Exhaust????
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From: George West, Texas....
I was by my favorite diesel truck shop yesterday looking at all the neat stuff.. I listened to the owner explaining to another guy about a 4in. tubro back system.. He showed him a flat bent hollow piece he said comes off the tubro then to the exhast. It wasn't round like I thought at all. He said to install the 4in. they had to bend or move the fire wall a little ? Is all that right or just a sales pitch ? Is the stock piece for the tubro flat and hollow ? And how do the move or bend the fire wall ?
My exhast is 3.5 in stock and I can see where a 4 in, expecially if the stock piece he showed, would be of a great benefit.
Thanks........
My exhast is 3.5 in stock and I can see where a 4 in, expecially if the stock piece he showed, would be of a great benefit.
Thanks........
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From: Grand Lake, La.
Another reason I put the muffler on is because I think before long they will make the guys doing the inspections each year, look to make sure there is a muffler installed. With all the hoopla about emissions.
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From: Newport, WA
I was by my favorite diesel truck shop yesterday looking at all the neat stuff.. I listened to the owner explaining to another guy about a 4in. tubro back system.. He showed him a flat bent hollow piece he said comes off the tubro then to the exhast. It wasn't round like I thought at all. He said to install the 4in. they had to bend or move the fire wall a little ? Is all that right or just a sales pitch ? Is the stock piece for the tubro flat and hollow ? And how do the move or bend the fire wall ?
My exhast is 3.5 in stock and I can see where a 4 in, expecially if the stock piece he showed, would be of a great benefit.
Thanks........
My exhast is 3.5 in stock and I can see where a 4 in, expecially if the stock piece he showed, would be of a great benefit.
Thanks........
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From: Charlotte-Fairbanks-Bflo
Just love my Alaska plates!!
Diesels are exempt from inspection. Even a state as green as AK has enough sense to realize the low pollution of a diesel power plant.
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From: Bridgewater, VA
Robert, I know that on the Old body 7.3 the turbo down pipe goes to a flattened piece. That might be what he was showing you. IIRC, you do have to beat the firewall a lil to get it to fit I helped my buddy with his. On a 6.slow you have to bend the firewall also to get a 4" in, that's why most of their systems come with a 3.5" aftermarket. Someone correct me if i'm wrong.
Hook it, I'll pull it.
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From: Grand Lake, La.
We have inspection stickers on all vehicles in Louisiana. Each vehicle has to be inspected each year, the cost $10.00 per year. They don't check emissions, just things like lights, horn, brakes, everything having to do with safety.
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From: Charlotte-Fairbanks-Bflo
I lived in Baton Rouge for 5 years and learned it was all a matter of who you knew. I was very heavy into racing at the time so I had enough connections in the automotive area so inspections were never a problem for me. But I am a world class non-conformist in every way, shape, or form.
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From: New Orleans, LA
hey rick where are you in Louisiana im in new orleans and yea good thing is no emissions check so im running a straight pipe.
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Magnaflow
I too got my 4" stainless steel Magnaflow for $350.00 delivered. It is not much, if any at all, louder than stock inside the truck until you get on it. My installer did not have to beat on the firewall to install it.
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Hook it, I'll pull it.
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From: Grand Lake, La.
I live about 30 miles south of Lake Charles, in Camoran pairsh. Little town called Grand Lake.
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From: Zeeland, MI
Same, same as these guys... I love my 4" SS magnaflow system...good price, good system......