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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 04:37 PM
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Smoke switch?

Copied this from POWERSTROKE but can't post there for some reason.


What switch?
<HR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->I'm going to be making a smoke switch for my truck this weekend. What switch would you guys recommended? I'm going to Radio Shack tomorrow so please list them out. Thanks!

What is a smoke switch"?
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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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Maby one of these links below will give you what your looking for. IMHO is a bad idea. I looked into it once too, and decided not to do it.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ke-switch.html

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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 07:55 PM
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I wish it had never been posted here. It's an extremely bad thing for your turbo and (I don't want to sound like a tree hugger here) the environment. It turns off the VGT solenoid to make your truck smoke. NOT KEWL!!!!!! It will also cause you extremely HIGH EGT's very quickly because basically your turbo isn't working (at least correctly).
 
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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 11:16 PM
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Do not do it. Put your interest in other aspects of the truck.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 05:09 AM
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Doesn't sound cool, not looking to do potential harm to the truck. Just wondering what was meant by it. A friend hooked his windshield washer line into his exhaust whne we were kids and filled the bottle with ATF. When ever he got a tailgater he just hit the windshield washer and smokked them out. Pretty funny then.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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My stupid self decided I would try this today since I had nothing better to do.

I tryed it once went home took the switch out, fixed the wire I spliced it into. Won't be trying that again.

This is what I ended up with
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 05:25 PM
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2006powerstroke90, what kinda tires are those?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 06:08 PM
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It tells in his signature at the bottom of his post/picture. See it in GREEN ?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by catman52987
2006powerstroke90, what kinda tires are those?
They are 33.12.50r18 Toyo m/t open country. They look great on the stock rim, and do not have much womp womp womp going down the road
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