exhaust upgrade on Nissan 4.2TDi

Submitted: Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 19:38

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Member - John T (NSW)

Evening all,
Hope all are well and fully recovered from the excesses of the Xmas - New Year break. I had a day off work yesterday so arranged for my local exhaust shop - The Muffler Man - in Tamworth and the best diesel shop - DieselCare - to do the 3" dump and exhaust thing to my 4.2TDi Nissan. OMG why don't the manufacturers do this for us in the factory - an extra 20 hp at the wheels. The local test of "How does she go" is driving up the Moonbi Range about 20 k's towards Armidale. My work vehicle is a n/a 4.2 L/cruiser and it struggles to get up the hill in 3rd. My Nissan went up happy as a p.g in p..h today in 4th. Love it even more now. Also finished fitting my FIAMM air horns that were first fitted to a car in 1971 - had them on my Mazda RX2 sedan way back then - wish the Nissan had the same get up and go that that thing had. Makes me feel old just thinking about 1971.

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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 19:45

Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 19:45

John to John, it does a great job. Did you see the crappy little dump pipe. 1.7" I measured it, and mine did a 16% better 0-100kph time with the new pipes. I have to agree that the manufactureres could get their act better together. You didn't test the emisssions before and after did you? No, I wouldn't either.........

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Follow Up By: Member - John T (NSW) - Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 19:55

Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 19:55

G'day John - no mate I did not bother getting the emission levels printout. The guys at DieselCare had shown me the factory dump - no wonder the poor b....y thing could not breathe.
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Reply By: honestjohn - Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 20:38

Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 20:38

hey john t how much did they charge for it i've heard its pretty good mate ,have a gq aftermarket turbo big difference Cheers

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Follow Up By: Member - John T (NSW) - Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 20:43

Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 20:43

Evening John
The bill for the pipe, the dump, fitting and then the tune/dyno work was about $1200. Bill from the muffler shop reckons the fuel consumption should be better too. Saves my old legs changing gears so much LOL

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