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Day: January 15, 2025

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The Beauty of Aftermarket Exhaust

There are several reasons that you may be considering upgrading your exhaust and wondering if the cost is worth the benefit of enhancing your ride.  Often overlooked, the exhaust plays an important part of how a vehicle performs and functions.  The main job of the exhaust is to circulate air through the engine and exit it out the back of the vehicle.  There are a few things to consider before purchasing a new system and we want to help walk you through reasons you may just want to change out your factory exhaust.

Better Returns

By upgrading to an aftermarket exhaust, not only do you receive improved horsepower, but better fuel mileage as well.  Stock exhausts are created to perform a job.  They are more restrictive, quieter and are a better cost to the manufacturers.  Typically, a stock exhaust is made of steel which will rust over time.  After market exhausts are produced to maximize efficiency with better materials like aluminum or stainless steel.  Aftermarket exhausts allow more air to your engine, which will increase your power and fuel efficiency.  Depending on which type of exhaust you determine is best for your vehicle will depend on the increase of power and fuel economy.

Aesthetics

Once you have a ride you really care about, you most likely want to bring it to the next level.  The brilliance of the shiny exhaust and tips will be an attention grabber.  After market exhausts let you stand out in a crowd, be unique and add a level of luster to your vehicle. 

Music to Your Ears

If enhanced performance and having an eye-catching ride isn’t enough, there is also a change in sound with an aftermarket exhaust.  The distinguishable sound of a superior exhaust system will turn heads.  A vehicle sounds more powerful and a bit meaner when you opt for a new exhaust system.  Who needs a great sound system when your exhaust can be music to your ears?

If you’re interested in upgrading your stock exhaust to a performance enhancing, eye catching, unmistakable sounding aftermarket exhaust, we’re here to help.

5 Easy Ways to Reduce Diesel Truck Emissions

We love our diesel truck and all the horsepower that those big, beautiful engines put out while we are hauling down the highway, but if there is any one thing we can say we love more… it’s our planet.  That having been said, our favorite trucks aren’t always kind to our planet’s atmosphere when they start aging, so here are some things you can do with that bad boy that can make it better for our eco-system.

  1. Change your oil – I know this sounds like a no brainer, but keeping up with regular oil changes will definitely help keep down harmful emissions in your truck, and it will only serve to help keep that beast running for you for a long time.

  2. Keep your air filter clean – Once again, sounds pretty simple and it really is.  Standard upkeep of your truck such as changing your air filter is essential for lowering the emissions of your truck.  The harder your engine has to work, the more emissions it produces.

  3. Maintain proper tire pressure – If your tire pressure is low, you can see an decrease of up to 20% in fuel economy, which means more emissions per mile you drive. 

  4. Reduce Idle Time – If you are going to be waiting for someone or something in your truck for more than a minute, you should shut off your engine.  Many people believe that starting your truck would use more fuel than just leaving it on, but that’s not true.  No need to keep it running unless you are ready to go.

  5. Change up your driving style – I know it’s always fun to let your engine rev up high and sound like you’re on a race track going down the highway, but if you want to help keep your emissions down and fuel economy up, don’t rev your engine so high, change gears lower, brake sooner, and slow down.  It will also help increase the life of your engine.

It’s not hard to see that by just doing a little bit of general upkeep and changing a few minor things about how you drive, you can really help reduce your carbon footprint with your truck.  It’s also worthwhile to note that all of these things will also help when it comes to the longevity of your engine’s life.  So make sure you keep your truck in tip top shape and treat it right and that will ensure that you also help keep our environment and atmosphere the same way.

Is A Draining (Coalescing) Filter Necessary?

A coalescing style filter is a fuel filter which is designed to separate vapors, liquids, soluble particles, or oil from some other fluid through a coalescing effect. As fuel travels through the system, water coalesces (or builds up) on the outside of an element and then sheds to the bottom and drains when the system is shut down.

But do your filters really need this a coalescing style filter, and does it improve performance?
Truth be told, most of these drain-style filters are not capturing the water they were designed to stop. Instead, water passes right through the drain and directly into your injection system. No Bueno! That is the biggest reason why our partners at Fass stopped manufacturing their filters with a drain.
It is extremely important that the flow rating of the filter matches that of the pump. With a coalescing filter, efficiency tends to drop as flow rates rise. So Fass decided to make a change and went to a synthetic media with a water blocking filter and no drain. They call this the “Extreme Water Separator.”
Since the change, Fass Fuel Filters remove approximately 99% of water from your fuel and they do not have a coalescing drain. In comparison, the average competitor’s coalescing filter removes approximately 66%. Additionally, the extreme separator has also shown that it stops particulates down to 2 micron absolute in a single pass!
The extreme water separator attracts and locks water to it and does not let water drain to the bottom when the system shuts down. It is designed to keep the water locked into place. Therefore, a drain was no longer needed. With the new Extreme Water Separator, you can also rest easy knowing that your injection system is safe and efficiency won’t drop as flow rates increase.

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