finally got pyrometer installed
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well it probably gets better now with the different gears but i had 36s on it with 3.08 gears with 31s on it it wouldnt shift into overdrive till it hit 85mph now i have 4.11 gears and 38.5swampers on it i havent checked since the new gears and tires cuz it is not on the road enough to check it
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Keep your foot in it till you see aluminium DRIP out the pipes, THEN kinda let off it...
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Are you nuts we have to have somebody to pick on.
Put it as close to the back of either manifold as you can.
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and the post above this one was to something else, i just forgor to quote it lol, im getting a little tired
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Or those that have a job.
dyoung14 if you're pyro is close to right then you're not getting enough air. Think of it like this. Turn the gas on on a cutting torch and light it. The flame is cold with lots of black soot. Start turning the oxygen to it and the flame gets hot enough to melt metal. Hit the air button and it will start cutting thru steel. You say you are blowing lots of black smoke which means you are flooding the engine with fuel. Since you can't get more air in without a turbo cut the fuel back some and I would bet the exhaust temps will start to come up.
dyoung14 if you're pyro is close to right then you're not getting enough air. Think of it like this. Turn the gas on on a cutting torch and light it. The flame is cold with lots of black soot. Start turning the oxygen to it and the flame gets hot enough to melt metal. Hit the air button and it will start cutting thru steel. You say you are blowing lots of black smoke which means you are flooding the engine with fuel. Since you can't get more air in without a turbo cut the fuel back some and I would bet the exhaust temps will start to come up.
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dyoung14 if you're pyro is close to right then you're not getting enough air. Think of it like this. Turn the gas on on a cutting torch and light it. The flame is cold with lots of black soot. Start turning the oxygen to it and the flame gets hot enough to melt metal. Hit the air button and it will start cutting thru steel. You say you are blowing lots of black smoke which means you are flooding the engine with fuel. Since you can't get more air in without a turbo cut the fuel back some and I would bet the exhaust temps will start to come up.
dyoung14 if you're pyro is close to right then you're not getting enough air. Think of it like this. Turn the gas on on a cutting torch and light it. The flame is cold with lots of black soot. Start turning the oxygen to it and the flame gets hot enough to melt metal. Hit the air button and it will start cutting thru steel. You say you are blowing lots of black smoke which means you are flooding the engine with fuel. Since you can't get more air in without a turbo cut the fuel back some and I would bet the exhaust temps will start to come up.
i think im just going to leave it alone until i get my turbo hooked up, also and i went to bed at 12 am last night, joe, who dont belive in sleep, if its 12 in tennessee then its what 9 or 10 in cali? am i correct
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i run the isspro brand pyrometer in my pete . i run it to 1,000 degrees max any thing higher i down a gear . around town it runs right around 600 degrees. i know its a 3406C cat motor but a motor is a motor they all melt down the same been there done that. an black smoke is just unburnt fuel . low exhaust temp = rich fuel mix,no load .. high exhaust temp = lean fuel mix ,heavy load . now to make power lean is mean just watch pyro an detonation. isspro has some info on the web site
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??? ANYONE???
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Yep, the man has it right, diesels are the opposite of a gas engine when it comes to this. Lean out a Gasser, and it gets hot, lean out a diesel and it run cold, hence why they don't make any big amount of fuel idling.
And, as for detonation, if you don't have it happening in a diesel, you don't have a running diesel... LOL
And, as for detonation, if you don't have it happening in a diesel, you don't have a running diesel... LOL
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Yep, the man has it right, diesels are the opposite of a gas engine when it comes to this. Lean out a Gasser, and it gets hot, lean out a diesel and it run cold, hence why they don't make any big amount of fuel idling.
And, as for detonation, if you don't have it happening in a diesel, you don't have a running diesel... LOL
And, as for detonation, if you don't have it happening in a diesel, you don't have a running diesel... LOL
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Since a full charge of air enters the cylinder on every intake stroke and the amount of fuel injected is what varies engine speed, lean and rich do not apply to diesel engines other than rich is when the engine tries to go faster, lean is when it is slowing down.