An intake system is built to bring air into your truck's
engine. Without a precise balance of air and fuel, combustion cannot occur, or
if it does, it may be crippled and performance will suffer. Stock intake
systems are designed to reduce the amount of noise in the truck cabin, but this
comes at the cost of power. Diesel truck enthusiasts will often install a
custom intake system into the engine compartment, sacrificing quiet for power.
As you can guess, turbo systems are meant to increase
horsepower for a truck. Usually used to increase towing capacity, the general
idea of using a turbo system is to give your truck more versatility in
performing tasks.
Installing a turbo system also requires additional cooling
systems to be put in place, or else the turbo will only be able to run at 10-15
second spurts before shutting down.
Exhaust systems are installed on trucks for one of two
reasons: the first, to let people hear how loud your truck's engine really is,
and second, to reduce constrictions on the exhaust, which can affect
performance. When choosing an exhaust system that's right for you, consider
whether or not you want to hear your engine rumbling 100 percent of the time
it's running. Terms to know if you want to rattle the neighbors' windows are
"racing" and "glasspack."
Editor's note: This is not an inclusive list of all the great vendors out there. Make sure to check out the latest issues of Diesel Tech Magazine for even more vendors.
8Lug Truck Gear
(888) 886-2480
www.8lugtruckgear.com
AEM Performance Electronics
310-484-2322
www.aempower.com
Airaid Filter Company
602-443-3333
www.airaid.com
Alligator Performance
(866) 255-7212
www.alligatorperformance.com
American Trucks.com
(888) 402-2767
www.americantrucks.com
ANSA Automotive Exhaust Production
(478) 788-6653
www.silverlineexhaust.com
ATS Diesel Performance
303-431-7973
www.atsdiesel.com
Automotive Racing Products
805-339-2200
www.arpdiesel.com
Bean's Diesel Performance
(615) 563-7801
www.beansdieselperformance.com
Black Cloud Diesel.com
(715) 824-5051
www.blackclouddiesel.com
Cobb's Diesel Performance
(866) 380-3076
www.cobbsdieselperformance.com
Cyclone Diesel Performance
(903)776-9942
www.cyclonediesel.com
Danville
Performance, Inc.
(317)
745-8587
www.danvilleperformance.com
Dave's
Diesel
(800)
654-4715
www.angoladavesdiesel.com
Diesel
Injection Service Co., Inc.
(502)
361-1181
www.dieselusa.com
Diesel Performance Plus
(417) 859-0895
www.dpppower.com
www.chromestackmafia.com
Diesel
Power Products
(866) 379-8685
www.DieselPowerProducts.com
www.TowingPowerProducts.com
www.OffRoadPowerProducts.com
Diesel
Power Source
(801)
898-4803
www.dieselpowersource.com
DpfRacingstore.com
(954)
720-8600
www.dpfracingstore.com
Dunks
Performance
(541)
726-1006
www.dunksperformance.com
Dynomite
Diesel Performance
(360)
794-7974
www.dynomitediesel.com
Elite
Diesel Engineering
(719)
647-0232
www.elitedieselengineering.com
FASS
Fuel Systems/Diesel Performance Products, Inc.
(636)
433-5410
www.dieselpp.com
Fleece
Performance Engineering, Inc.
(765)
676-5063
www.fleeceperformance.com
Flo
Pro
(800)
762-4286
www.flopro.com
Ford
Performance Specialists
(770)
949-7191
www.fordspecialists.com
Geno's
Garage
(770)
886-2500
www.genosgarage.com
Get
Some Performance
(605)
543-5909
www.getsomeperformance.com
Gomer's
US
Diesel Parts
(800)
596-0814
www.usdieselparts.com
Grand
Rock
(440)
639-2000
www.grandrock.com
Haisley
Machine
(877)
948-3164
www.haisleymachine.com
Heartthrob
Exhaust Inc.
(320)
693-8964
www.heartthrobexhaust.com
Heavy
Metal Performance
(815)
725-8044
www.heavymetalperformance.com
High
Tech Turbo
(801)
304-0700
www.htturbo.com
HotRod
Diesel
877-655-1234
www.hotroddiesel.ca
Hushpower
(707)
544-4761
www.hushpower.com
Hypermax
Engineering
(847)
428-5655
www.gohypermax.com
Industrial
Injection
(901)
972-0476
www.industrialinjection.com
Innovative
Diesel
(866)
642-7844
www.innovativediesel.com
KLM
Performance, Inc.
(203)
210-7200
www.klmperformance.com
KT
Performance
www.ktperformance.net
MagnaFlow
Performance Exhaust
(949)
858-5900
www.magnaflow.com
Mass
Diesel Performance
(508)
660-7093
www.massdiesel.com
Mighty
Diesel
(877)
354-7008
www.mightydiesel.com
Motorsport
Diesel
(276)
644-1036
www.wickeddiesels.com
Our
Deals Rock.com
(800)
288-2113
www.ourdealsrock.com
Performance
Systems Manufacturing LLC
(303)
279-7103
www.psmdiesel.com
Pure
Diesel Power
(206)
600-5755
www.puredieselpower.com
River City Diesel
(309)
699-2488
www.rivercitydiesel.com
Rosewood
Diesel Shop
(440)
286-1990
www.rosewooddieselshop.com
Scheid
Diesel
(812)
466-7202
www.scheiddiesel.com
Snow Performance
(719) 633-3811
www.snowperformance.net
SSDiesel
Supply
(716)
874-6900
www.ssdieselsupply.com
Thoroughbred
Diesel
(866)
737-4966
www.thoroughbreddiesel.com
True
Performance Diesel
(800)
200-4708
www.trueperformancediesel.com
Truckaddons.com
(800) 388-8637
www.truckaddons.com
TST
Products, Inc
(812)
342-6741
www.tstproducts.com
Vulcan
Performance
(360)
450-4237
www.vulcanperformance.com
Xtreme
Diesel
(732)
681-9500
www.xtremediesel.com
Zylstra Performance Products
(559) 739-7303
www.zylstraauto.com