Stage 2 Split Shot Smoke
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Tuned
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Stage 2 Split Shot Smoke
Hey everybody,
I'm planning my build and this is the only thing I come across that I have a question about. What will the smoke output be like with stage 2 split shots? Would it be okay to drive around on (i drive like a grandpa) for a little (less than a year driving once a week or every two weeks) until I get custom tunes and the GTP38r? I know there will be smoke but if i baby it will it stay manageable?
Thanks!
I'm planning my build and this is the only thing I come across that I have a question about. What will the smoke output be like with stage 2 split shots? Would it be okay to drive around on (i drive like a grandpa) for a little (less than a year driving once a week or every two weeks) until I get custom tunes and the GTP38r? I know there will be smoke but if i baby it will it stay manageable?
Thanks!
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Tuned
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I mean in the time before I can get the proper tuning. Since I'm on a budget, and doing it in stages, the tunes (PHP) will come a little after that. The way I drive, I keep her under 1500 in the city. I don't want to smoke out an intersection every time I try to accelerate.
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Stage 2 split shots before you can pay for tuning...hmmmm. I would wait and do them together. That's just my opinion. Keeping the RPM's low and lugging the engine is where you will see more smoke, not in the upper RPM ranges.
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My reasoning is I should make sure the rest of the truck and the weak points are nice and healthy before I do any major power adders. The 7.3 is the strong point in the equation. A cooler transmission and lower EGT's won't hurt the truck at all!
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You don't need reasoning. This is the order things should be done. Make sure everything is ready for the added power.
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Before powering up, I did as much as I could to get the truck to 100% condition, plus a little extra to take the yank on the chain from the beast in front (160/100 stage IIs). Welll.... That was the plan, anyway. The first casualty was the factory intake plenum seal - the 38R played a game of Three Little Pigs with it, and guess who played the role of the Big Bad Wolf. My HD4R100 is telegraphing the twist to the tail just fine, but I'm investigating axle wrap and driveline vibration (possibly a bent driveline - for the second time).
I hope I don't frighten you with my horror story, but if you are determined to power up to the level I have... be mentally (and financially) prepared to finish what you started if your luck lives in the same zip-code as mine.
I hope I don't frighten you with my horror story, but if you are determined to power up to the level I have... be mentally (and financially) prepared to finish what you started if your luck lives in the same zip-code as mine.
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I'm going to hold off on the major power adders until I finish engineering school and can front the bills for building it correctly. Right now, I'm going to stick with what makes the truck and transmission happier. There's no rush right now to do it wrong and have to pay for my truck repairs AND college. It's more financially responsible to hold off until I have the means to do it how it should be done.
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