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I figured I’d give a little update on the old M1009. I’ve been driving this truck for around 7 years with the turbo and have logged a little over 40,000 miles on it. I haven’t had any trouble with it. Several years ago I painted it the correct woodland camo and I’ve just been enjoying it and...
No problem! As others have said, 33 X 12.50's fit fine with no problems. I really believe that whoever builds the tires for Nankang also builds them for Maxxis. The tread, sidewall, and even the lettering looks the same, but with different names. I paid $580 for mine 2 years ago, and the Maxxis...
Thanks! The tires are 33 X 12.50 Nankang Mud Stars on stock rims. I have had them on there about 2 years and they are wearing very well. They have exact same tread as the Maxxis Buckshot Mudder, but are much cheaper.
I did not run a Y pipe. I have the Banks turbo set-up and it has a crossover pipe from the driver side manifold that goes to passenger side so both banks drive the turbo. The exhaust pipe comes out of the turbo itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBEivdlaPL4
Here's a little better video of it. Its funny the diesel soot looks like it is a lot in this video but its not near as noticeable in person. It does have a good little puff before the turbo spools up.
My Banks system is the old style set-up that had a single pipe that came off the turbo and split into duals via a Y pipe. It was designed to cut in to the factory dual exhaust set-up. I have ran it like this for quite a while, but decided to go with a single 3" system and went with a Dynomax...