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For those that know what hot cast iron smells like, and also have a wastegated Banks Sidewinder...
Have you ever smelled that super hot cast iron smell while on long trips? This is now the second time Thumper has made the 400+ mile run over the mountains to the in-laws, and it's the second time I've smelled that smell (stronger getting closer to the steering wheel). Is that just the turbo pedestal getting hot?
It was finally warm enough this week to bump the timing up a little less than a dimes width (until I get time to put the meter on it). It starts much better cold and hot, but still lacks the get up and go that the N/A crew cab had, and EGT's are staying lower? I feel like the IP was never turned up a flat when the turbo was installed. There is still anti-tamper paint on the fuel cover.
I also smelled friction material, like burning brakes, but they were cool to the touch after coming down Fancy Gap, so I'm thinking it's the clutch and has something to do with that rattling at idle that we concluded was gear roll over while back...
Sustained speeds were pretty well between 65-75 mph the whole trip.
Have you ever smelled that super hot cast iron smell while on long trips? This is now the second time Thumper has made the 400+ mile run over the mountains to the in-laws, and it's the second time I've smelled that smell (stronger getting closer to the steering wheel). Is that just the turbo pedestal getting hot?
It was finally warm enough this week to bump the timing up a little less than a dimes width (until I get time to put the meter on it). It starts much better cold and hot, but still lacks the get up and go that the N/A crew cab had, and EGT's are staying lower? I feel like the IP was never turned up a flat when the turbo was installed. There is still anti-tamper paint on the fuel cover.
I also smelled friction material, like burning brakes, but they were cool to the touch after coming down Fancy Gap, so I'm thinking it's the clutch and has something to do with that rattling at idle that we concluded was gear roll over while back...
Sustained speeds were pretty well between 65-75 mph the whole trip.