No black smoke
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No black smoke
I have a 2004 F350 C.C., 6.0 turbo diesel with 45K miles. Some of the add ons are 5 inch exhaust, K&N cold air intake and an edge attitude with juice, a pretty modest setup I think. The other day I was going down the road an a guy in a 05 or 06 Chev duramax passed next to me and it was obvious he had the edge also, I saw the controller, he got in front of me and put his foot into it and his truck dumped all this black smoke. My truck has never dumped smoke like that, I've never seen black smoke come out of my exhaust, is there a reason Chev dumps smoke like that and (my) Ford doesn't? If you know, I'm curious.
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From: Sarasota, FL
Don't know why your edge doesn't but i can tell you that running the SCT will put out some black smoke when i put the go pedal to the floor.
What setting are you running on the edge? if it's a lower setting it probably isn't dumping that much extra fuel into the motor
What setting are you running on the edge? if it's a lower setting it probably isn't dumping that much extra fuel into the motor
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Here is another thing about smoke, it's wasted horsepower. Would you rather be dumping smoke all over the place or would you rather be passing them while they are dumping smoke? I equate dumping smoke with all bark and no bite. People know you have something on there, but it still takes you awhile to get anywhere. But to answer your question, your edge sould be dumping the fuel at higher settings, if your at higher settings then you must not be on the throttle enough in order for it to dump.
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Dumpin smoke doesn't mean wasted horsepower. It could mean the turbo hasn't spooled up yet. When I mash the motor in my truck, I dump black smoke, but soon as the turbo catches up it's nearly clear.
To the OP, get rid of the edge and pick up an SCT before you regret it!
To the OP, get rid of the edge and pick up an SCT before you regret it!
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Originally Posted by riggz
Dumpin smoke doesn't mean wasted horsepower. It could mean the turbo hasn't spooled up yet. When I mash the motor in my truck, I dump black smoke, but soon as the turbo catches up it's nearly clear.
To the OP, get rid of the edge and pick up an SCT before you regret it!
To the OP, get rid of the edge and pick up an SCT before you regret it!
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sounds to me like your edge may be set to economy, you have more than one setting right?? it should smoke when you stomp on it im a race tune, BTW you should be worried about smoking the chevy not the atmosphere...and get an SCT to do it with.
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From: Dunwoody, GA
Originally Posted by tex25025
That's right, meaning you have more fuel and not enough air, which means you don't have as much horsepower as you could have until your air input matches your fuel input. So when you dump you have wasted fuel, and that's half the equation for horsepower and thus you have wasted horsepower.
I guess all the competition diesel guys don't know that they are wasting all that horsepower when running the 1/4 mile?
