Diesel drivers........Why do people do this??

Monofletch

Monofletch

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Serious question.

Does adding stacks like this to your diesel's bed have any advantages over normal exhaust?
Also, doesn't the soot get all over with the stacks high like that? It seems to becoming a fad here in the mid west.

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Cause it looks cool as hell. No other reason. I have a 2007 and 2015 diesel, they burn clean. The 2015 uses an exhaust fluid to kill the black smoke and the 2007 has some type of converter that dumps diesel back into the converter to eliminate the smoking. The ones you see smoking are illegal in most states, but people seem to get away with it. If you do anything to the exhaust while it's under warranty, it voids the warranty.
 
A lot of scumbags here in Florida do this so they can "roll coal", which is about the biggest flag you can wave if you want the rest of the world to know what a huge douche-bro you are.
 
Quiet said:
A lot of scumbags here in Florida do this so they can "roll coal", which is about the biggest flag you can wave if you want the rest of the world to know what a huge douche-bro you are.
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It's not just Florida...... Same guys have the "truck nutz" :rolleyes:
 
Its been raining hard today for eight hours strait. Where does the all the water go?
 
Same reason some of use EDC a 500$ knife. We like it and we can afford it.

As for the ass hats that "roll coal" had one of those guys do that in front of a cop a few cars in front of me on the interstate. He was pulled over immediately, dummy.
 
Because making a big smoke with your truck is cool, and it ticks people off.

Seriously, wanna tell them what they can and can't do with their smoke machines of awesome? Pay for them.
 
It's definitely not a new thing, unless you live in Ohio - where everything is 'new' a few years after it's new. :D

I drive an F350 with a 6.0 PSD on occasion, and it's awesome! No stacks - I wouldn't bother with stacks. Just a regular-ass 5" exhaust does the trick.
 
I admit that the diesel thing rather eludes me. I understand why some people need various kinds of "super duty" trucks...Hauling heavy loads, towing, etc.
But around here, the big diesel "dualie" is often used as the family car, all tricked out with accessories and special paint, obviously not a work truck.
Diesel is more expensive than gas, stinks, and the things are noisy as hell.....I don't get it unless it's just the ultimate in "conspicuous consumption" for a certain sort of individual.

I recall during the last gas-price scare, they interviewed a fellow in the UK who was driving some sort of huge SUV. "Why do you drive a vehicle like this", the interviewer asked....
"Because I CAN."
 
It may have a lot to do with what a lot of those guys haul, as in they personally exceed the total load limit of anything smaller. Sometime it makes sense, I met a guy once who wanted a manual, two wheel drive pickup. The only way to do that was a long-box, king cab, chevy custom. Why? back problems, he could only ride in vehicles with a very upright seat position, so he drove a horribly impractical vehicle (okay, it didn't make that much sense, but he had a reason). For others its more a matter of still needing to have all the attention. Stacks on an F350 or a fart-can on a civic, its all the same nonsense.
 
Why a diesel? Because 1000 ft/lbs with a little work. :D

Here's the pig I drove today. '03, F350 with the 6L pos, lol. Only rated 325hp and 560 torque.
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I think the current 6.7 liter makes around 850 ft/lbs of torque. :D
 
Extremely hot chicks dig custom vehicles. I like a big custom truck and extremely hot young women. It's as simple as that.
 
vanslem6 said:
Why a diesel? Because 1000 ft/lbs with a little work. :D

Here's the pig I drove today. '03, F350 with the 6L pos, lol. Only rated 325hp and 560 torque.
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I think the current 6.7 liter makes around 850 ft/lbs of torque. :D
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Good work! I would have removed the blue oval as well if it were mine!
 
I don't get it. It looks moronic, takes up space in the bed and sounds horrible.
 
protourist said:
I don't get it. It looks moronic, takes up space in the bed and sounds horrible.
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That sums it up.
I happen to prefer my V10 engine. Less noise than most 700cc motorcycles riding around, no visible exhaust or smell, and starts like a dream even at -20 degrees F.
 
dr_fosg8 said:
Good work! I would have removed the blue oval as well if it were mine!
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It's the only brand of truck I'd buy that isn't a Toyota. ;) My dad's '09 Ram is getting a new engine, and I don't do GM.

Bob W said:
That sums it up.
I happen to prefer my V10 engine. Less noise than most 700cc motorcycles riding around, no visible exhaust or smell, and starts like a dream even at -20 degrees F.
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The V10 makes zero sense, IMO. Worse mileage than a gas V8, less torque than a Diesel. Less reliable than all of them combined. :D Or perhaps that was Ford's Triton V10, lol.
 
vanslem6 said:
The V10 makes zero sense, IMO. Worse mileage than a gas V8, less torque than a Diesel. Less reliable than all of them combined. :D Or perhaps that was Ford's Triton V10, lol.
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At the time I was shopping, it was the diesels that had a horrible reputation. Lawsuits back and forth between the engine manufacturer and Ford, lawsuits from ambulance companies, friends with blown diesels and very expensive repair bills... Not to mention the standard diesel problems - smell, noise, smoke, price, cost of fuel, cost of maintenance...
The first year or two the V10 had some reliability issues related to the spark plug threading. A non-issue after that.

Back when my truck was made, the V8 was underpowered, especially for climbing hills at 75mph at this elevation. The V10 was dropped from the line only when the new V8 engine was released; the new V8 has more power than my V10.

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I've had it about six years now. It's held it's value (according to NADA) very well, and it's had a few standard maintenance items pop up but nothing that I'd consider a design defect. Battery, brakes, starter, oil changes. It's now 11 years old and still looks like new too.
 
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