bike-maker
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Finally made a drive out of town this last weekend to go up skiing.
Drove up the Santiam Pass to Hoodoo at about 5000 feet elevation; there's a handful of pretty good hills (6% grade) on the way up.
The truck definitely has more power, but I really couldn't test it out very well; turns out a 6% grade isn't enough to slow the truck down enough to really stay in the throttle for any length of time.
Got up to about 6 on the boost gauge, and just barely got above 900 on the pyro (at about 3/4 throttle). Electric fans never had to kick on. From my experience with this truck, this tells me I will have to turn the fuel down a bit for towing the 5er. Which also means my turbo will be needing an upgrade soon - most IDI's running an intercooler and stock pump are able to max the fuel screw on the IP. With my fuel screw maxed out, my stock Uhaul rebuilt pump already puts out more fuel than the turbo is capable of clearing up.
Drove up the Santiam Pass to Hoodoo at about 5000 feet elevation; there's a handful of pretty good hills (6% grade) on the way up.
The truck definitely has more power, but I really couldn't test it out very well; turns out a 6% grade isn't enough to slow the truck down enough to really stay in the throttle for any length of time.
Got up to about 6 on the boost gauge, and just barely got above 900 on the pyro (at about 3/4 throttle). Electric fans never had to kick on. From my experience with this truck, this tells me I will have to turn the fuel down a bit for towing the 5er. Which also means my turbo will be needing an upgrade soon - most IDI's running an intercooler and stock pump are able to max the fuel screw on the IP. With my fuel screw maxed out, my stock Uhaul rebuilt pump already puts out more fuel than the turbo is capable of clearing up.
