It's not starving for fuel at idle and no-load throttle bump with your mechanical lift pump. Unless it's broken. Mine keeps up with my maxed stock pump to 14psi under load. And still isn't dropping off in pressure, so there's more left over. Probably not much more, but either way that's only...
Wow I'm amazed that they delivered those on a normal UPS truck. And same thing that you could just walk in and return the old ones, I wouldn't have guessed that at all. Must be right at the upper limit. To send an average delivery driver out to wrestle 100lb cast iron is a little much...
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Funny, Justin and Wes are usually in agreement on longevity and performance mods for these engines, but in the case of the coolant mod are miles apart. I wonder why, and where the truth lies. And I doubt that any old wives came up with the coolant mod idea! LOL
+1 Redline MTL, been using it for many years. It's given my tired ZF-5 a lot of use for many more years than I thought it would have in her. It's definitely time for a rebuild, but this stuff is great!
I've often wondered when/if this would become a thing. After all, diesel locomotives have been running that way since the 50's and even the 30's according to Google. So there's a ton of science behind it and you'd have nearly unlimited torque at low speeds, with way more efficiency from the...
Yep just get a pyro and pay attention. Shouldn't take long to get used to it. The timing may be off a bit since it'll have more fuel at the same pedal travel but you might be able to dial that in by advancing or retarding the IP. I haven't heard of people doing it so I'm not sure, but in your...
I was going to suggest replacing that pop-tester gauge anyway since it's about 4x the scale we need. If you can find one for 2500psi that's ideal, 3k may be more accessible. That way you can get the resolution to get each injector within 50psi, which is ideal.
So I was late to the party on that...
It's amazing to me how many electric car related patents came out in the late 1800's and early 1900's and how much technology the minds of these inventors created on paper, and just couldn't implement it due to lack of (electrical)energy storage. I don't have a link or anything but there are...
I don't know anything about the balancer differences, but I do know that 300hp is way more than 30% increase in power from stock. I don't recall the stock HP but I feel like it's around 175hp at the flywheel. If you're measuring the 300hp at the flywheel that's 71.4% more ponies! Yeah buddy...
I guess the center belt in the back of your crew cab has a retractor? (maybe I'm reading it wrong) My extended cab does not, so it's no big deal to snug anything down in the center. I have 4 kiddos now so lots of car seats...anything with a belt retractor is OUT. That cannot work. But anything...
Besides #5 that sure is a pretty engine! I'm with @IDIBRONCO and think if I was you, I'd do the hone and see what happens. On the penny-pinching side, you can get just #5 bored. As you said it won't introduce more significant compression than any other engine that has natural variability. Shoot...
The big tires that I run would help you out a TON with roads like that, and give a tiny lift. 285/75R-16's, or roughly 33". MT's or open tread AT's. I like the AT's better for the mostly road driving I do.
The trick is to only air them up as much as needed to keep the treadwear even. It's...
I'd actually forgotten how frustrated I was putting my turbo on for the first time till I read that, and now just remembered how mad I was when I finally had it all together except the intake hat, not knowing you couldn't just slip it in there after the turbo was in place! I was in a special...
My 89 has both the temp sender and light switch, his is an 89.
@Bart F-350 my first guess is that your sender and switch are installed into the opposite ports. That would make the wire you grounded the correct wire. Or maybe the wires are crossed, being connected to the wrong thing. Just a...
If you have a pre-filter on the electric pump I'd check that first. Or just delete it. I had one that cause me all sorts of headaches till I realized it was clogged up.
You might post in the wanted section, or maybe someone is selling over in the marketplace. Facebook/craigslist too, on the...
@Jesus Freak just went from the friendly, joking, IDI-loving, oil-burning brother we all love... to THE MAN WHO KILLS DISSIDENTS AND EATS THEM! So. Fast.
-Flame Thr :popcorn
I've 100% never heard of anyone eating goat before. But I like your way of...
What's "dealer style A/C"? Like they swapped in A/C on a non-A/C factory truck?
This makes a ton more sense to me, though I'm pretty much a noob at bottom-end rebuilding. I did one 22R years ago. My 4 cylinders of expertise! LOL
I was gonna say, just move the drill faster! :joker: I did my...
I just realized that we could also plumb in some kind of stopper for the return line. The engine dies if the return sees too much pressure. Not that I really care, but it's a way to do it.
Cool find!
What's the story on that v-belt tensioner, boys? I've never seen that in all my years around OBN and FTE. The yard said it came out of an 89 F250 and my first thought was "shenanigans!" or something similar... :angel:
How are they if you stand in front of your truck from 40 feet away? Maybe crouching down to just above the cut-off point. I've found LED's to scatter light all over and be really obnoxious to other drivers. But I'm all for the tech when they can make it work in an existing housing!
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