Hello Cal74,

I had the afe turbo back system which I am also selling in the "want to buy and sell" section of this forum. Take a look for pictures.

I enjoyed it a bunch! The performance gains and the torque from dead stop is what makes it worth it! No more dead pedal!! Also the gas mileage gain was pretty nuts. You will be impressed on the mpg gains. Just know that when you stab the gas pedal it will blow some black smoke which I was not a fan for.

I am also like you where I did not like the loud sound which I had when I first just had the straight pipe. I then went down a path to add the MBRP resonator which helped with the droning sound during highway speeds and reduced the loudness a bit. Don't get me wrong it is still louder then stock... It is pretty neat that MBRP offers one now. At the time AFE was the only one I could find. I suggest you think about adding a flex pipe cause in my opinion it will help with stress as your about to put solid pipe from the little turbo all the way back.

Also you might want to ask MBRP what kind of steel they are using as the 409 steel is kind of what I see mostly for exhaust systems.

Just fyi... Taking out the stock downpipe is going to be work. lol...

Hopefully this gives you some insight as you go down this journey.

 

If you want a pleasant sound and not too aggressive level of smoke in a post tuned truck you will find a CAT back exhaust the ticket. Not too loud, just a bit stinky but better than turbo back if the noise and extra smoke is an issue.

 

Gone [emoji3577]

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