Lil Red stacks on my ramp truck
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So I am mocking up the original set of Lil Red stacks and steps I have laying around and was looking for suggestions. The only place they seem to work are on the sides of the club cab which make them sit a bit low compared to where they mount on the bed of a Lil Red. Let me know what you think if it will look OK or do I need to raise them somehow?
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Re: Lil Red stacks on my ramp truck
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looks good to me. back when Dad was driving truck, the stacks didn;t stick up above the roof 6 feet lik they do now.
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Re: Lil Red stacks on my ramp truck
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Not a fan of stacks on PU's. Even the LRE my buddy had looked way better when they were deleted.
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Re: Lil Red stacks on my ramp truck
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I don't haul many nice cars with this truck, I usually use the enclosed trailer when I do that so it is no big deal about the soot. Right now the exhaust is a straight pipe because the muffler fell off when I bought the truck and has covered the underside of the truck with tons of soot. I drove a Lil Red as a daily driver for 4 years and have parted out a few, that is where these stacks came from and they have been laying around for years so I might as well put them to use. This is the latest place I put them, I think that is where they will go and I will sell the steps. How about this set-up?
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Re: Lil Red stacks on my ramp truck
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All I gotta do is cut holes in the bed, there is nothing that goes there anyway...
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Re: Lil Red stacks on my ramp truck
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I have had lots of cars with sidepipes and I got tired of burning my legs in the summertime! The exhaust is good past the cab so the plan is to make new pipes from there to the stacks. I am in the process of adding reinforcements under the bed to the frame and new side skirting so I might change my mind and just put the pipe all the way past the axle, so the stacks may be available... I am kinda digging the Big Black Ramp Express Truck though.
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Re: Lil Red stacks on my ramp truck
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If your going to run them, ...behind the cab & through the bed like that looks better to me. I think I'd turn the tip angled out a little for slobber. I would think some would have to end up on what's being hauled though.
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