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Originally Posted by Tapage
That's only in the case that you haven't previous EGT issue .. with the " stock " settings ..
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Pretty sure my EGT's are fine at sea level. No black smoke down there pre-turbo.
Thanks again for all the advice guys, I'll take it and leave the exhaust alone for now (Anya thanks you for that!).
Took the truck away today, and for it's first real drive back into town. Just as everyone says... it's like night and day. It's so weird to be able to accelerate uphill in Quito (10,000 ft). It's also weird to see no black smoke behind me at all, ever. It's got a lot more "Oomph" even straight off the line in first, and throughout the power band... I almost rear ended so many people on the way home! Also, before we left one of the guys put on a power steering belt, which we've gone without for months... as a result it REALLY feels like a whole different truck... I can power up hills and steer with on hand, instead of chugging up while hauling on the steering wheel with both arms and staring intently in the mirrors for black smoke!
I think my earlier complaints about low end boost were unfounded. I'm pretty happy with the results. The only 'flat spot' is changing into third on a steep uphill (around 2000 rpm) it doesn't drag me up like just before the gear change... I feel like with the WG set around 7psi and no change to the fueling, that's just where this setup is at and that's fine.
Also, the bill came to about $1700. That's way over the girlfriend budget so I had to remind him of his $1200 quote. He was good about it though and honored it to the $... I said some stuff about sponsorship and promotion to make him feel better about the whole thing. I don't mind saying it because they did good work and I'm happy to promote/recommend them. After all that he even took us out to lunch!