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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Watch the videos..... And pictures will be coming!
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Ok videos from this morning! These are all driving videos, with the thrush turbo mufflers on, but no tailpipes. First video, in town and then crossing the river. Second video on a secondary road at 60-65mph in overdrive and up a slight hill, I really hope that big of low resonation goes...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Lunch update. Both tail pipes are on. I'll drive it like this tonight as I doubt I'll have time to play with shielding or wrapping tonight. But I can get a better take on how it really sounds. I'll try to get the videos from this morning up since I didn't have time to do it earlier. As for...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    That's a good idea on the plate, and I might do that. As for the "alcamahol" I need to knock that chit off and I know it....
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    I know, I know! Like a warned earlier install time before and after work is limited. You'll get photos of the completed project if nothing else and I plan to shoot video so you can hear it. I actually took some video today on the road without the tailpipes. I'll try to get that uploaded this...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Well, this afternoon was a disaster at the shop. So I got to work this morning at 6:45AM, 1/2 an hour before the 8AM opening time I get a call on my cell from the front counter guy, he's got a family situation and needs the day. Ok, he's a good guy, so of course I give him the day without a...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Yea, I was kind of considering that too. Pretty similar to this stuff I was sold to use as a shield. We'll see I gotta get the system install before I can consider how the shields are going to work.
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Lunch time yielded studs installed into the manifolds and down pipes installed. That's as far as I have made it. I have read some people complain that the right side down pipe in the kit is not bent enough. I would agree with that. It's not to bad I don't think. I think I'll be able to...
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    Pulling all the smog stuff

    I agree. Keep it as GM intended. By the time we got into the 80's any emissions controls were so integrated into the engines, it's hard to just chop stuff off... My thoughts anyway.
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    Pulling all the smog stuff

    Oh, that's right. For some reason I was thinking it was in the manifold but your absolutely right it's in the Y-pipe or just after the Y isn't it. In that case pulling the air pump will very likely set off the check light.
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    Pulling all the smog stuff

    I'll give my opinion on this. The OP will be in regular print I'll be in italics 1. They said the trucks would run better after that. Is this true? No. I don't know what else to say that is simply false. 2. What exactly do they mean by "run better"? Is it smoother, less noisy, or just have...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Ok today is the day! Got to the shop about 1 1/4 before open. All I was able to get done was to remove the old exhaust. The main issue I ran into was that the down pipe to manifold bolts were in bad shape. I should have known that would be an issue, but I just didn't think of it. So I spent...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    My install time will be limited as it always seems to be, so there might not be any in progress pic, but certainly there will be pictures after the job is done. The one bad thing about the dump bed, is I can't hang a shield off the bed, like I can for the tank switch, where I can just hang a...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Oh, maybe I could attach that shield to the pump somehow instead of the muffler.... I'll have to think on that some.
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    That's actually a really good point. I've towed my 18' trailer a handful of times when staying very locally with my 96' Jeep GC when I was going somewhere I knew maneuverability would be problematic. It has one single pipe out the back and yea she'll fumigate you during trailer hook up. I got...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Yea, that's the thing on my current single exhaust I'm running a Walker SoundFX and it's the Walker OEM replacement for the truck and they list an SoundFX for the duel setup. No doubt the turbos will flow better, I just don't know how much of a trade off there is in sound. Well I've got the...
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    350 Water Pump Woes

    Not using any of the modern flushes. In the old days there use to be a powdered radiator flush that was an acid, and after running one of those you had to put in a neutralizer. That stuff went away when aluminum radiators came along because it would eat right though them.
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    Mpg to expect on an '82 C20 3+3, 350?

    I completely agree with this: And no car payment for the square, cheaper tabs, cheaper insurance, lower repair cost...
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    Mpg to expect on an '82 C20 3+3, 350?

    I don't know if I'll be very helpful but this is what I have in the mileage department. First of I think it sucks when someone is asking about miles per gallon and someone posts a response that it doesn't matter..... Gas mileage! My 1984 C20 305 700R4 3.73 truck. I get right around 12...
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    What did you pay for a square

    I did not take it that way at all, but I was serious when I said I did not like the color my truck is initially, but it has grown on me and now I do like it. Kind of like years ago I had a silver Toyota, I thought that was an awful color until I drove it for a while and realized the advantages...
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    Cowl Screen

    I have trees literally everywhere on the farm (it's a bird farm so no fields) and yea the needles from the evergreen trees get literally everywhere. I think that needles getting into the cowling, unchecked for years, and years where they rot in there, I think that's a big cause of rot in that...
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    How Best to Clear Fender and Cowl Drains?

    For the cowl drain, I'd take the wipers and cowl off. The cowling drains are huge so they'll be easy to clean out and you can blow those if you so desire. For the windshied drains I've run a wire down them to clear them out. If you use air do it carefully. If your windshield gasket and...
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    Exhaust single to dual on a tight budget - Then we get into some after issues

    Well I wouldn't have to ever worry about hearing the engine pinging! In all seriousness though two things I'm going to do. If I can have the dual exhaust system be quiet enough for me, I'll be putting cats on as soon as I can afford it, like the first part of December. And the other thing...
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    What did you pay for a square

    I didn't think tan or cream or whatever shade of off white you want to call my truck. Nicotine stain beige is not my preferred description of the color lol. Well I didn't like the color when I bought it but what I've come to love about the color is that it has all the benefits of white...
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    Bilstein Shocks Bushing/Sleeve Question

    I have not read though the entire thread so I'm not really sure of all the details, but I'm going to write a little and maybe someone will find use in it. @Grit dog sorry about taking so long to see the tags, my power went out last night at 1AM and just came back on around 5. My opinion on...

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