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Old 05-28-2002, 11:21 PM
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So i Kno i havent been around but i was BUSY this weekend...

SO we have the 1) UPD intake
2) HPP3
3) 160* powerstat

So now what do i do...Cant do exhaust b/c dad wont let the g/f and its her truck but talkin to MTI on designing a stock soundng and looking exhaust we can thro on there...

I'm thinkin the headers will wait until we get exhuast...So now what???

T/C??
Gears??

Its never used to tow...but is A highway drivin truck so what is the best gear ratio for highway drivin that is also good at the track???
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if its a 4x4, lift it and put some 35inbfgs in it and tint the windows. If its 2wd drop it tint it give it some Bling Bling, and add a small S/c at 8 psi. Good luck just dont nuke the trans <img border="0" alt="[Truck]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_truck.gif" />
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i would say do a mass air meter and a pulley next. all that stuff looks stock and the dad probably wouldn't know about it. if you get frisky i would then do an electric fan, i am sure that would help out a lot. i would wait on the torque converter and the gears until after the headers. i would get a good aftermarket muffler that everyone uses. i wouldn't get a custom made one. if it's that big a deal with the muffler puncture a whole in the stock muffler and tell the dad she needs a new one. you could do that or just get a flowmaster muffler with a stock tailpipe setup. good luck!!!!
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i wouldnt do the MAF, the approval rating on those is very small. works good on a close to stock truck but once you do a few mods it hurts you.

just go with a stealthy cam in that bad boy <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by really slow truck:
<strong>i wouldnt do the MAF, the approval rating on those is very small. works good on a close to stock truck but once you do a few mods it hurts you.

just go with a stealthy cam in that bad boy <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Im going to say a cam also
you could get one with a little more lope in it but still idle well and be unnoticable to many.

underdrive pulleys would be great also
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I dont think the gf is ready to tear into the engine yet...Since you guys dont think gears or T/C should go in the truck then blah...I think we will do the Pulleys i guess..
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for highway driving 342s are great
373s wouldnt hurt it too bad though
i pull 15/16 mpg on 342 around town with my foot in it so i wouldnt think alot of highway driving with 373s would hurt any.
a posi would do it some good, a truck thruster 3000 would also be nice



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