puffmagicdiesel

I will be doing some light towing(im mean not often but sometimes long hauls ex. going from so. cal to washington) is it a bad idea to gring the foot i plan on putting in the gov. spring tomorrow if it is not id rather do it all at once
THanks

PapeCAT

why grind it when you can remove it completely, I have heard... it will only be affecting your low boost fueling, just more smoke, but when the turbo lights the whole afc foot etc is on a vacation anyway from what I understand, so during towing, even cruise you won't notice a difference.

puffmagicdiesel

i thought that i had hread different form somebody but i might have read it wrong, wasnt sure if it would raise egts like crazy or not

wannadiesel

How light are we talking? The problem with grinding the AFC lever (or removing it entirely) in a towing application is that you can get full fuel with zero boost. This means heavy smoke and high EGT at low RPM - not towing friendly. I consider this to be a "play truck" mod. You could get away with 5k or so, any more and it's going to be difficult to drive, you'll have to play the old "egg under the pedal" mind game with yourself the whole time.

PapeCAT- The ground lever will give even more fuel at zero boost than the stock lever gives at full boost. This is why it's bad for tow rigs.

puffmagicdiesel

Ill be haulin 8,000 pounds(that will be rare though but the long trip) and then maybe 4000 every once in a while

wannadiesel

I wouldn't grind it then. Get an Old Smoky pin instead.

frostie

If you have emissions testing I would not do it.
other wise I would. I have an old smokey power pin, PODs and a ground foot. Just watch your EGTs. With all these mods you need to consider a bigger turbo and bigger air charge cooler.

puffmagicdiesel

this may be a dumb ? but what excatly is an air charge cooler(the intercooler)

wannadiesel

You got it.