I'll post some pics a little later today! I'm having some technical difficulties with my link.

 

Never mind, post deleted.

 

Hey Mike, I'm going to post them on webshots later.

 

Ok, I'll wait for that.

 

Here we go, more smoke pics. 19-22 are Strokin(Kris) and 23-26 are Tenn(Mike).

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/558785383HBiVGv

 

Great pics!

I am waiting for more pics to be posted, cuz even though I was there it is a blur. I could here that golf cart whimper every time I got in it. "Oh no here we go again" LOL It was really nice to meet all of y'all. I just wish I could have talked to more of you at length.

 

Nice, thanks Chris.

I believe my truck is #s 21-24 from what I can see. In pic # 25 is that funny bumper sticker they made up just for the event.

 

Diane, how did you feel sunday morning?

 

Kris,

Most of the people at the bonfire I have 18-20 years on. Staying up til 2 am is not something I have done since almost 4 years when our youngest son was an infant.

I saw almost everyone Sunday morning that was at the bonfire. We all had the same look. He he

 

Could the difference in their CC pressures account for the difference in their hp on their dyno runs? Tenn got 311 hp on the dyno and strokin got 307 hp. Somewhere I remember reading that (in round numbers) an exhaust brake at 20 psi back pressure at 2500 rpm provides about 150 retarding hp. strokin measured about 1 psi cc pressure on his dyno run, and (1/20)*150=7.5 hp. Would a 0 psi CC pressure given him and additional 7.5 hp and a winning dyno run?

I measured Tenn at no load, but he revved to 2000+ rpm and only registered about 0.5" H20=0.018 psi. Tenn vents with a straight hose to the rear, and strokin vents to the exhaust. rampage also vents to the exhaust, and he measured about 3" H2O= 0.11 psi just revving the engine with no load.

After recovering from the excitement of thinking my left front wheel bearing was seizing up, and pulling the wheel to fortunately find only a rock wedged in the brake caliper instead, I was able to concentrate on making some CC pressure measurements while towing to DP land. The stock CCV never goes positive unless I apply the exhaust brake, and then only to about 0.5" H20. At first I thought this was due to an increase in blow by, but I soon figured out that it's due to the exhaust brake stopping the flow through the intake which also kills the slight vacuum there. At near full load in 3rd pulling a steep grade at 2700 rpm (1150 EGT) I got -5" H20=-0.18 psi. Just cruising along in OD at 65 mph (2000 rpm) at 10-12 psi boost I got -2 H2O=0.07 psi.

I'm thinking about configuring a CCV mod that vents straight down and measuring it on my tow to Hagerstown MD, but I need to figure a way to easily plumb it back to stock if I see much over 4" H2O=0.15 psi. My concern is that if you multiply the surface area of the oil pan or valve cover by the psi you get a considerable force (even at 4" H2O) trying to lift them from their gaskets.

 

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...01165609jsCSAe

Can anyone tell me whether this truck belonged to a fella named Don, by any chance?

 

Boy are you obsessed with that CCV stuff!

I bet you money that if you put Mike's truck on the dyno with that gauge you would see similar numbers. I think my CCV is fine and im leaving it at that. If i ever do run it as hard as it was on the dyno, it will be only for a few seconds which is more than fine with me.

 

Man, looks like a damn good time was had by all (maybe with the exception of the guy geyying pushed off the dyno) or the guys in the GM rides. I'm jealous. Maybe next year.

 

It must have sucked for that 6.0 owner, but everyone else had a right nice time enjoying the 6.0 broke down. Those damn C****s took up alot of dyno time. Ask tenn about it, the one broke the dyno for a few hours, and then once it was back on, Merchant's blue GMC spent more than his fair share on the dyno, even if it was top dog.

 

Yeah, it would have been nice if we could have changed filters, fooled with tunes and whatever we wanted because we didn't like the numbers we were putting out. Pardon me while I swap turbos folks, give me a break.