RCD Manifolds and Up Pipes

08BIGRIG · Nov 13, 2012

No problem just checking where you were at with them.

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weekendwarriorfsw32 · Nov 13, 2012

Might be a stupid question but what is the point of the spacer, why not use a shorter bolt?

White_monster · Nov 13, 2012

The longer bolt allows for stretch that comes with heat expansion.

Erikclaw · Nov 13, 2012

I'm liking what I see, may be calling Jared tomorrow if I have time.

BFT · Nov 13, 2012

Get 2 sets and send one my way

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BogginF350 · Nov 13, 2012

Exactly, Bolts are essentially a spring that stretches and uses that stretch to hold the parts together. During thermal expansion it will cause the bolts to work loose if you do not have the additional area for stretch. It will yield the fastener and ruin it, sometimes even pop the head off the bolts. This additional length stops that from happening.

Super08Duty · Nov 13, 2012

I fancy them manifolds

Beans71086 · Nov 17, 2012

Dustball8504 said:
You got that right, I've got a ton of different things on my plate all at once. I'll get these results, it's just taking me longer to get to this than I thought it would :doh:

I think you plate is full of my truck at the moment.LOL

Dustball8504 · Nov 17, 2012

Beans71086 said:
I think you plate is full of my truck at the moment.LOL

....and stuff for the arrival of a new Wilson, and trying to get things squared away to hopefully build a house in the spring. But yes, your truck is on this plate LOL

one2nine · Nov 17, 2012

I can always put those manifold and up pipes on my truck if you want to share lol.

Tree Trimmer · Dec 2, 2012

got any where yet??

I'm hoping to get a set this week.

Breaking Habits · Dec 2, 2012

His truck is going to Marty's to get them installed

TonyG · Dec 2, 2012

Jared @ River City Diesel said:
His truck is going to Marty's to get them installed

Soon!

Tree Trimmer · Dec 2, 2012

jared, pm me a price of the manifolds and up pipes with the egr provision.

my truck is going to empire either next week or the week after, and i want to have something for them to put on it.

your's could be that something.......

stroker63 · Dec 2, 2012

TreeTrimmer, where are you from? What are you going to have empire do?

Tree Trimmer · Dec 2, 2012

cam, springs, p-rods, lifters, head gaskets, studs, their modifying my intake manifold, probably swamps crossbow turbo's less i find something a different between then and now, and depending on what they find when they get in there, maybe a rebuild with a little lower compression.

B585Ford · Dec 2, 2012

Tree Trimmer said:
cam, springs, p-rods, lifters, head gaskets, studs, their modifying my intake manifold, probably swamps crossbow turbo's less i find something a different between then and now, and depending on what they find when they get in there, maybe a rebuild with a little lower compression.

I know you said before you happy with stock and just enjoyed reading about this stuff. Did something happen to yours that made you put it under the knife?

Tree Trimmer · Dec 2, 2012

needs head gaskets, and two broken ex manifold bolts, both on #7.......has 98k........aside from the crossbow's, there really isn't anything performance oriented.

and even then, the crossbow's, after much talking and emailing various people, and conversing with Chad when i took my truck up there to pick his brain, aren't really a performance oriented set of chargers, when compared to others in its "category". there exactly what i was after. much better than stock, drops egt's, and realistically only gives up 20-30 hp over tow powers, and for what i use my truck for, i couldn't justify the additional $1300 for TP's. I'm not at a level to be able to justify that. that's a pretty tough pill to swallow even if you are at that level. not to mention simple availability of either set of chargers. and they should clean most of the race tune up, hopefully down to a slight haze.

that only leaves the cam, and even that is nothing to write home about. since it was going to be opened up, i wanted lifters and springs and prods. 98k, and i only really knew the history of about 14k of it. i decided on the cam, and had Chad spec something a little more tow oriented, than performance oriented.

with the head gasket job, and valve train, he was going to radius the valves and seats.

all this, as i only want to lift the cab one time, and since it was going up, i wanted to just freshen it up, as i kept my last one for 11 years and put 160k on it, and ill end up doing that with this one as well. with what i do, and how much i do it, i cannot afford to have it down more that one time. this truck moves everyday.

i feel that freshening it up, with the minor upgrades that I'm putting on it, there will be no sacrifice in reliability if in fact i didn't increase it, and i feel confident that this will last me the 10 years/150k i intend on keeping this truck, prolonging when it starts to feel tired, as i just took 98k off the clock. the 263k on my 7.3, while still a fabulous truck, you can tell its tired. i don't care what it is, short of a big rig, 263k is tired and in need of some freshening up.

the only thing I'm not attending to is the hpfp. on gearhead race tune, according to the livewire, I'm maintaining the 27,XXXpsi he is calling for. to me, that doesn't need replaced. when RP starts falling off, ill replace then.

trans and the rest of the drive train should still live a happy life, the motor and stuff added to it just makes it breath better, with some....fresh breath

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im trying to get rcd to get me a set of manifolds and up-pipes, and ill have those installed as well when my truck goes up there. i just gotta call rcd, or maybe jared will pm me.

only thing left i want to do to it, is a icon leveling kit with 2.5's up front, and 2.0's in the back, and some pmf traction bars, and a set of bags in back so i can take my overload's off and smooth the ride out, and I'm done.

down the road, i will end up adding either 15% or 30% over nozzles and tuning the pw back. but i dont need to lift the cab for that. bigr's write up on head stud install cab on makes me confident of that. and i have alot of faith in matt for my tuning. he's just great at what he does, and will take the time to get it right, minor tweak after minor tweak if thats what it takes.

Heavyhaul · Dec 2, 2012

I would add hd pistons or have the lips machined out of your stock ones. Might as well get all the week links.

Good looking manifolds by the way Jared.

Rivets are the new duct tape.