torque screw vs fuel screw..

[david85]

From what I understand, all the torque screw does is unload more or less fuel earlier, or later relative to the throttle position and RPM map. You can get similar results from removing the top cover and rolling that nut in one direction or the other. Years ago before getting my moose pump I took the top cover off and messed with that long nut shown in the above picture and that's all it did.

I'd echo everyone else here in saying it isn't worth adjusting. I even heard of one engine that went runnaway from an incorrectly installed top cover. I guess the "torque screw" is simply an external way to access the same adjustment setting. But again, it probably isn't worth tampering with.

 

[Agnem]

The torque screw is over-rated. Honesty if you've turned your pump up from stock at all, you have narrowed the window of usefulness of that device. If you have a pump from us, it's already set at a position where it is doing absolutely nothing. We've talked about just eliminating them from the pumps, but they are kind of handy to make a late 7.3 pump easy to spot over an earlier one, or a 6.9 pump.

 

[SLC97SR5]

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Regardless of the torque screw there is some good information to FAQ's in these pages. These are from the old days when ATS was in UT and still gave a damn.

 

[Still Strokin]

I was about 12 when ATS wrote that

 

[BR3]

12? Haha I was 3

 

[snicklas]

Thanks guys.... I was in COLLEGE!!!!! I was 20. I remember when the slantnose was brand new on the lots in 80. I learned to drive in an 83 that we bought in 86...... I remember the first 87 I saw, driving through the parking lot at the local mall. I could not believe how much different it looked from our truck, at the time. The big flat headlights, smooth tailgate and all. Heck, I can even remember the Binder Lightlines sitting new on the lot..... I have always wanted a Scout.... I remember them when they were new.........

Amazing how many folks on here their truck is older than they are.... by a lot. Heck, Mel ORDERED the Moose Truck in 1983..... Reminds me of training for the Fire Department. In a class of almost 20, I was only 1 of 3 or 4 that was actually older than the Fire Engine we were training on. Most of the folks were much younger than the engine..... It was a 78 Ford Cab-Over chassis with a Howe apparatus affixed to its back, and was painted yellow. It was from the time that a lot of emergency equipment was painted yellow for greater visibility. Now everything is back to red for the most part... mainly because of tradition......

 

[pickupman]

I was born in '86 and my truck is an '86, how about that.

 

[BR3]

Hey I'm at least one year older than my 92' idi haha

 

[laserjock]

Well, I was in highschool... Those pages really probably should go into the archives here somewhere. I don't know how rare they are, but it would be good to preseve it for posterity.