Originally Posted by ls1mike
Originally Posted by clinebarger
Perfect time to do it....While the truck is young! I'd be surprised if you didn't have issues with your GMT800 2500HD with all the "glowing manifold" towing you put it through?
LOL. I did. I broke three off. Front and rear drivers side, rear passenger side. I put the brackets on with the bolt the pushed down the on the manifold. They were on there for 3 years. Never got around
to fixing them because they worked so well.
Funny story not about the GMT 800, but my old 1989 GMC 1 ton 454 TBI/Turbo 400/4.10...you get the idea.
Towing into Ennis, Montana there is a HUGE long hill. Now I had pulled my exhaust manifolds, put new ones on, new gaskets all new fasteners so no leaks. So that was all good.
Anyway I hit this hill in the middle of summer and for some time had my foot on the floor going 12 to 25 mph...
When I got into town I had to get gas and popped the hood to check everything out. The manifolds were still cherry red.. I have to imagine climbing that hill they were almost molten. LOL.
My one buddy calls me "Mechanically insensitive" He is not wrong, but I can fix most of the stuff I break.
I'm reminded of when the Ecoboost came out. Supposedly Ford put the chassis and drivetrain onto a dyno, ran it at WOT for a week, alternating between peak HP and TQ rpm points. I can't find the picture (Jalopnik?) but I think even the exhaust tips had changed color.
