- December 28, 2011
by Bruce W. Smith
Donne Cornellison’s instructions to the guys at the Chrome Shop Mafia were pretty self-explanatory when he dropped off his just-purchased, burgundy ’07 “big bunk” 379: He wanted it all “jazzed up” when he returned in a couple weeks to put it on the road. Part of the “jazz” included a big, in-your-face exhaust to make his rig look cool and give the pre-DPF-era, twin-turbo C15 ACERT Cat a little nicer growl.
Cornellison is typical of truckers coast-to-coast who ...
- March 05, 2010
Heat-fighting, chrome popularity define stack trends
by James Jaillet
To accommodate truck owners and operators who want the beauty of the chrome and the performance of a legal, quality exhaust system, chrome technology is steadily advancing and manufacturers are devoting resources to developing new chroming methods to prevent chrome wear and bluing.
Lincoln Industries’ entity Lincoln Chrome released its NeverBlue chrome stacks at the beginning of this year to help prevent chrome stacks from discoloring.
Lincoln’s Darren Parker says the NeverBlue technology is a multi-stage ...
- November 11, 2009
PRO TIP
Installing 8" Stacks On Custom Rigs Equipped With DPF Exhausts
"One of the problems we have run into on the DPF trucks being customized here at Pro-Fab is not being able to put big stacks and big Pickett-style elbows on them," says shop owner and custom fabricator Randy Kaylor.
So the Manheim, PA, fabrication and installation experts figured out a slick work-around that keeps the factory DPF system intact while providing the monster stack custom-look: They designed a faux exhaust to ...
