Great idea on the vacuum bagging! The package says good for one year if kept refrigerated.
Update from our trip this weekend:
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Had a great time soaking in the hot springs and hanging out with the best people.
Truck ran phenomenal! Now the best running IDI that I have driven. Amazing what a difference sealing the up-pipe has made to the low end torque.
This was not quite an apples to apples comparison to the prior trip; I didn’t take the trailer, so not as heavily loaded. Also the valley temperatures were 75 instead of 101F.
From a dead stop at the bottom of Sardine Canyon I was able to actually accelerate to 65 up the canyon and held that to the mid point; there was some slower traffic so I hammered down in the left lane and hit the steep part going a bit over 70 before moving back over and getting stuck behind a Toyota pickup in the right lane; when traffic cleared I was actually able to get around him and was going 73 up the last steep pull to the pass!!
I never would have thought this old truck could do that with a loaded camper on it. It definitely wasn’t doing it before the pipes were sealed. My bigger 2.0 water intercooler also helped. EGT never went over 1150 up the canyon.
One of the biggest changes is the smoke on acceleration; Previously I had to be careful how fast I hammered down. Now the boost comes in so fast that I really can’t get it smoke no matter how hard I accelerate. Pump is turned up quite a bit.
Cruising on the highway at 75mph the boost is between 1-2psi and EGTs run 660-800F. It’s much nicer to drive.
So far, so good. I’ll update this thread if the Deacon seal blows out or shows any signs of trouble.
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