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    is this a grounding issue?

    I would check the amp output from your alternator. Do you have any extra electrical items like e fans? My dads car does that every time the fan kicks on while driving. Drives me nuts also
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    interesting transfer case leak

    Milky and yellow oil defiantly sounds like water in the case. I know when I changed oil on concrete trucks, that's what the oil looked like when contaminated. They used like 90w so it sorta looked like honey coming out
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    Three T's of Diesel engines

    No problem. He talks alot more in his threads about what exactly he did. And the expected lifespan of the engines after all the mods http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/general-chit-chat/852603-turbo-diesel-bike.html...
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    Three T's of Diesel engines

    There is a guy on pirate4x4 who take a little engine like that from a reefer and made a motorcycle. He put a turbo on it, bored it out, turned up the fuel and rpms. I think his username is deathmachinefab. He has built several different ones Here is a link to one of his videos...
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    Can I use my head gasket again???

    I am going to highly suggest getting a new gasket. When I worked in a factory installing heads on 7.3 DI if we had to remove the head for any reason once we started the torque sequence we replaced the head gasket. $34 is a cheap piece if mind to not have your truck go down soon after getting it...
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    south side Diesel news project

    So wanna drag mine out of the woods and rebuild it while your at it:sly Or just wait till August and I can get mad at it myself.
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    Air bags on the front?

    I don't see why it couldn't not be done. If you went and totally replaced the leafs with bags and added radius arms it should work. But basically you would only be able to use it to adjust for different weight loads. But then most of that would be on the rear axle still. I know 91idi considered...
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    balancing rotating assembly

    i hope your not saying im one of those stupid kids??? Ive got plenty of respect for those that have been there done that, but when i get told "it wont work" or "didnt work for us" i want to know why it wont work or didnt work the first time. I actually have a problem of over reasherching...
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    weight of piston

    I dont have a piston and rod out of an engine to measure so i was hoping someone would. I guess the right term i would be looking for would be the weight of reciprocating mass of the piston and rod such as one would measure when balancing a rotating assembly. Once i have a weight i will be...
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    how fast can we go roundy round

    well you could probably bore the center out of the wrist pins then. There is so much crazy info floating around about the hypermax idi. Anywhere from 900 to 1200 hp. And storys of the bottom end turning to jello or it being totally stock and stout as hell. But there is a build on here where...
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    weight of piston

    as long as all the parts are from the same engine it does not matter to me. And since most balancing work and whatnot is done in grams down to the single gram will be close enough. Its to determine how much force is acting on the pistons
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    balancing rotating assembly

    ha ha ha now i feel a little stupid. A google search turned up the info on overbalancing the crank. It is used to counteract vibrations at high rpms and boost among several other things. In our case it would have to do with boost causing the piston to artificially weighing more while the...
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    balancing rotating assembly

    bear with me for a second here cause my memory is a bit fuzzy on what im about to ask. I was doing some reading up on balancing the rotating and came across a thread on another forum about it. I could not tell you what forum nor can i find it anymore. one guy stated that he had his engine...
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    weight of piston

    okay. If anybody out there knows this or has the parts to weigh and figure this out it would be great. How much does the piston, wrist pin, rings, and small end of the rod weigh. Either total weight or individual weights work. Can be in grams or ounces. Ill convert it to what i need
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    how fast can we go roundy round

    nah im good. How about you use the bad one in pig? Im waiting to see what lets go in dyoungs engine. Im betting on the rod cap bolts stretching and the piston slamming into the valves
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    Pyro or Ferret?

    google "engine cooking" you will get all kinds of info about using engine heat to cook. And with the pyro you will know what temp your cooking at too. "....Place on exhaust manifold, drive for 15 minutes at 950* egt or till bacon is desired crispness"
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    And now the fun starts.

    Sorry if i missed it, but what exactly are you doing? Converting to 4wd and swapping the body? And where were you like a month ago when i was trying to find a side shot of a bare frame lol guess ill steall the picture now lol
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    how fast can we go roundy round

    about those valve springs not working above 14,000rpm. I was trying to find how to calculate how much force is being exerted on a piston while the engine is running and came across an article from car & driver where the guy was discussing how F1 cars can make 800hp out of 3l and spin 18,000rpm...
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    how fast can we go roundy round

    i do not wish to discuss the whole "want vs realiabilty" issue. That has been gone over and brought up more times than i can count on this board. What you and i want and consider reliable are going to be different so it is not worth discussing. My question is about maximum rpms and what...
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    how fast can we go roundy round

    Well some of the big hp pull trucks can spin 6k so its not that diesel does not burn fast enough. If you had the right governer spring im sure an 6.9/7.3 would spin that fast but then detonate seconds later. But what part would be the one to let go first at that rpms? I know the pull trucks...
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    how fast can we go roundy round

    *NEW EDITED POST* Governor springs aside what part of these engines would be the limiting factor on how high of RPMs they can turn? My guess would have to be the the stock bolts holding the connecting rod caps on would be the first part to let go. In that case a set of stronger rods with studs...
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    could i make 400 hp out of and idi easy

    Well hurry up with that part collecting then lol :popcorn :popcorn
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    short search terms

    the only thing i have problems with is searching for short terms (less than 4 letters??) then i have to revert to my mad google skills lol to search the forum. I know if i search for c6, db2, cam etc it tells me they were to short and ommited. Then i get to think of a different way to look for...
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    Drunk Driving at 7am

    dont the upgraded shafts use a u joint with needle bearings instead of a rag joint? I know i have seen some like that before online
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    hey yall gotta 6.9 in my boat

    i want to see some pictures of your engine in this boat. I think your the first person i have heard of having a idi (besides a gm) in a boat

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