Installed an aftermarket Exhaust manifold in my CUMMINS. Does it really make a difference??

I installed a Steed Speed Exhaust Manifold in my 3rd Gen Cummins and clamped it down with some Fleece studs. I kept the stock turbo to see if it would make a noticeable different. Enjoy the content. More upgrades coming soon! 🍻

[@danarnold9557]

Nice upgrade, appreciate the post. Next update could maybe include a slick wheel and tire upgrade for the lady's ride👍

[@nathanhastings8293]

You did good on the studs, Stainless generally does not play nice with cast iron under high heat, however antisieze makes it all good. plus the 12 point nuts make the manifold fitment look sexy...Apriciate the video

[@_WELDR_]

First off thank you for your service 🇺🇸 my son is a Airborne Ranger 🇺🇸 Nice video Brotha

[@TeezleySPT]

Great video. Answered a few questions I had

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Glad it was helpful!

[@marcocasillas5023]

Thanks for the video I'm going to look for one for my 400 Cummins big truck

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Thanks for watching!

[@twinntibbsdiesel7141]

Nice job again ! Thank You for your service Bro !! I just ordered my MDC Diesel Compound turbos and Fleece Coolant reroute kit :)

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Sounds great! lmk how that goes.

[@brentmcmahon8188]

On Fleece water by pass please put in a fail safe thermostat and when your thermostat goes bad it always goes to the open open position that way it lets you keep on trucking. I wish the made a better place to put thermostat so you can change with out the all day job for a bad thermostat, good luck or just leave it out.

[@overheadcamwalling4146]

Ive been thinking about the steed speed manifold for my 2006 for awhile. im running efi live tune now and feel like i need more air. Ive always been interested in the cheeta turbo. i have a banks intake manifold and intercooler. might as well do the turbo. nice video. im impressed.

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Yeah The Cheeta is a nice upgrade If you are just looking for a little more. Might as well pair it with a Steed Speed! Thanks for watching!!

[@masonpauls]

Nice video! Good tip on keeping the bottom studs out to get the whole assembly in. 👍🍻 ...And thanks for your service!

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Yeah man! Thanks for your support!!!🍻

[@masonpauls]

@@j.j.sgarage1457 Hey, I noticed you didn't have the heater hose bracket tab to deal with back on #6. Did you previously cut it off?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

@@masonpauls I believe that got removed when I did the Fleece Coolant Bypass.

[@masonpauls]

J.J.’s Garage So, that hose is of no use then? Is the bypass part of that larger braided hose running above the exhaust manifold?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

@@masonpauls Yes that braided line is part of the bypass. the hose that wraps around the back of the engine is for the trans heater so its pretty much useless unless you live in Alaska lol. Go check out the video I made about the bypass I explain everything there!👍🏽

[@C-M-E]

Steed makes great stuff, and innovative for whatever they're into at the time. Many years ago when I ran around in imports, Steed was one of the few that had turbo mani's for the KA Nissan engines and a really cool inline BOV. Steed is definitely the mani I'd go with too for the 3rd gen 5.9. It's on my wishlist!

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

It is a very impressive manifold! Thanks for watching! Cheers!

[@scottdowney4318]

On my 2005 3500 dually 4x4, Just took off turbo and manifold and had exact same issue, had to grind wrench to get it on the nut. My exhaust manifold had shrunk a lot, the bolts were binding all the way to the end, every bolt but the last 2. Ground the bolt holes over about 2 -3 mm. A tiny bit of play is normal in the compressor wheel, I took turbo apart and measured old and new bearings, and absolutely no wear. I thought maybe bearings were worn, so really did not need to do anything, there was some carbony sludge in the seal ring of the turbine. So used a rebuild kit and a stepped gap turbine seal ring. Still waiting on a 16 inch extra large snap ring plier to put turbo back together.

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Sounds like you had some fun. I appreciate you sharing your experience and Thanks for watching!

[@alextimer8055]

Great video man 👍

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Thanks Alex!

[@JC-rz6gf]

whats up J.J. very glad to see you back man. making more videos.l up graded mines and it made a big difference . on my 2008 Dodge 3500.EGR.. very good job . keep it Cummins.??

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Glad to be back. Thank you!

[@maccheese9072]

Thank you for your service and God bless

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Appreciate that! God bless you and your family!

[@thegoodearth7]

Way to go! Freshen that engine up!

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

I'm trying very slowly LOL

[@rosacerda4758]

Great job. 👍

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Thanks!

[@j.c.316]

Nice work bro. Subscribing! Thank you for your service. You must be in the west side with all the green vegetation.

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Thank you! I appreciate your support! Yes, Olympic peninsula, WA

[@ethantinnin4713]

Was the stud behind the flange on the bottom side easily accessible? I currently have a 2 piece and that stud behind the flange on bottom is literally behind the flange and a pain in the ass, every time I finally get it as tight as I can it backs off with time and starts leaking again

[@thomasboyle-nu2vg]

Can you take a temperature gun to the exhaust manifold to see if the back cylinders are cooler and or the same temperature as the front cylinders

[@nolefishatgmail]

Is that a stock EGT probe? If so what adapter did you use?

[@fullfuelranch1358]

Great video man! Exactly right on the two ports in the manifold, the second one would be used to measure drive pressure between the cylinder head and turbo. Most of the time drive pressure will be higher than boost. High drive pressure most generally comes with high egt's.

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Appreciate it! Thanks for the info!

[@francopedro4910]

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[@kylodamian9981]

@Franco Pedro Instablaster :)

[@francopedro4910]

@Kylo Damian I really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.

[@francopedro4910]

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[@richardvalencia9079]

Great video. Now that its been a few months. What can you say about this manifold? How's the performance? Is the coating still good? Any other pros and cons? Thanks

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Coating is still good. Looks basically the same so far. A bit lower EGTs and Turbo spools a hair quicker. No cons so far.

