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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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Magnaflow 40 Series Muffler, gibson headers are on their way, Stainless Steel pipes from Lou's Custom Exhaust. I am trying to find a Hi-Flo Cat, but not having any luck... Also running my Weapon R Air Intake , and a 3" PAG Body Lift 33" BFG R/T's and full synthetic oil of course... got the yellow Dakota, but thats changing in a couple weeks when I get my hands on some "Envy Me Green" paint from Dodge... How does your Superchips tuner work? Do you notice a difference?
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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Sounds exciting, maybe we can have a truck meet this summer! What is "envy me green?"..I like it..really noticed an immediate difference in feel of the truck and power gains. From simple things to 30mph hill climbs to 0-60 runs it is really noticeable. I run the tow tune and use 87 octane without any issues. Picked mine up for about $230 and found out on here today that it is a universal OBDII reader and not just limited to vehicles it is capable of tuning. The mods I have plus an e-fan(which I am doing very soon) and maybe a 180 t-stat are all basic mods you can do for decent power and drive-ability gains
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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i meant flowmaster 40 series! my bad!
 
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 09:40 PM
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Dooood if you wanna work with me on installing E-Fans in our Daks let me know, I also am doing an e-fan this summer.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 01:25 PM
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OK so I talked to DDM they said I can only run a Lobeam HID kit, not HI/LO that the 06 Dakota will flicker, and the error code eliminator probably wont help either.... can anyone chime in on this and tell me about their experience and what to ACTUALLY order? I dont want to order something that won't work.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeg87xx
In massachusetts if you have HID fog lights they give you a ticket... I believe its illegal, I get pulled over for my exhaust system at least once a week as well..
Seriously? How do they know your running HID's in the fogs to pull you over in the first place? Pulled over for your exhaust?? What kind of place is this anyway?? What do your local laws say specific to HID's or exhausts?
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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The exhaust cant be making noise over a certain amount, I forget what the amount is, but I can find out. The HID Fog lights my buddy got pulled over apparently the HID fogs, and the HID Hi/Lo's blind people.... and if theyre over a certain Kelvin theyre illegal... Who knows if thats true, or the cop wanted to write a bogus ticket. We are talking Essex Country in Mass. Ipswich, Byfield, Topsfield, Rowley, Amesbury, Essex. Im always stopped in those towns.... never in Fitchburg though....
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 05:04 PM
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Section 90 16 o fMassachusetts State Laws:
Section 16. No person shall operate a motor vehicle, nor shall any owner of such vehicle permit it to be operated, in or over any way, public or private, whether laid out under authority of law or otherwise, which motor vehicles are prohibited from using, provided notice of such prohibition is conspicuously posted at the entrance to such way. No person shall operate a motor vehicle, nor shall any owner of such vehicle permit it to be operated upon any way, except fire department and fire patrol apparatus, unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a muffler to prevent excessive or unnecessary noise, which muffler is in good working order and in constant operation, and complies with such minimum standards for construction and performance as the registrar may prescribe. No person shall use a muffler cut-out or by-pass. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any way which motor vehicle is equipped (1) with a muffler from which the baffle plates, screens or other original internal parts have been removed and not replaced; or (2) with an exhaust system which has been modified in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the exhaust. No person operating a motor vehicle shall sound a bell, horn or other device, nor in any manner operate such motor vehicle so as to make a harsh, objectionable or unreasonable noise, nor permit to escape from such vehicle smoke or pollutants in such amounts or at such levels as may violate motor vehicle air pollution control regulations adopted under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eleven. No siren shall be mounted upon any motor vehicle except fire apparatus, ambulances, vehicles used in official line of duty by any member of the police or fire fighting forces of the commonwealth or any agency or political subdivision thereof, and vehicles owned by call fire fighters or by persons with police powers and operated in official line of duty, unless authorized by the registrar. No person shall use on or in connection with any motor vehicle a spot light, so called, the rays from which shine more than two feet above the road at a distance of thirty feet from the vehicle, except that such a spot light may be used for the purpose of reading signs, and as an auxiliary light in cases of necessity when the other lights required by law fail to operate.
No person, except a duly authorized person driving an emergency fire vehicle, shall operate a motor vehicle equipped with metal studded tires upon a public way between May the first and November the first; provided, however, the registrar may authorize the use of such tires before November the first, if weather conditions require the use thereof. Whoever violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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man...so basically you cannot run anything other than stock....that blows....lol
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 05:53 PM
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I am from Norfolk county and it isn't that harsh around here..I mean who actually follows these laws? If these laws were strictly enforced then you would not see any ricers or, as I like to call them, "spivics" on the roads
 
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