To get the most out of your engine upgrades, you’ll need a complementary 6.4 powerstroke straight pipe Powerstroke exhaust upgrade to handle the increase in exhaust. Upgrade your truck's sonic profile and performance with our advanced mufflers. Moving 20-percent more fuel than a comparable Bosch CP3, the Siemens VDO K16 high pressure fuel pump is an impressive piece as far as all-out performance is concerned.

After hearing about the system, we wanted to test it out. So we called Elite Diesel Engineering and informed them that we are building an off road only, chase truck and wanted to do a little testing of the system. We signed the release form and had it sent over. To make a kit like this work, custom tuning has to be used to let the computer know what we removed.

Operating it under any circumstances required earmuffs … and good earmuffs at that. Think about the heavily modified trucks and tractors you see at pulling events. The amount of pressure they "exhaust" is extraordinary – way more than a normal farm tractor or pickup would create.

In fact, it had some good, strong parts like the bed plate and some of the strongest OEM rods in any light-duty diesel engine. Numerous problems plagued the 6.4 powerstroke straight pipe Powerstroke including up-pipe leaks, radiator problems, weak pistons, DPF clogging, and issues with the oil cooler among many others issues. Let me leave you with one parting thought, regardless of your preference to exhaust systems. Get in the habit of keeping hearing protection handy and wearing it. A hundred dollars of earmuffs placed where they are handy are cheap in comparison to thousands of dollars of hearing aids on the kitchen table. Speaking of the pickups we started with at the beginning of this column, I had an exhaust leak in one of my diesel pickups years ago.

On the 6.4s the muffler is welded to the pipe that is bent to go up and over the axle. So, he cut the muffler off to make removal easier. Later that same day, he called us to let us know the factory system was off and he was ready to install the new system. We had to let him know the new system was being shipped from Pueblo West, CO, and it wouldn't be arriving for another week or so. Not wanting to be without his truck, he decided to put a turn out pipe on the factory pipe where the muffler was and wash the underside of the truck. Consequently, that is why these pictures start out muddy but then they miraculously become squeaky clean.

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It was oversized for that job by most standards, but it did such a great job. Running a straight pipe got rid of excess heat, which helped with the fear of catching anything on fire in the dry fodder and chaff blowing about. Your MBRP product is backed with an industry-leading warranty. Since there wasn't any oil in the intake tube I didn't check the crank case pressure but when I put it back together I'll check it.

In this scenario, fuel dilutes and contaminates the engine oil, which reduces the oil’s ability to lower the engine temperature. One of the more infamous problems on the 6.4 Powerstroke is its weak pistons that were prone to early cracking. A cracked piston allows extra air into the cylinder, which then decreases the compression ratio.