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Stafford had heard that Flo Pro Performance had recently released its new 5-inch SS DP back exhaust for the LML so he wasted no time in ordering one. Next he got on the phone with FASS to see if they had a lift pump available yet and he found out that they did so he got that coming as well.
Three days later Stafford installed the FASS TITANIUM 220gph lift pump on his truck. "It gave me much better throttle response with the pump," recalls Stafford. "Plus I wasn't going into limp mode anymore from draining the fuel rails."
After driving the truck around for a week or so he noticed the rear end began to hop, which he knew would lead to problems if he didn't get some well-made traction bars on there soon.
"I remembered meeting the guys from Alligator Performance at Industrial Injection's Cinco De Dyno event," recalls Stafford. "They had talked about an idea on how to implement an already-made set of traction bars for a 2010 Cummins. So I knew they'd be able to help me."
Stafford decided to head to Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, where Alligator Performance is located, but first he wanted to make a stop into Snow Performance. During his recent road trips through the mountains he noticed his EGTs were around 1300 and he felt his fuel economy could be better. This led him to Snow Performance and wanting to know more about its water/meth kits that are known to reduce EGTs, while increasing your horsepower and improving your fuel economy. He ended up picking up the Snow Performance MAX MPG kit on his way and was now ready to continue on to northern Idaho.
"When I arrived at Alligator Performance I was welcomed as if I was part of the family," says Stafford. "They quickly got my truck into the shop where Mark, Lee, Chad and Vince started working on the MAX-MPG kit as well as the T/Rex Technology traction bars."
Soon the truck install was complete and ready to be tested and Alligator Performance owner Chad Hall was more than willing to do that.
"Chad was the first to test drive the truck, and Chad's way of test driving is a work of art," says Stafford with a smile. "He was able to drift my truck all the way around the corner. Alligator Performance had also snuck on a 3-inch driver's side hot pipe to help out with my EGTs!"