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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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what am i doing wrong

i gotta 1997 PSD

-4 in downpipe
-5 in the rest of the way
-shift kit
-banks turbo
-super chip

without putting new injectors in how can i get BLACK SMOKE
someone please help
 
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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OH OH this is going to be a long thread LOL
 
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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Get a Chip from here to replace your Superchip
http://stores.totaldieselperformance...+94-97%3AChips




Than if that is not enough get stage 1 injectors or put a walmart bag over your air filter!
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by tjbeggs
Get a Chip from here to replace your Superchip
http://stores.totaldieselperformance...+94-97%3AChips




Than if that is not enough get stage 1 injectors or put a walmart bag over your air filter!
Ha ha
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by tjbeggs
put a walmart bag over your air filter!
If that's not enough smoke, fill up the bed of the truck with pine straw and set it on fire!!! .

Saw a guy hauling hay the other day that had thrown a cigarette butt out the window and caught the hay on fire. Boy did I feel sorry for him, but you talk about smoke.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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Check fuel pressure!
TJ's method will give you some real smoke!

Bill
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by tjbeggs
Get a Chip from here to replace your Superchip
http://stores.totaldieselperformance.com/Categories.bok?category=Ford+7.3L+94-97%3AChips




Than if that is not enough get stage 1 injectors or put a walmart bag over your air filter!
CLASSIC TIM!!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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kupiec20, we do have fun on this forum. Keepwatching you will get your answers. Good Luck.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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You know the really funny part about the walmart bag.....I did it once! not on purpose but I just laid one over my filter while washing my engine compartment on my lunch break. Got done closed the hood ran into town to get some food. came back and popped the hood again to see how it looked dried and low and behold there was my walmart bag!! I didn't notice a thing driving it so you really have to plug off the filter to make it smoke!
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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maybe i haven't had my diesel long enough...

forgive my ignorance please, but why would anyone want their truck to smoke? when i see a vehicle producing an excess of smoke, i think "poor guy- gonna have to fix that".

not getting it,
eric
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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They are talking about "thick black smoke". Like tractors at tractor pulls, or big rigs under a heavy load going up hill. It equates to "More Smoke = More Power".
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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you gotta do bigger fuel for anything significant.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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Intake mod

Hi I was wondering if anyone could tell me the dimensions of the filter you guys use on your Intake mod and what brand filter it is thanks
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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oops sorry that was supposed to be a new thread I will do that again
 
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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mine smokes half way decent but for a basicly stock truck anything more than a haze is wasted fuel, the freight train effect isnt really doing much other then turning heads. if you have that much smoke then you need more air
 
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