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Old Sat, February 20th, 2010, 01:46 PM
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Does that really work?
I'm not exactly sure about the gains from it because I know someone who did that potato mod on a guy's jeep but it still drove home the same as before...but his exhaust was ported from rust which I assume removed all of the performance gains from the potato.
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Old Sat, February 20th, 2010, 01:57 PM
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I'm not exactly sure about the gains from it because I know someone who did that potato mod on a guy's jeep but it still drove home the same as before...but his exhaust was ported from rust which I assume removed all of the performance gains from the potato.
He probably did it wrong!

You are suppose to hammer it in with the end of a broom handle, you have to get it in there as far as it will go for max HP.
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Old Sat, February 20th, 2010, 01:59 PM
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He probably did it wrong!

You are suppose to hammer it in with the end of a broom handle, you have to get it in there as far as it will go for max HP.
Or maybe it was just a magical jeep, that thing blew more black smoke than half of the diesels...and it ran on 87 regular!
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