Waynes old 75 running 1400deg F of hard use.
I honestly have no faith in the majority of Wayne's claims. From 25+mpg at 130-150km/h to oil seizing wheel bearings through 1HZ's beating everything else for fuel economy and smokey tuned 1HZ's lasting 200,000km.
Put simply, none of the claims add up.
Plenty of the aussie guys running ****ty AFRs and with 600 deg post turbo temps and they are still ticking...
Plenty who have cooked them but there are others out there faring just fine.
Its all on how you drive them.
The "it's all how you drive them" angle is complete rubbish.
A safe tune cannot damage the engine no matter how it's driven.
1650 egt I didn't think that was possible without failure. That has to be more than just wrong turbo sizeing . I have only seen 1450 . I thought that the ideal turbo will not let you go over 1400. Has anyone running a Toyota diesel seen 1650 and not cratered there motor..kind of like hearing that the isuzu can handle these temperatures. What does your motor weigh compared to the Toyota diesel.are you running a 14 mm plunger or have you stroked your plunger in the pump?
For me it was towing a boat, being in the wrong gear with the wrong turbo (I try a lot of turbo combinations for my own curiousity) and not paying attention.
My Isuzu weighs about 360kg I think. Others have weighed them, I personally haven't. The pump is inline and runs 9.5mm plungers.
The pump is capable of around 140cc/1000 shots of diesel in stock form. 180cc/1000 shots with a few internal mods and simply ludicrous amounts of fuel if you want to go fully custom. My pump is stock, just external adjustments. The highest boost I have run (still no intercooler, long story) is 24psi with 750C EGT and I have the screws still wound in a decent way.
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I don't want a DI with a stock turbo.
Reasons:
SVO or WVO use
Ability to run without turbo (after fuel adjustment) if anything goes wrong
Higher compression means similar boost will give more benefit (power or efficiency depending on tune)
The SVO/WVO thing makes perfect sense.
But your other two points are way off target. Di's run fine with no turbos.
IDI run a high compression ratio because they have to. They lose soo much heat to the precup and head that they don't start in the cold with lower compression.
Even with the benefit of higher compression, power and efficiency is lower than a Di engine running 4 points lower compression.
IDI engines, without exception, require more boost and fuel to make the same power.