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11-01-2010, 02:38 PM

Steel Horse Cowboy

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I took the truck to an exhaust shop, and they did all the work, including some custom welding. I wouldn't spend money on programmers: a dyno-tuning by CAT will produce same results only cheaper. Just tell the technician what you want and he'll tweak all the fuel settings - you won't recognize the truck when he's done.

oh, well I don't know of any exhaust shops out here for trucks???

And I heard that a dyno-tune would help but no-one local does them

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11-03-2010, 12:25 PM

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oh, well I don't know of any exhaust shops out here for trucks??? And I heard that a dyno-tune would help but no-one local does them

In Ontario, Canada where I live all big CAT dealers offer Dyno-tuning. I did mine in Vaughan, north of Toronto, There's also a dealer in London, ON who does it. The dealer name is Toromont. They're quite big. As for the exhaust shops, I found the shop that worked on my truck through ads in a trucking magazine. One shop that does have free flow exhaust/mufflers for trucks in USA is Pittsburgh Power at Pittsburgh Power - High performance diesel engine systems You can also call a few truck repair shops and ask if they know of any exhaust shops nearby.

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11-03-2010, 12:27 PM

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Just for you SHC.

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11-03-2010, 01:35 PM

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Gotta give it up to ya mackman! That's a nice looking truck.

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11-03-2010, 07:48 PM

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they do that to a mack imagine wat they could do to a kenworth

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11-04-2010, 12:29 PM

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I saw he said something about a rawhide. If i was going to buy a road tractor it would be a rawhide for sure. I mean i like my mack trucks anyway. But them rawhides just look nice as hell. Here are some more pics. Buy one SHC. You would be my hero lol.

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11-05-2010, 06:38 PM

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oh, well I don't know of any exhaust shops out here for trucks???

And I heard that a dyno-tune would help but no-one local does them

get technician in loaded truck with laptop conected and go for drive that got my isx performing dyno tuning not as good as real thing

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11-06-2010, 08:38 AM

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Just for you SHC.

I have wanted one of these since they first came out..... just don't have the coin right now.

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11-07-2010, 04:43 AM

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This may sound strange. But for me it would boil down to weight. My friend bought a new 2010 KW t660 it weighs 23,000# empty/dry he has lost loads and or revenue due to not being able to haul the same as the lighter older trucks. Since he couldn't exactly back out the truck contract it forced him to buy a 53' spread axle refer and not run into Canada any more.

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11-07-2010, 11:45 AM

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Anyone running at gross is just plain crazy...... light loads equal more revenue. Granted, he has a refer and you won't find many loads under 43K lbs.