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Any muffler experts?

03-09-2002, 04:15 PM

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M Barnett

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Any muffler experts?

While in a muffler shop I spotted a nice looking stainless steel muffler that was slightly used. They said a fellow with a motorhome had it installed and then removed. To make a long story short, I bought it and sent an email to the manufactuer, Riker, with the PN to get info. After a couple weeks they got back to me and said, "Very good muffler and expensive. Do not recommend using an offset muffler on a diesel." Thats all they said. Now I'm confused. Our stock mufflers are offset so I don't understand the problem? I already had the muffler put on and the reason I bought it is because I didn't want a loud muffler and this muffler while it isn't straight through, I could see lots of daylight going through. Figured it would have less back pressure than the stock muffler. Anybody that can shed any light on this?
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M Barnett

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