Well I finally got my tuner today and installed it, my god what a difference. It made the old girl wake up. I even went to the pump to buy dino so I could see a little smoke show. Now I can smoke out the little rice burners around here. I also have my new 5" exhaust that should be here tomarrow, so looks like I'm gonna be installing that after class. Any pointers on that?

 

It should be a fairly simple process if you already have an aftermarket downpipe.

 

I've been doing a bit of thread searching trying to prepare myself for the exhaust install today, and I noticed all the complaints about the Diamond Eye exhausts. This makes me a little nervous considering thats the one I bought. I couldn't find any other prefab exhaust in 5", and I thought the price was right. I hope I don't regret being cheap.

 

dont let it scare ya. my buddy just put one on and he had to permanently remove his spare tire and one of the hangers were off a little but you could fudge it with a new longer rubber from an auto parts store. good luck

 

A friend of mine used to work in an exhaust shop. He always said that those pre-fabed kits were a joke. They never lined up like they supposed to and what not. I guess it just depends on what brand you get though. Nothing you can't handle with a MIG and some patience.

 

Well, I started looking at it, and got the feeling I was trying to bite off more than I could chew, so I called the boys up at apple hill 4x4 and I'm gonna have them install it. I need a guarantee that it will be done in a day cause this is my daily driver, and I'm not confident I'll get it done in a day. Plus they have 5" exhaust and fab skills if things need some workin over. Now to decide what tip to buy

 

Why did you go to 5 inch when you had 4 inch? You wont see any gains, or loss of egt. IMO you just threw away some money that could have ent to a intercooler or those injecotrs to make use of the mods you have....

 

I wanted a more throaty sound and hear a bit more whistle, and my tail pipe got bent in when my old lady backed into somethin, my local shop wanted $120 just to bend a new tailpipe piece, so I decided to upgrade. Injectors are on there way, just gotta find time, maybe when the construction season slows down.

 

I would be putting them gauges in be for anything else.

 

He's got enough exhaust he shoudn't have to worry with his tuner.

But I would do guages before i would do any sort of injector or fuel mods.

 

guages are next no doubt, I admit they should have come before the tuner but I got over anxious. I guess when I do them I'll even put it in the exhaust manifold. What size tap do I need?

 

depends on the size of your pyro probe. i cant recall the numbers but if you have the tap set you should have a guide with it.
5" will benefit if he's going for big power, like over 400-450 hp. at that point you'll produce enough Exhaust gas to use the extra diameter.
Let me/us know how the install goes on the diamond eye. i've been looking at those myself.

 

I'll deffinately have pix on here for all to see. I have to buy the tap and dye set, so was wondering what size I'd need for the pyro

 

got my exhaust yesterday can't wait to get it on. heres a pic.