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Old May 19, 2004 | 03:30 PM
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alright i have a question for all the diesel guru's out there. i own a '96 PSD and i have made a few mods to her such as straight piped exhaust, 5" tip, 10k mod, shimmed fpr, and installed a gauge off the shcrader valve to monitor the fuel pressure. what im wondering is what should i do next to get some more power out of her without spending gobbs of money and also not blowing my tranny. I would like get some more power out of her without exceeding $250 as this is my limit at the time. any advice would be greatly appreciated
 
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Old May 19, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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Spend it on a egt and trans guage. Best investment you can make for your psd. Especially if you plan on doing other mods down the road...
 
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Old May 19, 2004 | 03:42 PM
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Get you some guages tranny and egt. I was suuuuuprised to see what mine was doing. May want to consider a HX crossover line, no power but sure did smooth mine out at speed.

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Old May 19, 2004 | 03:47 PM
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I agree. For less than 45 bucks, shipped. Its well worth it.
 
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Old May 19, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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what is an HX crossover line? What does it do? what does it run price range wise?
 
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Old May 19, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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The High Pressure Oil Crossover Line connects the left and right High Pressure Oil rails together. This allows the computer(PCM) to monitor the pressure of both High Pressure Oil rails, therefore producing a much more even fuel distribution by balancing the oil pressure between the two rails. The line also acts as an accumulator, resulting in less pressure spikes in the system. The result is a smoother idle and all around better running engine.



Info taken from here : http://www.dieselsitetoo.com/index.a...PROD&ProdID=50
 
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Old May 19, 2004 | 04:34 PM
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Where can I buy the HX line? How much? How difficult to install?
 
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Old May 19, 2004 | 04:41 PM
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Click on the link I posted. Everything you need to know about it...
 
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