This is my first diesel and I'm just wondering if exhaust smoke is normal when you get down on it. Normal acceleration there's no smoke.

It's normal. Ain't it great?

Pre-Predator, I would get a little smoke that was really only visible in a following vehicles headlights if I went WOT. During the day I couldn't see anything.

I was curious about that myself. My friends Powerstroke smokes like a expectant father but mine barely steams on a cold morning. I do like it. And its quiet. I drove across the US in my buddys Ford and I still hear it in my head. That was 6 months ago...