Towing performance question
Laughing Gas
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From: Utah
Routine maintenance is what comes to mind. This forum has many threads going through the areas most responsible for performance. Boost leaks are often the most likely culprit for poor perf./economy. Up Pipes and boots leaking at the plenums most often. Use RiffRaff inserts and some good boots. We'll help spends ur money.
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Mountain Pass
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Routine maintenance is what comes to mind. This forum has many threads going through the areas most responsible for performance. Boost leaks are often the most likely culprit for poor perf./economy. Up Pipes and boots leaking at the plenums most often. Use RiffRaff inserts and some good boots. We'll help spends ur money.
Laughing Gas
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From: Utah
This is a pretty good video:
I've since learned that the plenums really are the primary culprit but you cannot tighten them very much as they are thin metal and will collapse easily. Thus the need to use inserts:
RDP Plenum Reinforcing Inserts? - Ford 7.3L 99.5-03
While there, get some RR boots and good T bolt clamps.
As to up pipes, look for soot around the connections or low boost numbers after the leaks are addressed.
I've since learned that the plenums really are the primary culprit but you cannot tighten them very much as they are thin metal and will collapse easily. Thus the need to use inserts:
RDP Plenum Reinforcing Inserts? - Ford 7.3L 99.5-03
While there, get some RR boots and good T bolt clamps.
As to up pipes, look for soot around the connections or low boost numbers after the leaks are addressed.
Hotshot
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From: Puget Sound
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Mountain Pass
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Mountain Pass
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If you want to use your iPhone as a gauge set, you need a WiFi OBDII adapter - which has significant lag and drives the price way up. I use an Android tablet with the OBDLink MX Bluetooth adapter, and I made a thread here [[url=https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1523900-2018-powerstroke-pids.html]LINK] to support others who like this configuration
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is this the obd?
ScanTool 426101 OBDLink MX Bluetooth: Professional OBD-II Scan Tool for Android & Windows https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006NZTZLQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rKG0AbBQ2MXSE
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Hotshot
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I like it. Can i use that setup with torque pro for daily driving and if needed use forscan with the same setup. I mean same pad and obd?
is this the obd?
ScanTool 426101 OBDLink MX Bluetooth: Professional OBD-II Scan Tool for Android & Windows https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006NZTZLQ..._rKG0AbBQ2MXSE
is this the obd?
ScanTool 426101 OBDLink MX Bluetooth: Professional OBD-II Scan Tool for Android & Windows https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006NZTZLQ..._rKG0AbBQ2MXSE
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Mountain Pass
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Arkon Car or Truck Seat Rail or Floor Tablet Mount https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F3F09NU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_skH0AbRSE24MM
Im on my phone so somewhat limited with visibility and patience to search. Lol thx so much.
Hotshot
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For a "carputer", it's nice to have something to keep you entertained in hotel rooms. One time, the TV in our hotel room lost its cable connection, so I used my Google Nexus 7 (2013 version) with screen cast to send Netflix to the TV (I have a screen cast receiver with HDMI output in my backpack).
I use it for email, googling things, google earth, Waze... all kinds of stuff. I'm thinking of putting a WiFi camera on the back of the boat while I'm towing it, allowing me to see the camera with the tablet.
ASUS made the Nexus, and their latest device for less than $200 is the Zenpad Z8. Samsung makes a sub $200 called the "Galaxy Tab A". 7"-8" display hits the sweet spot for readability from a distance with the number of gauges I have, plus it clears my knee and leaves room to see my below-dash gauges. Just be careful with the overly Chinese stuff (sub $100)... they come up short on features and screen resolution.
Oh... and if a device "brags" about having Android Lollipop... my five-year-old Google tablet was automatically upgraded to Marshmallow, and my Pixel 2 phone has Oreo.
I use it for email, googling things, google earth, Waze... all kinds of stuff. I'm thinking of putting a WiFi camera on the back of the boat while I'm towing it, allowing me to see the camera with the tablet.
ASUS made the Nexus, and their latest device for less than $200 is the Zenpad Z8. Samsung makes a sub $200 called the "Galaxy Tab A". 7"-8" display hits the sweet spot for readability from a distance with the number of gauges I have, plus it clears my knee and leaves room to see my below-dash gauges. Just be careful with the overly Chinese stuff (sub $100)... they come up short on features and screen resolution.
Oh... and if a device "brags" about having Android Lollipop... my five-year-old Google tablet was automatically upgraded to Marshmallow, and my Pixel 2 phone has Oreo.
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Mountain Pass
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Great info. Thx
ok i will not need to pull it out of the truck as im traveling with the fully loaded travel trailer and have ipads laptops computer tv’s on board and no need for cameras. So this will strictly be carputer. 8 inch looks like the sweet spot. Im going to pull your guages. Knowing that info what model is still serviceable and potentially under $100? I see various refurbished units out there and these amazon fire things. Trying to get this done on the cheap but want it to be a working solution for some time
ok i will not need to pull it out of the truck as im traveling with the fully loaded travel trailer and have ipads laptops computer tv’s on board and no need for cameras. So this will strictly be carputer. 8 inch looks like the sweet spot. Im going to pull your guages. Knowing that info what model is still serviceable and potentially under $100? I see various refurbished units out there and these amazon fire things. Trying to get this done on the cheap but want it to be a working solution for some time
Cargo Master
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From: Archdale,N.C.
I have a 99 F250 crew cab. I've done more preventative stuff than I can list here. Stock injectors DP Tuner chip.. Don't say it.. It has 245000 miles on it. We tow a 10500lb 38' travel trailer with a golf cart in the bed and we get a solid 12mpg hand calculated. I rarely take it out of OD and even in 90 95 degree summer heat the trans temp stays at about 165 and it never hunts between gears.
Mountain Pass
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I was able to pick up a brand new Galaxy Tab A 8.0 open box for $120 on Ebay just a week ago and they had several others. It updated itself to the 7.1.1 Nougat operating system and I am quite happy with it so far.
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Mountain Pass
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Ok tablet and stuff is set. Once i get it installed and ready i will ask what i need to do.
In the meantime i am driving tomorrow, how should i drive? Slow acceleration? Od off? Stock tune? What can i do now?
In the meantime i am driving tomorrow, how should i drive? Slow acceleration? Od off? Stock tune? What can i do now?