the '01.5 project is moving along pretty good (pics coming soon!). i have the wheels/tires on, the juice with attitude, and tonight i put on the banks monster exhaust and the exhaust brake (plummed, controls not yet installed...just put it on since i was doing the exhaust).
i can actually feel the power difference the exhaust gives in the seat of my pants. the juice with attitude increased the power certainly, but the low/mid range power with the new exhaust brings a smile to my face.
im surprised/mildly disappointed in how quiet the exhaust is. im not running a cat and the banks muffler is straight through (if i had girl arms i could literally reach all the way through it) yet it really isnt much louder than the stock exhaust. when i straight piped my '05 it was so loud that it was downright offensive, but the '01.5 is actually quite tame (volume wise). i dont want the truck to be offensive like the '05 was....the '05 would give you a literal headache when towing my camper....but i would like a little more growl. i dont see how the muffler can be so effective when its literally straight through, but it is. any suggestions/recommendations?
my EGT (measured pre-turbo since edge recommends that) typically ranged from upper 700s to upper 900s on the stock exhaust and now it ranges from the lower 700s to the upper 800s. i expected more of a decrease. are these temps normal?
on setting #5 when i accelerated relatively hard (still havent gone WOT for fear of killing my tranny...gotta get a DTT) my fuel pressure dropped to 4 psi which edge says is the bare minimum. im not comfortable running so close to the minimum, especially since ;i havent even gone WOT yet. the lift pump is new (installed two months or so ago) but im losing confidence. who has the best price on a FASS?
...i can see that this is going to get expensive.
Nathan In Montana