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Thanks for the forum I have learned a lot reading prior posts. I just purchased a 1997 F-250 crew cab with 88,000 miles. I hope it turns out to be a good truck so far I love it. I bought the truck to tow my fifth wheel and for hunting and other outdoor adventures. My questions if the following...
1. Should I remove the catylitic converter?? The county I live in does not emission check diesels? 2. Contemplating a edge evolution chip with magnaflow 4" exhaust. Will this help my towing or endanger my tranny and motor? ( The fifth wheel I will be towing will be about 11, 500 loaded.) 3. Any other suggestions? Thanks for the input it is much apprectiated. Chad |
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http://powerstrokeforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=685 ........Marc Marc |
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I have the same year truck. After reading this site a bit and thinking about mods, It seem for our years that the Down pipe from the turbo is the choke point of the exhaust system, the way it pancakes out. So unless your willing to "make" enough room for it, by pounding back the firewall, how can an increased pipe after it really help? Just wondering, |
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Just make sure you're running stock or the lowest tune when you're pulling, if you have it on the lowest tune be EXTRA watchful of the EGTs. A pyrometer is a must when running a chip or pulling a load, and if you have an auto I'd advise a tranny temp gauge aswell. It's not really that hard to fit the 3" downpipe, especially if you have a porta power available to you. Even if you don't it's not a big deal. |
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I second what Marc said about maintacning the tranny, also I highly recommend an after market tranny cooler. My '97 was puking tranny fluid when plowing, called JEGs and got their biggest cooler with an auxilary fan that we just ran to a switch. Have never had any problem since, run synthetic fluids, tow 10k+ and plow with out problems and the tranny has 160k on it. a cool tranny is a happy tranny
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Thanks for all of the advice it is much appreciated. I will definetely keep an eye on the tranny temperature and keep things as cool as possible.
Thanks again, Chad |
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