powerstrokenstang
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matt should get you fixed up, my 455/400's idle better than about any stock truck around lol just have some haze but its a pulling file.
600hp was fun but boring. Going bigger!
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4.0l sahara
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I would get it live tuned. Dyno tuning is over looked to much in the diesel world imo. How are the fans working?
vanderchevy18
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I will but I wanted something for tomorrow.
So far I haven't been able to get it hot enough for them to come on. That or they're working better than I could have ever expected. Lol! Yesterday when I was driving around it got up to a little below the middle of the gauge. It used to get up to the center or a hair over. Of course, the royal purple coolant additive may have had something to do with it too.
So far I haven't been able to get it hot enough for them to come on. That or they're working better than I could have ever expected. Lol! Yesterday when I was driving around it got up to a little below the middle of the gauge. It used to get up to the center or a hair over. Of course, the royal purple coolant additive may have had something to do with it too.
4.0l sahara
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Or the cold weather...... If they work out for you I will be buying a set.
vanderchevy18
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I'd say a combination of the three. It warms up quick though. Its kinda funny. Failing alternator and I installed n2o, water meth, electric fans, entertainment/sound system, and a 10k watt inverter. Hmm. Maybe that's why it failed. LOL
Emailed Matt. He's gonna send me a chip with tunes hopefully tomorrow.
Emailed Matt. He's gonna send me a chip with tunes hopefully tomorrow.
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DocBar
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If you need help with that alternator, let me know. I have plenty of recent experience with replacing them. :doh:
Are you having Matt send you a chip as a stopgap til you can get him up to live tune it?
DocBar
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That thing oughta run like a bat outta hell in that light of a truck!!:demon:I'm running Brian Jelich's tuning for now. Matt thus is why I was trying to get a hold of you the other day. I want you to come up and live tune it for me.
For now I'm just waste gating my GTX4294R and spraying the **** out of it. I'm going to run it in my white truck for a little while till the race truck is ready for it. It'll end up being a 4,500# 78 F-100. When I do that I'll be running a top secret Irate built turbo setup. That's all I'll say for now!
I heard a rumor about a setup Irate was making. I wonder if it's the same one.
HaysKSFirefighter
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I betcha a dollar it's not LOL it's gonna be a scary fast little truck that's for sure.
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DocBar
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A dollar bet it is and the 1st round is on the loser. How does that sound?
vanderchevy18
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Now if only I could find a 275mm turbo. Its a joint effort between Pius and Briggs&Stratton to design and build the primary turbo.
LOL
LOL
dentexpowerstroke
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If you ever run it down to matt to live tune it post on here before hand. I'll buy you a beer on you're way down there.
vanderchevy18
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Sounds good! Not sure if I'll do that, buy him a plane ticket, or just meet him at an event.
dentexpowerstroke
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Sorry for derail, I'll pm you if you'd rather, but what was the setup you were running to hit 600hp.
vanderchevy18
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Stock bottom end, studs, springs, push rods, irate fuel system, irate mount and gtx4294, srp-1, 250/200's, Cale's tuning, and the other little stuff that goes with it.
dentexpowerstroke
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I'm wanting to hit the 600s but couldn't decide between 250/200 or 300/200 and a billet 71. Looks like the 250s and a good flowing turbo seem to be the good combo for 600ish. But like you've proven I'm afraid 600 will get boring in a couple of months like 500 did.
vanderchevy18
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Well I'll put it this way. The 250's may be a bit safer than 300's, but the 300's are more likely to let you hit your goal. 500 is a good number though. I promise 600 isn't that much better. If your truck is a toy and you don't mind tossing another engine in whenever it blows, then do what I did. But if you need your truck stay at 500. Its a good number and a lot safer than 600. Most people at that level worry so much about blowing up their truck that its not fun anymore. There are 3 things that I tell people and they never ever believe me until they do it and find out. 1- A BTS transmission will change your life or at least completely change your entire truck. 2- Except for a BTS, the SRP-1 will be your favorite mod of all. And 3- The perfect HP level for one of these trucks is 400-500hp. No smoke, smooth, plenty of power, and usually pretty reliable. Less than that is doggy. More than that is usually a pain in the ass. Not discouraging you. Just trying to make sure people who may be in that situation being inspired by this thread know the facts.
dentexpowerstroke
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It will be getting a bts, and headers here soon(package deal from a buddy). I'm glad you mentioned the srp, i hadnt figured out the hpop situation. And I have a dodge gasser to drive if i blow it up. Im ok whth blowing it up as long as it puts the hurt on a few dodges and sports cars before I have to pull it again. Also how much nitrous are you running? I am curious about nitrous but am afraid itll be the trucks demise haha.
Fat fingered from my phone.
Fat fingered from my phone.
vanderchevy18
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I've heard that nitrous actually helps keep it together. Not sure how or why, but that's what I was told once. Take from that what you want. I'm running a 125 shot on a wot switch right now. Once I get all the bugs worked out I'll run a second bottle and solenoid on a programmable controller.
dentexpowerstroke
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Ok, thats a bigger shot than i would risk. I was going to find the absolute smallest jet and maybe run that haha.
vanderchevy18
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You start small and work up to your desired HP or until the smoke starts to clear up. I know I have way more fuel than a 125 can clean up so I'm starting with it. Lol!