[@illestk24civic]

I don’t think worth the money, i did chetah turbo with steed speed manifold, the coating peeled off after a winter of driving

[@Robert-ds1ur]

Super hard to get a sunny day in Washington! Great video! Can you recommend a good delete kit for my 2018 ram?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

True! But not as of lately. Haha… not very familiar with the newer Cummins. And delete kits are getting harder to find. I hope you found what you were looking for by now.

[@Robert-ds1ur]

@@j.j.sgarage1457 yeah found what I was looking for. Did the work then that day flew out to work out of state. So haven’t had time to enjoy the new feel of my truck

[@BeyondConventional]

Steed Speed has kept my engine cooler.

[@blake9616]

I'm planning on doing the same manifold. With that being said has yours rusted up?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Not yet 🤞🏽

[@vrj1646]

Question - With using the Fleece studs, do you have to remove the bottom studs for ALL exhaust manifolds to install properly? I have an AFE SS Blade Runner with install issues. Maybe, I need to remove the downpipe Elbow to get them to install? My downpipe elbow is still connected to the downpipe. Thx

[@vrj1646]

I figured it out. The answer is no.

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Glad you figured it out! Thanks for stopping by!

[@sjwalker5696]

Hello JJ I see you upgraded your coolant line with a braided line did you delete your heat exchanger. do you have a video just wondering if you can give us some information I want to do the same before I toast my transmission thank you

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

I bypassed it with the fleece coolant bypass kit. I made a video about it.

[@sjwalker5696]

@@j.j.sgarage1457 nice I did the same good information JJ

[@justinmiller7913]

@J.J’s Garage I got an 07 5.9 and I’m looking to get this manifold, you got the purchase link?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

They are built to order about 8-10 weeks. I got mine from PDD: powerdrivendiesel.com/product/steed-speed-custom-manifold-8-12-week-lead-time/ You can also get from: www.alligatorperformance.com/steed-3gent3-3rd-gen-exhaust-manifold-03-07-dodge-5-9l-cummins/

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

That’s correct. PDD site options would be: 24V, T3, 3rd/4th, No. The actual part number should be (3GENT3). I hope this helps. Thank you for your service brother. 🤙🏽

[@randomchannel4886]

Would it be possible to leave turbo in place and pull out the manifold only?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

yeah it will take some time and patience. The 4 bolts at the turbo flange will most likely be seized and you have barely any room. I'd soak them with pb blaster for a few days before you make your attempt.

[@randomchannel4886]

@@j.j.sgarage1457 sweet thanks man! I have a steed speed that i never installed on my 4th gen. Ended up trading in. And im wanting to put it in my new truck vs putting block off plates on the egr delete

[@aaronstewart8898]

@@randomchannel4886 I have an 18 and put one of these on without removing the turbo. Easier than removing the whole turbo and manifold

[@troymunsch8244]

Where’d you find the torque specs for those fleece studs?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Their instructions on their website. It’s 40 ftlbs. I just re-torqued mine.

[@mistawilson4403]

J.J.’s Garage just wanted to know if you had any studs ever back out from heat cycles or is everything staying nice and sold?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

@@mistawilson4403 I did a re-torque after a few hundred miles and got movement on most of them. It is recommended to re-torque after a few heat cycles.I haven't had issues otherwise.

[@domitianspinu5849]

She put on a mask and drove off by HERSELF in the car...:))))

[@jobanirubio5683]

Did the truck get louder?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

I don’t remember honestly. Maybe slightly but the truck was very loud to begin with.

[@frankfurino7590]

bro howcome you did not do a 2nd gen swap?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Just wanted to do something different.

[@sjwalker5696]

How are those studs holding up let us know thank you

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

They are holding up pretty good. I’ll update on the next vid. 👍🏽

[@sjwalker5696]

@@j.j.sgarage1457 do you wish you would have painted your manifold yes give us an update appreciate it thank you

[@DanielPats1228]

Any sound clips?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

No sound clips after the ring was removed, if that is what you are asking. But there is a ton on YT. Thanks for watching.

[@DanielPats1228]

@@j.j.sgarage1457 I was just wondering if you had any sound clips of the Steed Speed. I have a DPS 3rd gen manifold and wondered what the steed speed 3rd gen manifold sounds like in comparison

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Oh gotcha. No sound clips but tbh I didn’t notice a sound difference other than the turbo from removing the silencer ring.

[@seleldjdfmn221]

Very awesome. I was about to sleep until i Saw this video. Stay Fresh x3

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

I appreciate you!

[@chrisdolmeph5318]

Same lol

[@fullfuelranch1358]

Did you notice a sound difference?

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Yes but I believe mostly from removing the silencer ring.

[@brentmcmahon8188]

I can not believe you got the best exhaust manifold with out doing a second Gen swap. That’s just me because if you spend that much money and not swap it out.

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Haha!! Yeah I get it. Just going a different route. Thanks for watching!

[@christiaancronje8090]

Was interested in your video till I heard that straight pipe....

[@j.j.sgarage1457]

Thanks for the slight interest.

[@monsterram6617]

@@j.j.sgarage1457 Pay no attention to him. He doesn't like anything that's straight...

[@stevenm.hollis4429]

Nice video. Great job. By the way...how do you like your Fleece coolant bypass?

[@timspire3142]

They are great. They also need a ball valve to shut off or restrict flow during the winter. Impossible to build heat in the engine, thus triggering a thermostat rationality code and check engine light. Letting it warm up with the exhaust brake on can prevent that. However, when it is 25-to30 Fahrenheit out, the coolant temp will drop into the 130's or 140's once you start driving. This results in the inability to maintain heat in the truck cab.