Exhaust Melted?????

[josh2276]

I started a thread about my slipping trans to find out that i was not even close. The inside of my factory pipe melted causing the tip to clog and make the truck run like crap.

My question is why/how did this happen. I replaced the pipe with a factory one and will be retuning the truck tommorow and see how it runs.

I didnt have the extra cash to upgrade to the better pipe, so i figured i would ask what everyone thinks of the better pipes and which one they like the best.

Thanks for the help

 

[brad55102]

what temps are you running?
That pipe should not have melted!!!
You must be running extremely Lean!!!!!!!!!!!!


To answer your question, get a resonator, the chrome one. But you must figure out how high your temps are. Get a temp gun ASAP

"the only up side to burning up an engine is the piston key chain you get"

 

[josh2276]

my temps are good around 250 to 275 depending on outside temp.....i dont run it right on the edge of being to lean i dont race just mess around the yard and a some closed sand pits in the area.

For a back story real quick.....i tuned it the other day and it was runing perfect then i hit a 2" fence post and destroyed the front side the exhaust is on, after a quick run to the lhs for a-arms/bulkheads and some shock rebuild kits i had it running again. But i think the collision loosened the already melting pipe and that was the end of it...cloged up.

The pipe is the orignal pipe when i bought the maxx like 6yrs ago.....and i just installed the 3.3 about a month and a half ago

 

[Racer 1966]

So this isn't originally a 3.3 Maxx? Just wondering, when they first came out a friend of mine got one and the pipe did the same thing, twice. Temps good but never figured out why so he sold it .