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October 2014

Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info

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October 2014 | Overdrive | 65 Custom Rigs PRo tiPs Text INFO to 205-289-3555 or visit www.ovdinfo.com Our top quality stainless steel products are made using the highest grade 304 series stainless steel available. Nobody shines like we do! w e b s i t e : w w w. t r u c k a r m o r. b i z e m a i l : i n f o @ t r u c k a r m o r. b i z P h o n e : 1 - 6 0 5 - 2 3 9 - 4 8 8 4 • F a x : 1 - 6 0 5 - 2 3 9 - 4 6 8 9 Untitled-4 1 7/25/13 10:43 AM Text INFO to 205-289-3555 or visit www.ovdinfo.com Bruce Mallinson is the owner of Pittsburgh Power, an engine performance shop in Saxonburg, Pa. gets to the first exhaust hanger, which is sometimes located back alongside the transmission. They crack, and we change them all the time when install- ing new turbos. But you can help keep yours intact. Just take it easy on the throttle, and you probably won't have to call us a few months after we work on your system. An owner-operator recently called the shop. He was upset because the exhaust pipe flange, which holds the pipe to the turbo- charger, failed months after we did some work on his system. However, we didn't change the pipe coming from the turbocharger; it was his original flange that failed. Flanges are wear items, and they need to be replaced from time to time. However, the problem for this owner-operator, and possibly even for you, too, is another lesson in something I preach regularly: Take it easy on the throttle, and your engine – and your wal- let – will thank you. I teach people to drive as if there's an egg between their foot and the throttle. Flanges take abuse, and that is why there is flex-pipe in all exhaust systems: to help alleviate the torque of both the engine and your right foot. Every time you accelerate, the engine torques to the right and tries to rip itself off the engine mounts; thus, the engine's torque twists the exhaust pipe flange. The flange has to hold up the exhaust pipe until it Protect exhaust flange by keeping throttle in check

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