CPX in, stock muffler gone,replaced with 18"ss glasspack.. not too much drone or noise.. Now about as cleaned up as can be done...Exhaust clean from turbo back to 18" glasspac, dual out.
Oil staying pretty clear at 7K, forgot to change earlier..I will now try to change at 5-6 max..
If you are out of warranty, beore I bought a bosch pump ...I would sure ck out the cp"x" modified pump..
As uuual the gear heads have come up with a real solution..
Since lo sulphur fuel does not lubricate the cp4 well, and plungers turn in some conditions..and then the grit produced is fed into...
Your Better half is a keeper.. Sue would not- repeat would not- leave the driveway with any corners down! NOPE
I am going to replace one of the frack rods on each side to ball joints...I think along with the balljoint track rod that may positivly lock the rear down. Will be in may or so as...
The banks and their throttle body are sure out of the park compard to that SWIRL VALVE abomination..an electric motor and sensors to do what? when I pulled mine it was an 8K engine wipe off soot but still soot...when I see all the destroyed engines with hard carbon in the intake?
The CPX...
After a long look ... With 208Km on the clock.. I am thinking a detailed inspectionn of existing links...
Then good bags, and an adjustable ball end swaybar..
Then see where it stands..
Be interesting to see how much play in existing track rods etc..
Will advise after all done..
Spring is here...
I am going to study the possibles..My 04 custom sway bar on that spring setup works pretty darn well, the extenderd frameand born free motorhome body add up to 9600# wet with 38 freshwater and 33 gal of fuel..It has beefy shocks and is a dually but has almost no sway. At one time I built custom...
Yup the intercooler lines are a pain in the BUTT !I think it may take a ball joint setup to really locate the rear..Yes it feels really squirmy in odd road surfaces, when plains change coming off bridges etc..FIRST I WILL ADD BAGS, THEN ? tOWING ONLY REALLY ADDS PROBLEMS..TRYING TO CONTROL FROM...
Only issue I have had is cold air side coming loose and going into limp mode...But I will say ipulled up a 7-8% 3000' grade @ 35 or so and limped into yard! My cold side after a # of times coming apart...is now 2.5 flared end tubes silicone hoses with T clamps...seems to be holding ok so far...
Congratulatioms you not only have guts....but you carry out what you start...Yup, the idiot's in the givamint...do not look at the real world..Hey why worry? Remember in my younger daze...I dumped 5000#b of JP4b twice a day into the gulfstream ...because i HAD TO GET DOWN TO LANDING...
GREAT!!! Tow@60 thank you Since I blundered into my eco project....I was lucky to be in a no inspection state so had no concern about "big brother" ...I had enough issues to solve with the ECU ...
My truck is a 2014 4x4 with a 2020 gen 3 engine banks intake totally deleted exhaust stage 2...
Had a stage 2 delete but left origional muffler on till now. Muffler had 207,000 miles on it.... I was concerned it was going to be an issue So took it out
Just put an 18" long glasspack on -still has 2 origional pipes out under bumper Not loud, but louder than stock muffler..Performance...
When I pulled the pan on the 8K mile gen 3...it was clean...The egr tube was covered in wipe off soot...The intake swirl valves were wipe off soot.. The banks sure cleaned up that area...Exhaust note now with a 18" ss glasspack is a tad noisier than the stock monster muffler, still dual out the...
I now have "cleanedup" a gen 3. 8K mile engine.... Banks intake, 3" EOC exhaust clean from turbo to 3"glasspack..Eoc stage 2/tranny tune CPX pump with revised pinned pistons and rerouted return flow. Running in a 4x4 2014 lonestar.. No codes, plenty of sane power..seems about 22-24 mpg.no...