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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 11:15 PM
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just a down pipe.

A buddy was just telling me you can run a diewel with just the down pipe and no exaughst is this.true?
 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 07:22 AM
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I did on my truck for a short period of time. My mileage suffered considerably. It sounds good, but drones like crazy at around 2k rpm. I've heard that the turbo creates enough back pressure for the engine but I don't know how true that is.

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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 08:21 AM
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Try with an elbow on the turbo pointing straight up through the hood.

Runs fine.
 
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Yup. It won't hurt anything. But it will be kinda loud in the cab
 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 09:43 AM
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And everything under the truck will be nice and black too.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 10:05 AM
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I did it for like a month. No problems.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 11:19 AM
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Ok cause im about to demo my exaughst while im waiting for mine to arrive
 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 02:46 PM
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And everything under the truck will be nice and black too.
And rust proofed?

My next mod...
 
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And rust proofed?

My next mod...
LOL!! I guess you could look at it that way!
 
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Lol thanks guys yall are the best
 
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