Yesterdays 435 Mile Haul

[icanfixall]

Yesterday my daughter and I moved two of our horses. I went to bed at midnite the day before and was up at 33am waiting for her to get up and gone by 5am... She made it to my surprise. Truck finally saw coolant temps above 200 degrees... Most of the time the temps are 190 to 195 and thats it. That Rodney Red aluminum radiator works wonders. My boost with the spare Banks wastegated turbo was 8 max even after I turned it up. So I need to check that issue out some. The pyro never got past 850 so I need to turn up the fuel. Around town it would smoke black more than I felt was good for others so I adjusted it some. For the most part the engine seemed lacking power like I was hauling the world behind me. I feel the fuel was set too low. My black smoke while towing was almost invisable too so there is room to turn up the fuel and still be below on the pyro. More fuel means more heat which means more boost. All that means more hauling power. Overall it was a nice haul that required 11 hours of travel time. All freeway miles too. The max coolant temp seen was 210 degrees. Max trans temp was 190 degrees and the max oil temp seen was 235 degrees. I used my lazor temp gun at all the above locations and all were lower than the Isspro ev electrical gauges stated. Nice to be home safely too...

 

[CaptTom]

Not to be Mr. Obvious, especially with you.....but.... air cleaner?

I love those long road trips, especially with the kids. Great stuff always comes out of them.

 

[icanfixall]

Thanks for the obvious air cleaner thinking. I know its clean. I installed my spare filter about 1500 miles ago. Its a custom S&B cone type filter made similar to the original Banks type filter that came with the sidewinder kit years ago. I never liked how it fit or filtered so seeing that S&B is only 30 miles from my home I went there with the other spare Banks filter. Told them what I wanted times two. Asked what it was to cost. Answer was... " if we can keep this banks filter then your cost os zero".... Damn... I should have asked for three filters.... S&B makes a much better filter element than what Banks does because its two layers of filter media conpared to one thin layer for the Banks filter... Free is a good price...

 

[subway]

nice to have a relaxing trip with the family, especially since she is well past the "are we there yet" stage.

so out of curiosity what was the difference in the gage reading to the IR thermometer. i would like to compare my gages to my IR thermo also

 

[flareside_thun]

What was your MPG Gary? Jared asked my other question so....

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

As for the smoke issue, that is one big advantage to the Bosch VE pump; it has an infinitely adjustable aneroid diaphragm with a fuel-pin.

The lack of such has always been the down-fall of turbo-equipped IDIs.

If there is a "smoke screw" on an IDI pump, I have not yet located it.

With an IDI, when you crank up the fuel, you also increase low RPM smoke volume.

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

I see you have ceramic coated pistons; how much heat can they stand as compared to stock ??

Stock 6BT pistons are safe at 1250* continous and can withstand short duration spikes past 1450*.

I just wonder how many more degrees American the ceramic coating would add to maximum safe EGTs.

 

[CaptTom]

I'd love to know MPG too.

IR thermo's are good for spot readings. If you hit the sending unit (metal it's mounted in) with them, you can see if it's in the neighborhood. The down side to it is, you're not getting the actual fluid temp reading like the sender gives you.... or should give you because you're reading the outside of the housing v. the actual fluid the sender is sitting in.

They're also good for finding hot spots along blocks, like if there's a steam bubble preventing a good cooling system bleed. There'll be an unusual hot spot on the side of the engine. I use them primarily to do what Gary did, and to check exhaust temps on water cooled exhausts in boats. Not only do I "NOT" have to crawl into an engine room to give it the flesh burn, but they can easily be used 10 feet away. Even the cheepies work pretty good, so long as you're not looking for exactness.