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Originally Posted by OM617YOTA
Exhaust is straight pipe from the turbo to the tip, no muffler at all.
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That's kind of a give away.
As a side note, a couple of state police I've worked tell me they build a profile of the driver when looking at what others drive. Loud exhaust is a data point however dark tinted driver / passenger windows or a license plate hider scream " pull me over, I'm a $#@(*&@# and hiding something" . . . And this is coming from cops that are car guys. Stop by most any weight lifting gym to see many examples.
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Originally Posted by OM617YOTA
The turbo would possibly qualify as a spark arrestor, but wastegated turbos allow exhaust to bypass the turbine and therefor do not qualify. I don't plan to install a muffler until made to do so. The truck's quite distinctive, if/when she sees it again she'll be checking for a spark arrestor.
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Spark arrestors use a trap to capture the particles and a final screen to prevent their escape. Any real spark arrestor will have a drain plug for servicing.
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Originally Posted by OM617YOTA
Thanks for the sourcing tips, I'll be looking into them. I found some clamp on mesh spark arrestors for John Deere Gators and such for relatively inexpensive, but only up to 1.5" exhaust. Rather than sort through 40 JD spark arrestor PN's looking for something 2.25" or bigger, I'll call a JD dealer and have them figure it out.
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How do you use the truck in the woods? If the 1.5 " mesh is approved, it would offer sound reduction and not affect power much / at all at lower speeds.
The JD one might be part of an approved system where ,if used with the JD muffler, the addition of a screen completes the system so it might not be legal. If the stock muffler has a drain plug, it is part of a system.
There should be a testing procedure to determine what constitutes a spark arrestor, I'd have a look at that.
09-03-2018, 07:44 AM
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