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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Santa brought me a ....

PERMAGRIN and took away my "STOCK"ing !!!!

Well, he brought me some time off enough to install the good stuff anyway. Had 5" exhaust, DP Tuner, BTS VB, gauges, and FRx laying around for a few weeks. Did the Isspro EV2 pyro, trans, and boost about 2 wks ago. We opened our presents on Christmas Eve, so Christmas day i yanked the exhaust out and installed new 5" Diamond Eye, did the BTS vb, and installed the DP Tuner (No start, 1200 idle, stock, 20t, 40t, 60t, drive thru, 80e, 120r). Yesterday, i installed the FRx from RiffRaff. All I can say is that I thought I had a truck before, but all I had was a vehicle with a bed on it, now I have a TRUCK !!!

OH YEA!!!! DADDY LIKES!!!! Never knew what I was missing all this time. This sounds so cliche, but Im still not sure how the 80 econ is supposed to work, cuz i cant take my foot out of it long enough to get any type of decent mileage. This puppy WILL RUN.

Thanks to all for putting in the time and effort for producing such great products for these vehicles.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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That is awesome! You got some good stuff for Christmas.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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It will be awhile before you see any fuel mileage increase.Have fun with your new found truck.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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LOL It's making it smoke. Just sitting there romping.

Hey did the drive thru tune work well for you? I'm not liking it, it's not noticeably quieter for me with a 4" exhaust.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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awesome!!! Have fun with your new truck
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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You cleaned up this Christmas.... Congrats!

I must have been bad last year...........
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Well, I didnt get these specifically as christmas gifts, some of these items have been laying around my garage for quite some time and just recently found the time to install, but lets just say that santa is good to those that help themselves. hehe

Drive thru: Only had it on since saturday, when i switch to it, it sounds like the engine is about to die and then catches itself and runs remarkably quieter than normal. I was wondering whether or not it would be quiet enough for an actual drive thru though as it is not as quiet as a gas engine. Pulled up to a Wendy's last night and did not have to turn the truck off to place my order like i normally would have to. So far so good.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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Having all those installed at once must be like a whole new truck! Like mentioned above, your mileage will not show good results until the fun factor of the new parts wears off.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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It is like a completely different truck now. I still cant get this silly grin off my face yet.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 11:09 PM
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It is like a completely different truck now. I still cant get this silly grin off my face yet.
You need to go over to Miller Feed Store. Maybe do a donut in the parking lot to get his attention. I'm loving my new tune as well........
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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It is like a completely different truck now. I still cant get this silly grin off my face yet.
I know the feeling, had a ear to ear grin then when I got my 38R turbo me and another member here that helped me install it went for a ride and we couldn't stop smiling, the lady walking up the road looked at us and thought we were nutsos. Misses Claus in my advatar says your welcome have fun and be careful, you deserve it..
 
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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Damon I got premature permagrin from just putting in the FRx and the JWVB...I can only imagine how you feel...Cant wait to get my exhaust and tuner...Have fun and good times.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 08:18 AM
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Hey Damon. Congrats on the new l I can't wait to see your truck. Hopefully this weekend we can do this. PM sent.
 
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