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    Cooling problems????

    Also if you look at your radiator, the inlet is on the top passenger side and the outlet is directly below the inlet. The radiators in the non intercooled trucks are downflow. So what happens is the coolant comes into the rad and flows straight down to the outlet never hitting the drivers...
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    leaf spring/ air bag hybrid suspension

    True you'd have to control wrap, easy enough to do with out having to link it. Stu
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    leaf spring/ air bag hybrid suspension

    I've wondered about this for a wheelin rig, dont see why it wouldnt work on whatever. Use the main leafs to locate the axle and bags for ride height. Only thing I could see being an issue would be the leafs twisting and allowing the axle to walk. Stu
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    used veg oil cheap simple and non-messy filtering ideas?

    Something nobody has mentioned is just let it settle. 90% of the crap will fall to the bottom. You still have to filter and dewater it, but it's a whole lot less junk to deal with. Google "cold upflow" I use this as well as settling in cubies. Whats left over in the bottom of the cubies you...
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    farm diesel and used motor oil make fuel???????

    You are allowed to run 400gal of alt fuels (bio/veg) per year before taxes. There is no way for the fed or the state to tell how much you run. I run into cali 1 to 2x a year. That means running thru Wa/Or and Ca, I have NEVER been stopped nor have I seen ANY pickup's being stopped to dip tanks...
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    Check this turbo manifold out...

    Look close at the 2nd to last pic...that manifold is toast. See the crack in the lower right of the flange? It may seal for abit but not for long. You might beable to take some nickle rod and fix it...bummer Stu
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    Gear and pinion

    I do gears for myself and friends. It's really not that hard. I have only done dana axles. You want a good micrometer and dial indcator with a magnetic base, some pry bars and a torque wrench. If you buy yukon gears there is a guide that comes with the gears. It gives all the specs...
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    auto or manual?

    Since I went auto in my crawler I'd never go back to manual for that type of rig. If your having to pull up to objects and stop or slow the auto is better, like say on a hill against a big bolder or clawing your way through a rock pile the auto is easier. For a recovery rig? I dont know, but...
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    Who likes bumpers?

    I build bumpers for jeep cherokees and am goin to start on 1st gen dodges and early fords. I can say that there is no way theres more than a couple hundred in that thing in steel. Something like that I'd make the customer pay for the materials up front. Stu
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    Blown diesel?

    Hmmm interisting idea with the clutch, A/C compressors have them......hmmmm. Also if you look at the pic of the benz(in post #10) it has what appears to be a W/G actuator on the front mid way in a I/C tube, mabey some sort of bypass? Stu
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    Blown diesel?

    Sparkandfire is rite on the heat helping the turbo, otherwise you'd want to cool the exhaust instead of heat wrapping it. BUT were not talking about turbos were talking about blowers. 1. duall charging is done with positive displacement blowers like an eaten or whipple, not with a...
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    Blown diesel?

    I understand how a turbo and a supercharger work. Point being the idi would'nt need alot of boost and the boost would be all through the rpm range. It's just an idea, I may buy another holset VGT and cobble something togather at somepoint.
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    Blown diesel?

    I was thinking to use a blowoff as a way to control boost pressure. It really wouldnt be that hard to build something like a vortech blower with the cold side of a turbo. Stu
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    Blown diesel?

    I was rollin ideas around in my head and was thinking why you could'nt do a blower instead of a turbo? Fuel mileage might take a hit, but my fuel is either cheap or free. I was thinking a vortech type blower with a ricer blowoff valve. What would the issues be? I mean it's still forced...
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    Picked a fight with a 1st gen Cummins.

    Wow you guys are funny, my 1st gen will eat my idi alive. All I've done to the goat is turn the fuel 1 and a 1/2 turns and bump the timing 1/8 and 4" exhaust. I can max my lil h1c at 25 psi no prob with a light load. Dont get me wrong I love the idi, but when it comes to power the cummins...
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