure to watch our backpressure levels.

Because depending on what motor a person has, certain mufflers will give the motor no backpressure. And no exhaust backpressure on certain motors is a very bad thing for gas mileage and not to mention performance.

But yes the Magnaflow has more of low grumble versus the flowmaster. A flowmaster muffler is just going to be designed to be more of a crackle and having it be a lot louder. So in your case your going to probably want to go with the Flowmaster.

Like I said before though, your going ton want to try to figure out how much backpressure is good for your motor. Maybe do a little research on some online forums, or go to your haynes manual and check it out. It kind of sucks for a person to go have everything welded up exhaust nice to later find out that all that money was wasted because you have to now switch it because the gas mileage is killing your wallet. I see it all the time.

If your not going to do your homework with truck exhaust, you might as well just straight pipe it and throw your cash bills right out of the window as you drive so someone like me can come pick it up right behind you. I'm joking of course, but I hope my point was stressed. Thanks for visiting the site again!

Exhaust systems become corroded, dirty, and all of the above. Keeping your ride clean and on top is what we all desire in this industry. Exhaust is a huge deal as well. Exhaust systems have a tendency to become dirty super easily.

Finding the best methods to do things really come in handy. That is why we have created this guide for you. The "Top 10 Ways To Clean Exhaust." With not only our opinions here, we have searched forums and even link out to other helpful guides to build some trust with this guide as well. Please enjoy, and share this guide.

Top 5 Exhaust Cleaning Methods:

-Please Note, this list in not in correlating order. But instead, just listed as 10 guides that happen to be the top 10 we found. *Not from best to worst, or worst to best.

1. 5000 Grit Sandpaper:

This stuff is your friend. Don't go any lower or your going to scratch nice metals like stainless steel exhaust tips and such. This stuff works as the same idea as steel wool, but the fine grit sandpaper makes sure that there are no larger scuffs like what steel wool might do to a metal with too much pressure.

2. Fine Steel Wool:

Just your basic steel wool. This stuff can be found pretty much any hardware store and even grocery stores too. Although, regular steel wool works, I would advise using fine steel wool if you can find it. A lot of times, people use steel wool at the start of a process too. Usually the steel wool is followed by

3. Green Scuff Pad With Liquid Mix

I highly suggest using brake cleaner as you clean it, or somewhat of a strong liquid of this such. These scuff pads really just work as a sanding agent to get rid of the residue on whatever is being cleaned. Works like sandpaper or steel wool. This stuff is a bit gentler than steel wool and it almost depends on what type of cleaner your accessories need to be cleaned with.

4. Aluminum Mag Polish:

This stuff takes somewhat of a certain process to do it, but it's real simple and can be found a lot of places. I'm pretty certain that the bottle of the stuff when you buy it, even has the instructions on the side of it. It's pretty hard to mess up, and if you do by chance mess it up NOTHING is hurt.. you just wont get the best results.

How To Use Mag Aluminum Polish

5. Metal Polish:

This as well has a small process to it, but it really simple. 6speedonline has a pretty good tutorial on this stuff and how to clean exhaust tips. This is the ticket to really getting that shine. This is not what takes out the old residue and such, but what makes it shine after the whole cleaning process. Like I said, that guide is an ultimate guide to cleaning this type of stuff. Cleaning this stuff is why we use stainless steel exhaust tips, because they look absolutely amazing when clean.

Why Stainless Steel Exhaust Tips?

Stainless steel exhaust tips and general exhaust have been a famous metal for ages for so many reasons. From basically everything in our daily lives, stainless steel is used for different instances. So instead of me sitting here babbling about why stainless is such a good thing.. lets jump into starting a small list of reasons.

1. Stainless Steel does not Stain.

Nothing is worse than having such a nice metal on something you want to look good and last for a very long time STAIN. The reason behind this really is left up to chemistry and the elements of metal. The amount of chromium in the metal is what makes it not stain and that is as easy as I can state that.

2. Stainless Steel does not corrode.

Along with what I was saying before, the amount of chromium in the metal is what protects it from these negative aspects. It's what makes this metal being used awesome for exhaust.

3. This metal is such low maintenance involved.

Who doesn't love low maintenance when it comes to.. anything. Truth be told, we are all lazy as heck and love the feeling of things that are "good" products and the feeling of not having to replace them down the road. Every man loves the feeling of replacing an old cruddy piece of something on their vehicle and replacing it with a strong metal that will last for years and years.

4. Relatively Low Cost For What You Get

Let's face it, metals are not ever cheap and that's how it's been for years and I don't see it changing any time soon. Stainless steel is not the cheapest of all metals nor the most expensive out there. What I'm getting at here, is the metal were talking about. The fact is, we are trying to tell you that this metal is a great all around choice for your exhaust systems.

