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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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K to get good gas mileage what do you do(reasonable no ripping apart the engine). add a k&n air filter. change the exhaust so you have less back pressure. right. is their anything else you can do cheaply
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:09 PM
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what engine do you have ive heard that if its somethin like the 4.9 that if you lose back pressure you lose power hope i helped any by the way
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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that is what i have the good old 4.9. so increase back pressure
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:30 PM
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well idk for sure thats just what ive been told but i pulled off my entire system from the catback once and it did alright but i would ask a mechanic first before i did anything
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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did you gain power loss power? what you do after the cat? did you go all the way back? what does it sound like? like a rice burner, muscle car, normal.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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i didn't notice any power difference and i just left it right at the cat but this is when i first got the truck but it never seen the road but i was only 15
it really didn't make a difference other than it just was louder in the cab but it was also just the cat and nothing else but when you do get something done try to make a video of it id love to hear it
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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I took my exhaust off and hollowed out my cat, I had that for a while, but just recently installed a magnaflow and its alright.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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I don't wanna be rude here, because I hate it if someone is rude to me...but is there a chance you might could use some punctuation in your posts, lucky13? It is SO difficult to make out what you are saying when we have to read an entire paragraph as if it is one sentence...thanks, and again, forgive me if I sound rude, not trying to be...
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 01:05 AM
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Atleastheusesthespacebarthatwouldmakeitreallyhardt oreadifhedidnotusethespacebariknowofpplthatneverhi thespacebaranditmakesonelongasssentencedoyaknowwha timeanifyouarestillreadingthiscongratscherrybombss uckIwouldnotusethemgetagoodMagnaflowsystem
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 01:35 AM
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actually, that was not to hard to read.
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