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Hello Everyone - I was wondering if some of you could give me your best advise. We have a '96 Powerstroke that we are using to pull a 44' enclosed car trailer with two cars. Going up hills the truck seems to really labor ... EGT's are around 1000-1100. I know that with this setup I am not going to be flying up and down the hills however it seems like I should be able to go along pretty good.

The turbo was just rebuilt - I am getting about 10psi of boost. We are also running an EDGE clip ...

Is there anything I can/should do to help her out? The engine really seems to run well - No smoke or anything. Any suggestions or is this just the way of these trucks?
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Thanks guys ... I actually have made an adaptation for my air filter ... We had an incident where ether blew up the air box so I had to make something fit ... I ended up finding an air filter of a Chevy - Its probably about 15" inches in diameter and utilizes the stock piping.

What is it about the intake that makes the change? Bigger air filter or the piping?
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Who does the custom burnt chips?
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One time with ether ... Lesson learned. That NAPA filter is exactly what I am using. I adapted it to the existing orange pipe with 4" PVC. Will the K&N be that much better?

The truck is an Automatic. I am running it in drive with the OD off. Can we tow in 2nd gear without hurting anything?

I am going to do a down pipe - There are a couple on Ebay - The most expensive is like $100 ... Seems to be an easy upgrade.
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Whew - I started this thread - Great people have responded and I lost touch! I started a new job and it has consumed me ... Getting back in the swing of things has been interesting also ...

So - Ok - I a down pipe needs to be done 1st. That seems easy enough. The turbo was just rebuilt less than 500 miles ago so it should be an easy transformation.

I wish I had of known about the EBPV - when I sent it to him! Darn it!

http://www.thedieselstop.com/forums/f25/ebpv-delete-154194/

In this thread the last addition to the thread a guy talks about just unplugging the EBPV? Does that work?

Thanks guys!
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