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One of the first things I did to my truck with just 2k miles on it was a K&N cold air intake, Corsa exhaust, and Hypertech one-size-fits-all program.

 

Still runs pretty good today at 77k +, aside from the violent detonation I get whenever I run 87 and push her hard. Since I started running 93 exclusively, it's calmed down quite a bit - still there lightly, but not to the point of fearing piston destruction like it was before. Any time I towed I couldn't give it more than 1/4 pedal on 87. Sounded like golf balls in each cylinder ... and this was on the 87 octane program.

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Took my truck into the back country of Colorado.     Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

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Sent it from what do you mean?

That is the tapatalk added signature i think
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I didnt put it. He just rewrote the tapatalk one so instead of "sent from my xxxxxxx" to what he put

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I didnt put it. He just rewrote the tapatalk one so instead of "sent from my xxxxxxx" to what he put

Yup. Decided to be sarcastic for a while since Tapatalk likes to default to that.

 

Does it really matter where I sent this from?

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Yup. Decided to be sarcastic for a while since Tapatalk likes to default to that.

 

Does it really matter where I sent this from?

For a bit and there is a thread somewhere on here where we discussed this. Mine had said something like

 

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But why in the hell do you want to get good flowing exhaust with minimal noise? Why not just keep it stock I like pissing people off that's why my trucks are loud and **** they just sound so good loud I don't understand why you'd want to get more free flowing exhaust but not have it loud just save you money then.

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But why in the hell do you want to get good flowing exhaust with minimal noise? Why not just keep it stock I like pissing people off that's why my trucks are loud and **** they just sound so good loud I don't understand why you'd want to get more free flowing exhaust but not have it loud just save you money then.

I have free flowing and it is quiet while cruising. Screams like a rabid baboon when i open it up. Some people daily drive their truck 20k a year so they dont want migraines. I also dont like pissing off my neighbors Edited by Chris
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Well when I lived in town my nabour was a 80year old Canadian Vet and I asked him if my exhaust bothered him he said nope I think it sounds good might need you to tell my old lady to to let her let me pipe my truck. But I also shuvled his drive way and side walks in the winter and wouldnt let him pay me and I did that kida stuff for all my nabours so they didn't care if I got little wild once and while it if my trucks were loud as hell. Butbwas also very respectful at 5am leaving to work. Last I was told he died witch is to bad be put his live on the line in world war 2.

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But why in the hell do you want to get good flowing exhaust with minimal noise? Why not just keep it stock I like pissing people off that's why my trucks are loud and **** they just sound so good loud I don't understand why you'd want to get more free flowing exhaust but not have it loud just save you money then.

I don't think it needs any explanation as to why I would want free flowing intake and exhaust = benefits all the way around.

 

The keeping it quiet? Chris nailed that one - I don't want to hear loud exhaust all of the time. This is my dd and I put a lot of miles on it. When you've been around loud shit your entire life and already have tinnitus, loud ain't fun all of the time.

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Also, when I come home late, I like to NOT wake the woman up. [emoji16]

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Well every truck I've owned has bin either glass packs or straight pipes my 13 didn't even have 1000km on it when it was straight piped. I like loud exhaust so when there's nothing on the radio I just put the windows down and like to listen to my exhaust and I put a lot of miles on in my old piped 94 Chevy before I was laid off in the patch.

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I've you lived in MA, you'd have a driving record like mine, LOL.

 

Took me a few years before I decided to start buying stealthy performance exhausts, instead of throwing the cats and muffler in the trash & running straights. Now when I pass cops, they don't even turn around! :lol:

 

I have a 2-page record from those days ... MA doesn't let ANYTHING slide.

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