Straight Pipes Vs Stacks

Dont mind the stacks, But the Pogo stick has gotta go- Never liked that- looks stupid Put an 8 ball on the end,a skull whatever,thats fine....

 

Agree on the pogo. Against a drab plastic of a company tractor... ugh.

Anyway Ive had trucks that were all kinds and I quit listening to the stacks a long time ago with one exception. That whining weedeating character of a neutered company granny holding at 61 mph. Makes one reevaluate their existence on this wasteland of non trucking. /sarcasm.

We had a pete pass through not long ago, full kitty 4 inch 5 inch pipes two and she was working on her low range at the rail. Snorting as she got through it.

That is always something, but we better enjoy those while we can.

 

Strait pipes are usually stacks, just unmuffled.
Some trucks come with the muffler underneath, instead of on the side, it looks like straits, but is actually muffled. The reason the manufacturers do this is clearance on the wider cabs we have these days though, not looks.

 

That video is cringe worthy

 

Stacks are just exhaust pipes that run vertical up behind the cab doors or behind the sleeper. They can be straight piped (no muffler) or have mufflers.

 

The big shifter, guy obciously trying to show off his supertruckerness lol

 

My 77 IH Eagle with twin straight 5" pipes. Bought that truck new,removed the mufflers,and put those on. To this day,my hearing is diminished,because of that truck,and the dragstrip,and dragcar,all to some extent. I was young,thought it was cool,that Cummins made ungodly noise when you kicked the Jake in,esp. under a bridge or in a tunnel.
The absolute loudest truck I ever drove or heard was an old Emeryville International,with a naturally aspirated NH 220 Cummins,and Jake,5" straight pipe. You have no turbocharger to restrict the harsh high compression Jake bark,and to this day,I've never heard a truck that loud,and it was 50 years ago.