Maybe it’s because we have bigger trees, I’ve taken down very wet trees. Thanks for helping me understand your area. If all the standing dead are dry, that’s a good firewood source for when everything on the ground is soaked.
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Maybe it’s because we have bigger trees, I’ve taken down very wet trees. Thanks for helping me understand your area. If all the standing dead are dry, that’s a good firewood source for when everything on the ground is soaked.
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Unique environment in central Oregon. Sunny about 300 days of the year there. The rest is mostly snow days. In the 3 years I’ve owned it now it’s only rained a few times. During the septic install in August 2020 we had a monster thunderstorm where it went from upper 80s to upper 30s with an inch of hail within an hour.
That's odd. Cruising boost is directly correlated with your engine's efficiency. Hx30's have a tiny exhaust side so they often make 10psi or so cruise boost and don't get great mpg's compared to the big sloppy H1C's that many 4bts came with. HX30 usually makes more power, or I should say makes power with less smoke than H1C, at the expense of efficiency.
I've had 4bts that pulled like freighttrains at 25 psi and ones that probably weren't making 200hp at 40 psi. Efficiency is a real big factor in that equation. Hence cruising boost is a fair quick and dirty assessment of the bigger picture.
I've had 4bts that pulled like freighttrains at 25 psi and ones that probably weren't making 200hp at 40 psi. Efficiency is a real big factor in that equation. Hence cruising boost is a fair quick and dirty assessment of the bigger picture.
It depends, yes, but a more efficient turbo/engine tune will see less boost increase for a given change in load VS a less efficient one.
The only reason I bring it up is because 38 psi is a lot of boost. I certainly wasn't riding with you, but it struck me that you were able to take a steady picture of your gauges at 38psi. Unless was it a go-pro?
Were I tuning an intercooled 4BT in a 60 on 35" tires with a stickshift I'd want it pulling like scalded ape at 25-30 psi full throttle with a very light haze. I wouldn't increase boost much past there. If I felt it needed more power I'd look at timing, intercooler and plumbing efficiency, injectors and exhaust.
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I took that pic driving home after installing the boost fooler on the line to the wastegate.
I’m averaging 19mpg per tank daily driving. My daily drive isn’t flat. Living in the Cascade foothills there’s a lot of hill driving to work and back. On the highway I average about 23mpg and that’s with the rooftop tent.
Feeding more air will increase efficiency of the motor. Most noticeable is the turbo boost responsiveness and power while hill climbing. I’ve been very happy with the results.
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Picked up this Duraflame infrared electric heater from Coastal Farm and Ranch for $159, makes the pumphouse feel nice and cozy.
Finished unloading then headed down the highway to get some brew at the Sand Creek Station.
Wanted to see if I could make it to the Pinnacles.
Made it to the junction no problem but snow was deep and really coming down. My judgement told me to head back as it was getting toward evening and was about 15 miles away from the highway with a winter storm brewing.
Finished unloading then headed down the highway to get some brew at the Sand Creek Station.
Wanted to see if I could make it to the Pinnacles.
Made it to the junction no problem but snow was deep and really coming down. My judgement told me to head back as it was getting toward evening and was about 15 miles away from the highway with a winter storm brewing.
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Got back and installed a GFI outlet in weatherproof box to run power cord to my new oil pan and block heaters.
Brought down a log chair I built and a wood wire spool from work. Really starting to feel like a man cave.
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Time for coffee.
I didn’t even run the cadet heater in the pumphouse. The Duraflame electric stove kept it perfect all night in the low 20s. Woke up and the snow letup.
Put on the snowshoes and took a hike around the property.
The Chief Joseph Lodgepole Pine really showing off its color in the snow!
I didn’t even run the cadet heater in the pumphouse. The Duraflame electric stove kept it perfect all night in the low 20s. Woke up and the snow letup.
Put on the snowshoes and took a hike around the property.
The Chief Joseph Lodgepole Pine really showing off its color in the snow!
Hojack
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I plugged the oil pan and block heaters in before lunch. After about and hour and a half the block was up to 74F and the oil pan 100F. Started right up and got the snow cleared off Project Snowball
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Took a drive out to the Klamath Marsh.
. Took a drive out to the Klamath Marsh.
Is it a Diesel engine?
cold
Now I understand the reason for the block heater. My diesel loader won’t start in the cold. It has a block heater, but there’s no power to run it. I run coolant through it from a gas engine vehicle. It takes 15-25 minutes, depending on how cold it is. I haven’t seen it as cold as you’re showing.
Thanks.