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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 06:05 AM
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Brian what kit is that?
diamond eye duals muffler back from Rip at source automotive
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 06:06 AM
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Oh ya Max, valve cover looks sharp! Glad you took the time for Cummins in white!
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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Brian - They look great. First set of duals on a 2500 I've seen that looked 'right'. Flat black over shiny tips anyday!!
Now just remember to keep lots of Windex handy for tailgate soot removal.

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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 08:14 AM
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Oh ya Max, valve cover looks sharp! Glad you took the time for Cummins in white!
o its actually silver, cell phone pics dont take very well, and the pics are also not great quality so it makes my "oops" harder to see.

WOO about to leave to float the river ya'll have a great weekend, when i get home ill slap that cover on and snap a photo..

i still have to paint the cover bolts, black.
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 08:37 AM
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Max, what is the going rate for having that done

Looks good,
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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MAX nice job on the cover.

Brian nice duals. I will agree though that the stacks were puss!
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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puss = ??? (where's my son when I need 'im?)

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Stacks had to go Last trip home with the boat in tow it rained and well 2 hours of my life were lost cleaning black dots from my completely white boat interior!! Sucked!!
Brian, you need to get your priorities straight!

You don't lose the stacks - you drop a marine ISB in the boat so there's a good excuse for the 2-tone interior...
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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puss = ??? (where's my son when I need 'im?)

Yep lost there as well!

Brian, you need to get your priorities straight!

You don't lose the stacks - you drop a marine ISB in the boat so there's a good excuse for the 2-tone interior...
Ya that would be nice, but the LS1 does just fine! hmm extra weight of the ISB would make for good ballast though!!
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Brian - They look great. First set of duals on a 2500 I've seen that looked 'right'. Flat black over shiny tips anyday!!
Now just remember to keep lots of Windex handy for tailgate soot removal.

RJ
Yep I had tips and it only took one second of holding them up to throw them back in the box and shipped back!! had to be black.. no questions..
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 06:21 PM
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Max, what is the going rate for having that done

Looks good,
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i think the materials were around $35, and about 3 hours over the course of a couple days.

about to go slap it on. ill photo it.
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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pictures









^^^i left the white motor tag on



^^^what is this??


i am pretty happy with the outcome.
i am just waitin for the paint to dry on the bolts to get it all buttoned up.
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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That's the Kanuter Valve Assembly, Max... you didn't leave it exposed to the sunlight for very long, did you?
(The orifice material is quite sensitive to ultraviolet rays).
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 08:22 PM
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That's the Kanuter Valve Assembly, Max... you didn't leave it exposed to the sunlight for very long, did you?
(The orifice material is quite sensitive to ultraviolet rays).


Mike, you had me worried there for a brief minute.... i am sure that i broke the KVA, i am sure the flux capacitor will need replacing now too...
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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my water temp fluctuates from 185-210 all day long is this normal?

well if i am hot rodding it gets to around 205, and towing (light 5k) i got it to 212 once.

i figured this was normal?
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 03RAMBUNCTIOUS
my water temp fluctuates from 185-210 all day long. is this normal? well if i am hot rodding it gets to around 205, and towing (light 5k) i got it to 212 once.
Sounds normal +/-. Your 03 probably came with a 190* T-Stat, like my 02?
I switched to a Cummins 180* and love it. Sits at 180-185* all day long....even hauling up to gross weight on a 95* day.
Seems to flow much better than the Dodge modified Cummins 190* T-Stat. Even at Race track...never goes much higher than 200*.

Have you ever back flushed your radiator? Charlie made a tool (and I copied it) that works well. Don't need to remove radiator!

RJ
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