Injectors, that is. I was more or less "along for the ride", the additional pair of hands but certainly not the brains on the endeavor. It went great. About four hours including coffee breaks, throwing stuff for the dog, and general lyin to each other.

I gotta say, a couple of perceptions on changing from stocks to stage one singles.
Noise: maybe my ears are fragged but I can barely tell a difference in how it sounds. That surprised me, since I've always heard that the splits were there to reduce sound.
Valve covers: really happy. Just spotless. I figured at 85K for miles, thered be some buildup or something, but they looked new and the springs and rockers all bright. That'll give a guy a warm fuzzy.
Air pipes. Not the warm fuzzy. The S&B filter is gonna go. Way too much obvious garbage getting through. Bummer.
Giddyup - SOTP assessment. Noticeable. Driving like the polite guy I always am, *cough*, not much difference. A little weight on the foot, I think the "1" or approximately stock setting now is about what "4" or 80 econo was before.
At 120 when you actually intend to push on the pedal, that'll darn near smokescreen off a good couple hundred feet of highway.

I'm recalling a couple of guys who've already been playing the modified injector game for some time. CSI I think had stage 1's. I know theres some with more, like II's or even hybrid 530s. I can't imagine what thats like. I don't know that I'd want to go there.

 

Pretty sweet man, you are right at 400hp i would assume. Did you have DP do the tuning for the singles, and the big oil? That must be fun to drive, with 4.56's and all that git-up-n-go.

 

I am running stage 2 swamps right now, Wife is getting 200cc splits from Elite Diesel in the next few weeks. I want to get mine a little bigger when I head out to CO for truck fest in a few months... Makes it alot more fun to drive!!!

 

Yeah Kris, I dont have any intentions of spinning the rollers again but I think the math puts me about 400 at the rear. All I know is, my goal starting this little mod trek was pull the trailer better. We be there. And how.
Jody, once again, came through like the good dude he must be. I called him, told him what I needed, the story (not driving until replaced) and he burned it and sent it out the next day. Tell you what, I dont know how he can keep up with his own popularity level but everyone appreciates customer service like that. Even if everyone else gets it too, it makes you feel that day like YOU merited something special. Much props his direction, as always.
And ditto on Dennis at ITP. Phone call to UPS number in the email, like 2 hours. And he wasnt even in the shop when I called.

 

Stage 1's will put you about 380...

 

Hey Randal, I'm curious why you didn't go with the Stage II single shots? You've got everything you need for Stage IIs and Stage IIIs.

 

I would bet his rods are scaring him a bit?

 

I saw the 01 in the sig, so dumb ars me thought he had forged rods!

 

Well, yes and no. If I were to go bigger, yes. Rods even now are a little of a concern. But I honestly drive pretty nice 99% of the time.
There was a time when I started doing mods that compounds and 530s looked like the cats meow but I've kind of gotten over that urge. But I did do the stealths thinking that the day would come when I'd want them and they'd be there.
I always had a goal in mind, albeit a little subjective, that basically said when I can tug the work trailer anywhere, anytime, 75 down the interstate and not worry about temps or the tranny or anything else, I'll be happy. As an aside, stock, this never happened. I could barely maintain 65 on a flat grade with no wind. Thing must have some serious wind drag. But it is hefty.
Back to the goal though, I've gotten there. The injector going out on me wasnt in the gameplan. I figured if I was going to swap them out, first of all, not going to the dealership. After that, ITP was pretty much a no brainer, and after a little discussion I settled my head on the single shot stage 1+ as plenty good, and ran with it.
Honestly after today, I wonder what the world is going to be like. Despite how clean it looked, the injectors that came out, 4 of them the o rings were obviously fragged. One was only about half there. The other half we found pieces of. So I think it was coming. I have no idea what leaks and to where if your o rings (bottom, closest to the nozzle) are shot, but whatever . . . its fixed now.
I'm trying real hard to keep the PMS in recession, because if it flares up now, its gonna get really expensive. Again. (Which isnt to say it hasnt been a heckuva fun road to go down)

 

Have you actually confirmed you have PMR's? Some lucky 01'ers have forged rods.

 

I havent had them out or blown an inspection hole yet (or looked in the small one thats there) but my build date on the engine is 3 Nov 00 and I came across dates somewhere that made me pretty sure I wasnt one of the lucky fellers.
If it doesnt go kaboom, its moot.
You can get a whooo whooo.
Laugh of the day "this'd be a lot easier if you didnt have all this aftermarket stuff up here"
"uh - huh"
(this from the guy that wrenched most of that aftermarket stuff in there)

 

Dang............... Sounds like a lot of fun!!!

 

Four hours...that's not nearly as long as I had imagined it would take. That's pretty encouraging. When I eventually replace mine (hopefully sometime this summer), I was thinking it might be a long weekend. But, I also plan on putting some head studs in there too.

 

You've had your VC's off already, that's the hardest part.
They are held down with one bolt and a small ladyfoot crowbar is the tool to use to dislodge them.
Put in a fresh set of glow plugs while you are there.

 

It took me about 5 hours on a slow day at the shop and I was definatly not in a hurry because it was the first time for me and I wanted to make sure that it was done right, no mistakes.
The biggest mistake that day was I soaked the climate control head with engine oil as I was clearing the cylinders

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