Stainless steel can be mixed with other metals to create a lot of different branches of sub metals of stainless. They play around with this a lot in the housing network to make cooking utensils and cookware things. What makes the metal so popular in the cooking network is what I went over at the beginning of the article.

One should know in ADVANCE, that certain welds are needed for the metal to hold all these true reputations. A lot of places will weld on tips and exhaust systems up with other metals than stainless and then the welds rust wrecking the entire setup.

Just make sure that if your going to take this route (which you should), make sure to use the right metal to weld the stainless. It is a big deal when your whole project falls down the drain to a weaker metal with more chances to rust and corrode.

Bolting Exhaust Tips On Versus Welding

so the time has come for you to look into truck exhaust tips. There is not much  of anything cooler than a nice looking exhaust tip of a big bad truck. Trucks  have somewhat lead the way for the coolest exhaust around. Maybe it's the fact  that we don't care about gas mileage but more about looks and sound.

Bolting On Versus Welding On

A lot of us are lazy and there is no hiding it. These bolt on exhaust tips are  pretty much small game when it comes to quality. There are a number of reasons  we don't recommend anyone to buy these wicked contraptions.

1. Theft

Why spend a good amount of money on something that could easily be stolen right  off your vehicle with a wrench? I see it happen all the time. Maybe less in the  country areas of the world, but around the city I see it all the time. I  somewhat feel bad for the people that do this to their sweet rides, but on the  other hand I don't really care because I see it as somewhat of a stupid choice  on their part.

These things are easy to steal. Just imagine how you put it on yourself.. it's  as easy as that to remove. I know it is a bit scary to think about someone  jacking your sweet exhaust tip, but it happens so be aware of it.

2. Falling Off

These things just fall off.. all the time! With a big motor from a truck, the  exhaust really vibrates at a good pace. Vibrations are going slowly shake bolts loose untill the whole object is low enough to fall off.

What a shame to just have that exhaust tip just straight up fall off eh? This  is worse than having somebody steal it, in my opinion because then you at least  have a cool story to go along with it.

3. It Looks Cheap

What looks better, a nice strong welded on tip or a bolt on skimpy tip? Man..  what a tough choice that one is. Would a monster truck or a racing truck bolt  on a cool looking tip?.. I don't think so.

The looks and quality are what were striving for here, is it not? Bolt on tips  are just not of that great of quality. I could maybe see a bolt on tip being ok  if the actual bolts go through the exhaust pipe and then bolt on inside.. but  that would make it pretty tough to get at the bolts.

The best way to go here is obviously welding on the tips. Some do disagree  with me, but I believe most will agree and that's going to be the majority for  the most part. But if you have any comments that might amount to me being  wrong, please do tell here below. I'm a very open person and am wrong  sometimes. I also enjoy learning new things, so please do tell.

Do Truck Exhaust Tips Effect Sound At All?

I just bought a brand new chevy truck a couple of months ago and was wondering if putting a stainless steel exhaust tip on the tip of the muffler to look cool would change the sound of the exhaust at all..? I kinda like the sound of the truck right now to be honest, but if it changed it that would be ok I guess. But what kinda sound would it change to.

Ricky T.

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Thanks for sending in the great question Ricky. The name Ricky always reminds me of that great saying, "Rickkkyyyy Bobbbbyyyy!" haha but I will get back on topic now. Truck exhaust tips do look cool, and even better stainless steel ones look even cooler yet. In my mind there is no other route than to instal a nice stainless one. But to your direct answer.

Putting a stainless steel exhaust tip on your stock setup right now WILL NOT change the sound of your exhaust at all. If all that you are changing is the tip of what comes out of the direct muffler, than it should not change at all.

What will look weird is a tip coming straight out of a muffler. You don't see that too often.. Well mainly  because it looks like crap with a nice tip on there. What I would do, and what most people tend to do is..

Have your muffler welded back underneath the truck than have them come out of it with an extension if possible and go to your desired spot where you want the exhaust tip. Some prefer it on the side. Some prefer it coming out the back. It's really your call on where you want it. But it pretty much depends on whether or not you can come out of your muffler with an extension.

Some aftermarket exhaust mufflers make it pretty tough for you to weld an extension out of because they either go up in size diamater a lot of else there is somewhat of a fancy muffler tip on it. A good welder can make anything work though. Welding is usually pretty cheap for something like this too, so don't let someone charge you an arm and a leg because somewhere else out there, there's a guy that could do it close to nothing because so many people know how to weld out of their garage.

Great question Ricky! Thanks for visiting the sites!