Let me know what you guys think, this is my uncle who lives down in Greenwood, he's got the same truck and we're getting this exact system installed, let me know what you think!
The great thing about the 06-present 5.7L HEMI is the addition of the MDS (Multi-Displacement System) which deactivates 4 cylinders at cruising speed, the beauty of this is at cruising speed its nice and quiet, and you don't get annoyed after a while by cabin noise. But any time you slightly push your foot down, all 8 fire up, and you get a lovely American V8 growl.
Listen to that HEMI roar at 1:40!
Well first off, thanks Mopar Man for posting my video on this forum. I kinda stumbled over here after seeing that my video had a bunch of hits linked from this site.
Anyway... You guys can say what you want. Everyone has their own idea of what their car or truck should sound like. Me personally I did not want a V8 Hemi sounding like a grocery getter, which is what it did sound like stock. The Flowmasters may not be everyone's personal favorite, but I personally think the 50 Series HD sounds excellent on my Ram. The exhaust is loud under heavy acceleration and WOT, however it's far from loud under normal acceleration and cruising. I was not looking for more performance, my truck has enough horses to appease me.
It's loud enough to let me know it's there, but quiet enough not to disturb the neighbors when I pull into my house late at night.
The video makes it seem louder than it really is. I don't know if it's b/c I mounted it in the back or what, but it's easy to carry on a conversation in my truck, and the wife doesn't mind the extra noise.
I average around 5k miles a month with my job, I couldn't have an obnoxious exhaust. I have many people that ride in my truck that have never complained, but do get many compliments.
In the end it is a matter of opinion. I have heard other exhausts on the Ram and haven't heard anything that would change my opinion about mine.
Anyway, thanks to the criticisms of my driving, I agree I don't drive 10 and 2, however it's worked for me so far...
And b/c it seems on this board that people don't believe other people about their rides, here you go:
Random Shots of the truck:
The Exhaust exits that were in question in the first place:
And my dodgeforum.com signature.