Well i dont have a tranny jack so i took it to a shop to have a new clutch and new input shaft put in, think the pilot bearing was going out. So i havent towed with it yet. My trailer is a heavy 4 horse so we will see. So far, driving empty, the turbo seems like stock, at least it isnt spooling slower, the 1.0 housing must have helped with that, so it has to be moving more air. But, I cant tell if it is really cleaning up smoke much on the hotter tunes, my tunes seem like they arent right so im having it live tuned down at dynoproven soon as i can get down there.
It is hard to load up the engine when the truck is empty/ not towing. It accelerates so fast i woukd need a really steep hill unloaded. I actually just did some math and in direct drive (4th gear) i get 1950-2000 rpm at 45 mph so that woukd actually indicate 4.30 gears with 33 inch tires so maybe that is why my truck pulls so hard. It will jump when i get on it and it still has stock injectors. In 5 th gear i get 2400rpm at 70 mph, which is about as fast as i like to go. I tow at 65 mph. A gear vendor in this truck would be awesome and the best of both worlds but at $3k they are pricey.
The brute66 seems to jump off at about 2000 to 2100rpm. About 6lb cruising at 70mph, rises quickly if i step on it, but So far im only seeing 18-20 lb of boost if i take it to 3000 rpm, but like i said im hoping it will be more under load. Seems like it should have more boost than that even with stock injectors. All boots and uppipes are new so i dont know why it isnt more.
I am anxious to see how it does when i tow, hopefully it will work. I am planning on maybe going with 160/30s or so but i dont want a bunch of black smoke. I was hoping the brute would be able to clean it up but since i will be under 2000 rpm a lot with the 5 speed now im not so sure it was a good choice. Will report on it when i tow, but was surprised to see i am still getting some smoke in the 80 hp tune with the brute...seems like it should completely clean that up but i am new to this. I dont know maybe my injectors arent stock but i am pretty sure they are. I cannot get it over 1000 on the pyro with the 80 hp tune now that the intercooler is on so that implies stock injectors to me.
Sorry for the long read i will know more once i get a live tune and some towing time when i get the truck back in a couple days.
