I got my smarty tonite, hooked er up and went straight to #9. After she was warmed up all good, i proceeded to pound the heck out of her for a little bit. Very impressive, but my egts were much higher than with the VA box. Im not complaining, just wondering if this was normal on #9? EGT was 1455 at 100mph from a dead stop. With the VA i never got over 1275.
Anyone else notice this?
hx35 turbo, not sure on the injectors, but i am guessing the are stock, or maybe the smallest upgrade, they did smoke from a dead stop when i didnt have va or smarty. Bret

 

How was your boost before and after?


phox

 

i have adjustable elbow and the boost is hitting 36 or so with smarty, 32-34 with VA. I havent adjusted the elbow between the two.

 

you have injectors in it all i could get out of mine was 22 psi stock .with mach 1.6 i see 38 max. im thinking you have rv275 or somthing a bit larger if you getting 36. your not running the VA and smarty both are you?I have only hit 1300* with a heavy trailer behind (23k)going over the grapevine at 60

 

You have higher EGT because you're getting more fuel and more power.

You're also pushing your turbo past it's efficiency range, and your compressor discharge temps are much higher.

Hotter intake air= higher EGT.

 

FWIW - Smarty lowered my EGT's!

Stacking it on my TST PM3, it runs about 100* less (full out) than it did with EZ stacked on TST box.

RJ

 

RJ- why is it you guys all seem to have lower EGT's with stacked boxes and higher HP levels? With my Edge on 5/5, my EGT's scream, like well above 1300. What gives? The probe is in the manifold where it was recomended, I have tha big downpipe and exhaust, big air filter...I dont get it.

 

This comment from above should explain it. Stock turbo on an automatic will not play well with a Edge Comp on 5x5. It's just too small.
My comment was lower egt's, relative to what I got before. I can still hit 1400* with my big single turbo!

RJ

 

with no box and no elbow all i could hit was 23.7 boost. if i remeber right, i could hit 1400 egt with no box and no elbow on wot. not pulling anything. VA and elbow lowered egts alot, now with smarty egts are coming back up, on #9. lots and lots of smoke ticked off two people enuff on the way home from work, that they motioned to me that i was #1

the VA is not on the truck, just the smarty. and it freakin ROCKS !

 

i thought 36 psi was acceptable for the hx35. am i wrong? if so what should the max be? thanks Bret