WILL A STOCK IDI BEET A POWERSTROKE ON TAKEOFF?

[trackspeeder]

Owning both, I would put my automatic Bronco up against my automatic Excursion any day. Yea, the X ways a lot more, but it's that pathetic 4R100 trans in the X which is it's achilies heel. If the race were limited to 40 MPH, the IDI would win every time.

It's not the tranny. It's the pathetic program Ford gave it. A shift kit helps too.

 

[yARIC008]

It depends on the powerstroke I think. My 92 can't touch my dad's 05. Both stock. Infact the 05 can beat my 92 pulling an 18' trailer too.

 

[freebird01]

i think alot of that has to do with compression....and idi has a lot higher compression then a PSD

 

[Ironman03R]

My truck would take my dads old early 99 off the line but his would pull away once rpms were up. Mine is 4.10 that truck was 3.73.

 

[sassyrel]

my 94 turbo--that travis and mel have seen--would burn the tires off in first gear if i stayed on it----with posi-----------the 96 stock psd i have--wont hold a candle--course,the 94 is cranked a bit!!!!!!!!

 

[towcat]

off the line a IDI will pull ahead of a PSD. Once the turbo spools up and the rpms get past 2500, the PSD will win. PSD's with no spooling are dogs.

 

[oldmisterbill]

not a thing wrong with running off the governor even if i did have it set to 3800

It depends which governor you want to run off-I hear in CA a lot of them want to run off Arnold.

 

[david85]

There must have been something different with the 95 stroker that I drove breifly. It idled like crap and almost loped a little all the way up to 1000 RPM. Right around 1500 is where all hell broke loose. Even at 1200 I was very surprised at how sensitive the throttle was and how much torque was on tap. I do know for a fact that the truck had a 3" downpip from the turbo (not stock for 1995) so maybe it was chipped too? Can't say I noticed much turbo lag either.

I didn't try pushing it too hard because it wasn't my truck and I knew it had a broken rear shackle. Actually the whole thing was a complete POS full of rust and cigarette butts, but that engine did want to move. Worst part of that SMF swap was getting the shifter boot off, I don't clean my truck out very often, but man that guy was filthy!

That one was a 5 speed. No idea on gearing but guessing 4.10

 

[Black dawg]

the stroker computer has a real conservative fuel rate until it boosts good making them a dog off the line. thats why in stock form they rarely smoke at all.

 

[Diesel_brad]

a non turbo idi to a stock PSD, i call the idi a winner, in the 1st and 2nd gear. A stock PSD are very lathargic off the line. But once the turbo spools.....it helps alot, but the chip acts likes a second turbo in comparison.
As for a 1st gen PSD(94-97) to a 2nd gen(99-03). The 1st gen will have the 2nd gen thru the first 2 gears, then the 2ng gen blows buy like a freight train!!!! Hell. my 00 when stock would walk all over my 97 chipped up

 

[dyoung14]

It depends which governor you want to run off-I hear in CA a lot of them want to run off Arnold.

 

[69oiler]

this is an old vid but i'll post it again for the new guys. it shows how the IDI responds better than the PSD until the PSD gets a head of steam (boost).

in the second race it's hard to see but Darrin had me off the line by a good truck length+ but i caught up as we approached the camera.

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[david85]

That was a 2ng gen powerstroke too.

The 95 I drove must have been chipped. Had to have been from what I am hearing.

 

[sle2115]

ummmm....
what's wrong with running off the gov?
i've been doing that for years.

Nothing! Just didn't want someone to post I or anyone else shouldn't do it, yada, yada!

 

[smokin69]

When I raced my mom in the dually with just a straight pipe against my 86, the IDI took it till it shifter into 3rd, and she passed me by, but I passed her like she was standing still when she leveled off at the governer in OD