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HOW TO: ADD a Jeep SRT8 exhaust to a non-SRT 8 Grand Cherokee

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This is the stock rear sections of the SRT exhaust. These two sections and the 2 sections that travel over the suspension are just hung on the stock WK hangers...except for the two rear resonator sections. My shop welded two hanger rods into the rear frame rail and hung the two rear sections from those hangers.



This pic shows the tow sections that travel over the rear suspension and conenected to the front section via a Y pipe. This was done because the stock wk is a single system where the SRT is a dual system. The y pipe just converts it to a single system.

This pic show the SRT muffler completely removed and a single pipe welded in its place. this gave me a much better...and louder sound...exhaust tone.


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Re: HOW TO: ADD an SRT exhaust to a non SRT WK

if I didn't have a tow hitch I would spend the $$$ and do this! I cannot get rid of the hitch so I have relegated myself to single rear exit exhaust :( Anyone going to do this? Anyone else have something different they would like to share (non-SRT8 boys)??? IMHO this is the best looking exhaust set-up, I have loved the Porsche 997 GT3 since they did the same thing (06 I think)...
 
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I have the factory hitch, It has the 7 way plug on the left. When i get pulled over for my side exhaust and told to change it i plan to drop the spare tire (you can fit around it though) and run an SRT 8 style exhaust. If you remove the 7 way plug with a dremel and relocate it behind the bumper cover and then dremel out the plastic to the right of the hitch there is room for a 4" tip on eacy side, more or less tip size depending on how much/well you trim the plastic.

BAM!
 
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Re: HOW TO: ADD an SRT exhaust to a non SRT WK

Yea, I have an idea kicking around in my head right now. Im going to try seeing if I can route my pipe from the rear hanger over to the middle of the bumper, then get the Laredo trailer hitch bumper trim and have a dual tip coming out. Basic but will give me the look I want. And with the weight of the length of pipe and dual tip I dont think I would need another hanger welded on. I got a bunch of pipe and fittings to test it out first to see if its possible. I also dont need the spare tire so i can drop it if needed.
 
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Nice clean rim walls Scott... Were is your spare??? Do srt's carry a spare?
 
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the SRT has a different driveline not meant for heavy towing...more for hauling a$$!
 
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yea teh D 44 is alot better then the 8.25, plus the engine difference it should easily be able to pull 8k lbs (assuming that the only thing that limites it after that weight is the suspension and the unibody itself)
 
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Re: HOW TO: ADD an SRT exhaust to a non SRT WK

So what about the tranny with the 4.7? its got a tow/haul mode in mine, that to me says it can tow. The srt8 i understand though, its a HI performance machine not a work truck.
 
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the SRT exhaust is by far the best looking set up IMO... The dual tips sticking out the center of the Jeep looks soo good! lookin good Scotty!!
 
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Re: HOW TO: ADD an SRT exhaust to a non SRT WK

If you still want to keep your muffler, or add a aftermarket one, you can have the srt exhaust added after the muffler with a much shorter Y pipe. That is how I did mine...Not very loud with the stock muffler, but it still has a nice sound.
 
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Re: HOW TO: ADD an SRT exhaust to a non SRT WK

oh yea Travis. post up some pics. theres definetely other ways to do it and I dont want people to think my way is the only way. I removed the stock wk muffler becasue it was so huge.....like 4 ft long and 100 pounds.(maybe not that big....but it was huge) I suggest an aftermarket or the keep the SRT muffler if you need a muffler.
 
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but I will add...all nonSRT WK exhausts are the same from the muffler out...except the 5.7 V8 has a resonator at the rear
 
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i wonder how this would look on a wj......can any1 photoshop that? im sure it would look badass!!!!!
 
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Happened to me too with the new tips. It happens with the heat of the exhaust than they go back to normal.

Nice clean rim walls Scott... Were is your spare??? Do srt's carry a spare?
SRTs have run-flats. NO spare.
 
#25 ·
It actually sounds like my Magnaflow I had on but a bit throatier taking off. At cruising its quiet like the magnaflow. It is no where near as "loud" as I thought it would be without a muffler. There is no way to fit the tips up into the Laredo bumper since the frame is right there at the bottom, the srt bumper is much lower. Im happy with the look of it, how the resinators are tucked undernieth and cant be sene which was one of my big issues I was worried about.

Now im the only WK in my area with dual tips, and I think my Jeep looks sick but mostly because of the drop on it. :)
 
#36 ·
dont listen toi Joey. Remove the muffler...not the resonator. Without the resonator you will have massive drone.
 
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