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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 04:28 AM
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Pics/links, Gauges, pump tweaks, WOW!

Well, I installed some gauges in the truck (I copied someone on here )and that allowed me to tweak the pump some I am currently running about 1 turn in on the smoke screw, 5/8 in on the starwheel, diaphragm maxed, shaved .060 off the plastic spacer and about 7/8 in on the full load screw. Holy cow, I now have this 7000lb grandpa looking truck that does smokey burn outs, and just surprises the hell out of everyone that doubts her... Puts out about 22PSI, around 1K* on the EGT, still stock exhaust and intake. It's great since I was getting used to people at stop lights getting next to me just to fly by and turn in front of me, now they miss their turn



Link to a site I added some pics to

http://tacominator.com/htdocs/other/...nsmission.html
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 06:25 AM
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Looks great! Your number sound spot on for what you've done. Once you tweek the full fuel screw some more, you'll want to back that smoke screw off a bit to lower your cruise egts What size are those gauges? I just made up a similar backing plate and will be ordering some soon.
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 09:53 AM
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awesome!!! i would love to do that, but i'd hate to cover up the low fuel, water in fuel, wait to start etc.. lights. looks great!!!
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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Looks good. EGTs sound good, too, for the boost. I'd leave the smoke screw alone, as it seems to add nothing.

Looks like standard 2" gauges to me.

Daniel
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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They're the 2 1/16 z series gauges... There's just barely enough room for them to fit in there, you have to plan it out fairly well. I didn't have any depth problems though which I though I remembered the other guy saying he had problems with. The smoke screw seems (on mine anyways) to help tune the initial off the line power before boost comes on. Helps a bit with the more efficient torque converter when you just step on it off the line.
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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My pump is set to double stock flow and then some, so even with the AFC line to the pump unhooked, it'll still push 28-30psi of boost. It doesnt do much one way or the other for me. Not even when it was stock.

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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dpuckett
My pump is set to double stock flow and then some, so even with the AFC line to the pump unhooked, it'll still push 28-30psi of boost. It doesnt do much one way or the other for me. Not even when it was stock.

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1.5 turns on the smoke screw is the difference between blowing huge clouds of black smoke off the line to ******* down off the line for me- like you hear all the time these trucks react differently for each person, each mod...
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 93beater
i'd hate to cover up the low fuel, water in fuel, wait to start etc.. lights. l
I have a surprise for that soon enough
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:18 AM
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You got a lot of talant there, Bud.
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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I had thought of having different colored LEDs to make up for the WIF(red), WTS (Yellow or blue [for cold]), and Low fuel (orange) lights. AntiLock and brake lights are useless- RWAL is unhooked, and if the brake is on, truck dont go anywhere.

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