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Old 11-27-2011, 10:04 AM
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I just bought a 2008 6.6 duramax 4 door, I'm looking for alittle upgrades, I like the efi live and exhaust. What kind of intake do y'all recommend or no intake? I want this truck to get good mpg and power when I need it. Anything will help! Any upgrades
 
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Old 11-27-2011, 10:42 AM
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The intake on LMMs are good your money would be better spent on other things.
 
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The intake on LMMs are good your money would be better spent on other things.
Okay thank you, any thing that you think would be a good purchase??
 
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No you have it rite,a turbo back 4" straight pipe, EFI live then with the efi live you can get turbo braking and the ERG blocked and your done.

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No you have it rite,a turbo back 4" straight pipe, EFI live then with the efi live you can get turbo braking and the ERG blocked and your done.EGR I mean
 

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Old 11-27-2011, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jmac5058
No you have it rite,a turbo back 4" straight pipe, EFI live then with the efi live you can get turbo braking and the ERG blocked and your done.

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No you have it rite,a turbo back 4" straight pipe, EFI live then with the efi live you can get turbo braking and the ERG blocked and your done.EGR I mean
What is turbo braking and egr? And about how much?
 
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Old 11-27-2011, 12:31 PM
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Turbo braking now comes on new Duramaxes it helps reduce wear on pads and rotors by changing the vanes on the turbo to slow the truck with less brake pedal.Egr exhaust gas return is another emission thing that craps up your oil quicker and can be tuned out like the DPF when you have EFI live.EFI live can come with 2 differnt tunes with the base package and 5 diffrent tunes on the upgraded version.The tunes you get are up to you,many get a economy tune with DPF delete and EGR block for one and A towing tune with +80 hp with turbo brake for the other.
 
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Originally Posted by jmac5058
Turbo braking now comes on new Duramaxes it helps reduce wear on pads and rotors by changing the vanes on the turbo to slow the truck with less brake pedal.Egr exhaust gas return is another emission thing that craps up your oil quicker and can be tuned out like the DPF when you have EFI live.EFI live can come with 2 differnt tunes with the base package and 5 diffrent tunes on the upgraded version.The tunes you get are up to you,many get a economy tune with DPF delete and EGR block for one and A towing tune with +80 hp with turbo brake for the other.
Well thank you, this is alot of help... Sometime this month im purchasing the efi live, and exhaust. Then start buying other odd in things down the road.
 
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