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Old 04-07-2009, 01:36 PM
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Question whistling turbo's

While driving around town I sometimes hear a whistle sound coming from peoples diesel trucks. What are people doing to their turbo to make them whistle?

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Old 04-07-2009, 01:37 PM
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$$$$ and how much are they? $$$$
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:37 PM
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Toss the muffler and catalytic converter and you get the whistle
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:38 PM
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What kind of trucks? Ford Dodge Chevrolet? 6.0 or 7.3?
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:47 PM
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6.0's with stock turbos get the most whistle. Add in a CAI intake, lose the cat. converter and the whistle gets very noticeably louder... The '03 model turbos are the loudest.
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:50 PM
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it's a 2002 ford f250 with a 7.3.
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Old 04-07-2009, 02:25 PM
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yupp at least on the 7.3 you will get a nice wistle with just removing the muffler and cat convertor!! And it gets much much louder and burly!!
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