My new Dodge

[Willl]

I was going to say it was possibly home made, buying a aftermarket turbo back for a truck that has a CC would be next to impossible.

How much smaller is this 'nix' tube ?

 

[dodge man]

It looks like most of the exhaust is 4"? The nix tube is either 1/2' or 1" smaller. Its welded in and doesn't look like a great job.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Not starting a brand war but rust around the wheel wells and inside of the door bottoms of Dodge trucks is common in my parts. Both my 03 2500 Hemi and my work Dakota had rust after the third winter.

Chris

 

[RobertN]

Coming from central California(born and always lived here), What is it that you guys get, that we dont, that causes the rust?

We have major rain, snow as you get in the upper foothils and into the Sierra(Truckee, Lake Tahoe). Truckee is the coldest spot in the lower 48 frequently, and the Sierra's get tons of snow.

But rust...?

Not starting a brand war but rust around the wheel wells and inside of the door bottoms of Dodge trucks is common in my parts. Both my 03 2500 He I and my work Dakota had rust after the third winter.

Chris

 

[dodge man]

Its caused by salt on the roads during the winter.

The doors of this truck are fine, its the area below the doors on the body, the rocker area. I had a 98 Dodge and the doors were starting to rust. It actually happens under the weather strip on that vintage truck and starts out as surface rust. If you catch it right away and stop it, its not to bad, but you see a lot of them that are pretty bad.

I received an e-mail from Edge for the chip on my truck. They sent me the instructions for it. There is a cover held on by allen screws that you can take off and change the power level.

Anybody have any advice for changing the fuel filter? Any links with instructions? I've found it but really have never changed this kind of filter before. I did crack the water drain valve and as best I can tell, nothing but water came out.

 

[ovrszd]

Coming from central California(born and always lived here), What is it that you guys get, that we dont, that causes the rust?

We have major rain, snow as you get in the upper foothils and into the Sierra(Truckee, Lake Tahoe). Truckee is the coldest spot in the lower 48 frequently, and the Sierra's get tons of snow.

But rust...?

Here in Missouri the DOT uses Salt to de-ice roads. Very corrosive!!!!!

 

[ovrszd]

Sweet. My 02 the same color.

Catalytic converters came back into play in 03, so it's probably a 'Cat-back' exhaust up-grade. Real easy to check, just crawl under and see.

Got a 4" SS turbo-back on mine.

Edit;
Missed the post where you said you did crawl under to see.
Don't understand the part about "and I think the convertor and muffler have both been deleted".

Are they there or not there ?

Cats came into play with late model '04s as a part of the higher HP change. Early model '04s did not have a Cat.

I tell early '04s from late '04s at a glance by the location of the Cummins emblem. My early '04 had the emblem at the front of the fender. My buddies late '04 has the emblem where the OPs emblem is. I think you can see the difference in my attached picture.

I think the OP meant he suspected it came from the factory with a Cat and that it had been removed along with the muffler.

 

[ovrszd]

It looks like most of the exhaust is 4"? The nix tube is either 1/2' or 1" smaller. Its welded in and doesn't look like a great job.

You need to get rid of the small nix pipe.

I purchased a 5" MBRP system with muffler, took out the baffle in the intake tube, built a manifold tube, added an Edge module to mine and consistantly got 22 mpg on the highway at 70 mph. My 7.3 Powerstroke won't get close to that.

I attached a pic of the manifold tube modification. It really helped low end torque.

 

[dodge man]

My truck says 12/03 on the door, so I don't know if it had a cat or not from the factory. You are correct, my emblems are back farther on the truck. The decal on the engine says 305 horsepower. I was thinking the higher output ones were 325 or 335, but I'm not sure.

Ovrszd, nice truck and nice mods.

 

[US American]

Fuel filter instructions. http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/3...785-3rd-gen-fuel-filter-change-procedure.html

You definitely want 4" or bigger pipe all the way from the turbo.