Ok all, I have had terrible luck with my 95 F350. I have blown 2 engines in 2 years. I did install a PHP with canned tunes a couple of years before the first engine had problems but it stayed on the 50hp tune. I don't think I ever put it in the highest tune even once. Here's the kicker, I don't drive like a teenager, I have never spun the tires, I have pulled with it twice!, and I tend to drive like a grandpa. First engine had 350,000 on the clock when it got pulled because of sloppily injectors, bad injector cups, and other issues. I know they were fixable but I found a 200,000 engine that ran great for pennies.
That engine started blowing white/blue after a year or so. Ended up cracking the cylinder wall vertically and allowing coolant intrusion.
So, I now have a 100,000 mile IH T444 in the truck from a 2001 school bus. I installed it with a PHP with a JeliBuilt tube for the different injectors. After I ran the truck it was very anemic. It had way less power and throttle response than my old engine did. Being a SD engine I would have thought it would run somewhat better with the slightly larger injectors if a SD. So I contacted the supplier and Brian @ Jelibuilt directly and told them the issues. They sent what seems to be the biggest tune they had (which isn't what I wanted, I just wanted it to run well). It is called street ripper or something like that.
Now the truck is still fairly anemic and now smokes like a teenager "rolling coal". I detest this condition as it draws too much attention and derision.
Anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong? I figured maybe I didn't explain the situation to Brian well enough and he wrote me a tune that didn't suit, being that it's a SD engine from a school bus.
I need help. Thanks!
That engine started blowing white/blue after a year or so. Ended up cracking the cylinder wall vertically and allowing coolant intrusion.
So, I now have a 100,000 mile IH T444 in the truck from a 2001 school bus. I installed it with a PHP with a JeliBuilt tube for the different injectors. After I ran the truck it was very anemic. It had way less power and throttle response than my old engine did. Being a SD engine I would have thought it would run somewhat better with the slightly larger injectors if a SD. So I contacted the supplier and Brian @ Jelibuilt directly and told them the issues. They sent what seems to be the biggest tune they had (which isn't what I wanted, I just wanted it to run well). It is called street ripper or something like that.
Now the truck is still fairly anemic and now smokes like a teenager "rolling coal". I detest this condition as it draws too much attention and derision.
Anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong? I figured maybe I didn't explain the situation to Brian well enough and he wrote me a tune that didn't suit, being that it's a SD engine from a school bus.
I need help. Thanks!
