7.3 needs more power-how?
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7.3 needs more power-how?
I've got a 92 F350 4x4 with An ATS turbo on it. I'm trying to get a little more power out of it. I've recently changed my exhaust to 4 in. which did help some. is there anything that you guys have tried that has made a vast improvement in power. Thanks for the help,
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Have you "improved" the intake any? The stock intake is pretty restrictive.
Have you turned up the fuel (you'll need a pyro if you don't already have one)? Do you see any black smoke when you get on it?
Is the turbo wastegated? If so, you can turn that up a little. How much boost do you get now?
Also, it may sound silly (please don't be offended), but is your air cleaner clean?
Have you turned up the fuel (you'll need a pyro if you don't already have one)? Do you see any black smoke when you get on it?
Is the turbo wastegated? If so, you can turn that up a little. How much boost do you get now?
Also, it may sound silly (please don't be offended), but is your air cleaner clean?
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Tbone91 thank you, I haven't yet improved the stock intake and I see what your talking about. The hood closes off the scoop, but I do have a new K&N air cleaner and the boost i'm getting now is about 10 to 11 with alot of black smoke on takeoff.my truck is manual so in high gears not alot of smoke, bareley noticeable. my pryo is not working and turbo is wastgated(I think.. new to turbos but from what i've read here) waiting to fix Pryo to see what my temps are before I adjust for more boost. thanks for the imput.
Dave Sponaugle, I'm starting to accept that this is gonna be a pulling and power beast and not much for speed and thats fine with me so I ham honored to be in this class, thank you and there is about 10,000miles on the IP and Injectors as well as glow plugs. I replaced them when I got the truck, thanks again guys alot of great advice.
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Dave Sponaugle, I'm starting to accept that this is gonna be a pulling and power beast and not much for speed and thats fine with me so I ham honored to be in this class, thank you and there is about 10,000miles on the IP and Injectors as well as glow plugs. I replaced them when I got the truck, thanks again guys alot of great advice.
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[QUOTE=tbone91]
Is the turbo wastegated? If so, you can turn that up a little. How much boost do you get now?
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tbone, my diesel doesn't have a wastegated turbo and since you brought it up I wanted to ask a question about it (even though its the wrong section). From the books I have read through, having a non-wastegated turbo means basically means that I need to watch my "stomping" on the gas and avoid sending too much boost to the turbo. Since there is no way to release the pressure, I can cause damage to the turbo. Is this in the right ballpark? Thanks.
Is the turbo wastegated? If so, you can turn that up a little. How much boost do you get now?
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tbone, my diesel doesn't have a wastegated turbo and since you brought it up I wanted to ask a question about it (even though its the wrong section). From the books I have read through, having a non-wastegated turbo means basically means that I need to watch my "stomping" on the gas and avoid sending too much boost to the turbo. Since there is no way to release the pressure, I can cause damage to the turbo. Is this in the right ballpark? Thanks.
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No, a wastegated turbo has a bypass that will allow exhaust to bypass the turbine when it reaches a certain boost pressure
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Originally Posted by maverick1701
tbone, my diesel doesn't have a wastegated turbo and since you brought it up I wanted to ask a question about it (even though its the wrong section). From the books I have read through, having a non-wastegated turbo means basically means that I need to watch my "stomping" on the gas and avoid sending too much boost to the turbo. Since there is no way to release the pressure, I can cause damage to the turbo. Is this in the right ballpark? Thanks.
Although you're a lot more likely to damage the engine with too much boost than the turbo.
The turbo creates the boost and sends it into the engine. That's what it's made to do. The only things that really damage a turbo are losing oil pressure, foreign matter getting into one of the wheels, or the wheels contacting the housing (due to too much play in the bearing)
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