Startin' to think STACKS!
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Startin' to think STACKS!
Lately I've been thinking of doing stacks on my truck. Trouble is I haul a cabover camper in the bed, so they couldn't stick up more than an inch or two above the top of the cab.
Since I have the dually rear, I'm thinking of bringing them out from under the body just ahead of where the bed and cab meet - basically running them up and on the outside of the rear corners of the cab. With the fiberglass fenders already hanging out there over a foot the stacks wouldn't be adding anthing to my width.
I figure if they have a little bit of a turn out at the top that ought to at least help reduce the amount of soot they deposit on the sides of my camper.
Anybody with stacks have any thoughts or advice on this "plan"? Is it going to be too loud (turbo with no mufflers), or would I need to put some kind of muffler in each stack to keep the noise from making the whole family deaf?
Since I have the dually rear, I'm thinking of bringing them out from under the body just ahead of where the bed and cab meet - basically running them up and on the outside of the rear corners of the cab. With the fiberglass fenders already hanging out there over a foot the stacks wouldn't be adding anthing to my width.
I figure if they have a little bit of a turn out at the top that ought to at least help reduce the amount of soot they deposit on the sides of my camper.
Anybody with stacks have any thoughts or advice on this "plan"? Is it going to be too loud (turbo with no mufflers), or would I need to put some kind of muffler in each stack to keep the noise from making the whole family deaf?
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Originally Posted by Dodge/Cummins
Sounds like you've thought it out. When you said you had a camper I had some reservations but you answered them all. By the way I sent you a PM.
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I personally like turnouts, they help keep rain water out of the exhaust.
In your situation bull haulers might be a better deal, they stick out farther after the bend.
This is the only picture I have of bull haulers.
I like the turn outs better for my application because of the dump bed, and I have a feeling you are going to be doing something close to what I did.
The piece of channel is the only support for my stacks, and the under bed tool box on both sides of my truck.
In your situation bull haulers might be a better deal, they stick out farther after the bend.
This is the only picture I have of bull haulers.
I like the turn outs better for my application because of the dump bed, and I have a feeling you are going to be doing something close to what I did.
The piece of channel is the only support for my stacks, and the under bed tool box on both sides of my truck.
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From: Sweet Home, OR
Dave S,
Is there anything you don't do with that truck? It seems you comute, tow, plow haul etc. Maybe I should smarten up and just build one truck to do everything rather than specializing. But then if some idiot hit me like happened to a poster from last night I would gat a little tooooo mad!
Is there anything you don't do with that truck? It seems you comute, tow, plow haul etc. Maybe I should smarten up and just build one truck to do everything rather than specializing. But then if some idiot hit me like happened to a poster from last night I would gat a little tooooo mad!
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I have one truck, it does everything.
If I find something that I need to do that it won't do, that is soon remedied.
No sense paying taxes, licenses and insurance on several trucks when one can do it all.
If I find something that I need to do that it won't do, that is soon remedied.
No sense paying taxes, licenses and insurance on several trucks when one can do it all.
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I've begun to wonder what my fancied-up '85/'91.5 Dodge CrewCab can do better than my beat-up '90 Ford CrewCab, I want to swap a Turbo 6.9L into, will besides impress people.
The Dodge has a few more creature comforts and gets better mileage but I want to do a WVO conversion on the 6.9L so that will be a moot point.
I may do all the "trick" stuff I want to do to the Dodge on the Ford first, use it for a couple of years and then decide how far to take the Dodge.
I WISH I could limit myself to one or two rigs but I'm a truckaholic. If I was in a 12 step program I'd probably be on 1/2 step, just ask my wife.
The Dodge has a few more creature comforts and gets better mileage but I want to do a WVO conversion on the 6.9L so that will be a moot point.
I may do all the "trick" stuff I want to do to the Dodge on the Ford first, use it for a couple of years and then decide how far to take the Dodge.
I WISH I could limit myself to one or two rigs but I'm a truckaholic. If I was in a 12 step program I'd probably be on 1/2 step, just ask my wife.
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Take a look at Grand Rocks Aussie stacks somewhere between a bull hualer and a turn out very cool have them on my 93 love em also I wouldn't worry about mufflers they are not that loud when they exit up high at least not in the cab.
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From: Clarksburg WV
Originally Posted by Dave Sponaugle
This is the only picture I have of bull haulers.
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Those ones in the picture Dave posted ar HUGE! And naturally the larger the louder. That's why I'm thinking of just sticking with 3" - that's what my up/down pipes are anyway...
I was thinkin' something like these would look and work pretty good
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse/c-10101/s-10101/p-100000174317/mediaCode-ZX/appId-100000174317/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:100000174317
And the price is pretty decent too - considering they would include everything I'd need except the Y...
...and yeah, I saw where they said they are meant for horizontal mounting only....
I was thinkin' something like these would look and work pretty good
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse/c-10101/s-10101/p-100000174317/mediaCode-ZX/appId-100000174317/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:100000174317
And the price is pretty decent too - considering they would include everything I'd need except the Y...
...and yeah, I saw where they said they are meant for horizontal mounting only....
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Originally Posted by Dave Sponaugle
Ahh, Lake Pipes....stacks are vertical.
LMAO
LMAO
I am thinking of buying the ones I posted a picture of and mounting them vertically as stacks. I know they are side pipes, but I think they would look good mounted vertically up the rear corners of my cab.
So, did I misinterpret your comment, or did you misunderstand my intentions?
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From: Clarksburg WV
Originally Posted by hougie
i wanna do stacks on my 85 6.9 but i wanna use like 3.5" yellowjacket pipe with rain flaps on the top.