Summit Racing 4" diesel exhaust system

Hey 4x4Man!


I got to listen/look at BlueOx03's Summit exhaust up at the Grand Rapids GTG. I looked/sounded sweeet!!!! For the price, I have to think it is one of the best deals out there right now. At idle it had a nice throaty rumble that was a bit louder and definately deeper than stock. And while Babe was doing some nice long juice inspired burnouts by the service bay it was louder than stock for sure, but not terribly obnoxious (IMHO). I will probably be looking at this system in the near future myself!!!


John

3-Fan and CS-Dmax,


Thanks for the input. That is my main concern, too much noise. Already have aproval from the wife to buy it, but got cold feet not knowing how loud it was... If the wife ain't happy, no one is!!


Add $31 for a stainless steel polished tip and I got a budget 4" exhaust system!!


Now to do some more searching...


Bob

I'm not going to say you should or should not buy this system. I will give you some advise in selecting a system and I'll tell you what I think of this one. Do a search on TheDieselPage.com and you'll see how this can go.

My advise is to go for a ride in a truck with the system you're thinking about, that's the only way you'll know if it's for you or not. Make sure that when you do, you do some everyday stuff too. I don't remember for sure hoe it was, but I ran some guys in Grand Rapids through a "real life" test track; normal driving, stomping on it, windows up and down, I even took them though the BK drive thru. From that you should your own opinion and decide what you want.

As far as this system goes, I'm very happy with it. I really wanted the ATS dual tail pipe system, which IMHO is the ultimate system on the market. I just couldn't justify the $1100 price difference, a guy could get this system and the juice comp w/attitude for that. I went ahead and got the 18" S/S tip with it and the grand total came to $350, not bad. I can honestly say I changed the whole system out in less than four hours without cutting anything and including the 20 minutes that a walked around trying not to be mad and break anything. I dropped the factory pipe on my head, had a lump for a good two weeks. Anyway, I did this by myself with the right side jacked up, it was so easy, it makes me wonder how good these other systems are and how many beers these guys drank to take so long...the hardest part is getting the fat front part off. For my truck, the system is five pieces, front(down) pipe, intermediate pipe, muffler, tail pipe, tip. It comes with an extension piece w/ hanger for the long box and a tailpipe extension for the dually, that if you put on a tip, you don't need. Just like any other system, it took a little fine tuning to get it just right, nothing hard though.

Now the good and bad...
It is loud, good and bad... I like it loud outside some people don't. It's not to loud inside though. I spent 30hrs in there a couple weekends ago, not bad at all...
The hangars aren't quiet as nice as the OEM ones, but they get the job done..no problems so far...
It's aluminized steel, to me this is good thing, it'll last, but it's not way over priced. I have yet to see an aluminized system rust through in under 8 years, most people won't even have their truck that long...
The worst thing about it is what it brings out in people that have payed $500-1400 for something that does the same thing. It's this or that, it's on back order, there's a typo in the description, it's made somewhere else and so on...bla,bla,bla..
The best thing is hearing people say how good it sounds and asking if it's one of the name brands. I love watching peoples jaws drop when I tell em' what I paid for it. Even better "hey, how come that sounds better than my....."

With all of that said, it does matter one bit to me what you run on your truck. However, I'm more than willing to share what I know and/or think...

Take it easy,

Ox

That would be great if you could make it. Would be nice to meet other people in the area and see their trucks. It starts at 10am and is located near I-25 and Tennyson in Denver.
DynoPro
5330 Tennyson Street
Denver, CO.
303-455-2443
http://www.dynopro.com/


I plunked this into Mapquest and here are some directions:

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The Summit looked and sounded good to me. Even if it was made in China.

Ox-


Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware that you could move the tip out to help quiet the exhaust on the inside. At this point I am not sure if it is too loud or not. It is definitely quieter than my mustang was, the wife doesn't find the Summit system intrusive either (I guess I can keep it!!). I just think I have been used to quiet exhausts for so long, I don't know what is too loud. Hoping to hear others' trucks with 4" exhaust this weekend to see if this one seems in check. Only downfall is, I can't really move the tip too much further out as I cut the tailpipe so the tip would look nice and clean with no signs of the 4" on the inside. I'll have to look at that. Maybe I'll take the tip off and put on one of the spacers that I didn't need that came with the kit and take it for a ride. I assume there is a certain point where you can keep extending the tip, but not hear a difference???


Instead of welding the tip on, I through bolted it with stainless hardware. Looks like I am glad I did so I can make adjustments!! Speaking of adjustments, I was able to get the tailpipe moved away from the shock!!
Regardless, thanks for the info, you have been very helpfull!! Can't wait to see what this truck puts out on the dyno this weekend!!


Bob

It'd go good with that Chinese six speed of yours!