attn 215 pump with a #4 plate

[Brandon]

forrest... ..... anyone I got one coming... ... can anyone gimme some input? thanks

 

[Don M]

The number 4. 8 is for the auto trans and not designed for the 215 pump.



Don~

 

[SLang]

Mark at TST told me the 4. 8 is actually a #4. When TST originally made these plates they stamped the #4 as #8. They later came back and stamped them #4. 8. THe new ones like the one I had was stamped #4.



Alot of people like the #4 in the 215 pumps, but I did not. I tried it for a while and thought the low end punch was not there so I switched it for a #10. I like it better. The #4 gave a little more top end HP but not what I liked. Try it you may like it. If not trade it out.

 

[Brandon]

well I need some advice and perspective, I am gonna pull smokey in febuary and need some more power, i was thinking the 4 was the way to go maybe... .

 

[drawson]

Brandon, I have been talking to Piers about this plate and he suggests it for our trucks with the governer spring kit. He also said something about the #0 plate whcih I think is the Donnelly special plate Don M is running which is no more than a flat plate that keep the rack from over travel.



BTW I put my #10 in sunday and will probibly run it for a week or so. I like my modified #11 better so far, maybe it will grow on me.

 

[Forrest]

Another victum of an auto plate in a 215 pump.

Well, it works & you'll notice the difference, in a big way. You just may exceed safe EGT with it centered with you're turbo config. You'll have to let us all know. If you're up to experimenting, why don't you put it in centered to start with & post. Low end won't be as much as it is with it forward, but it's no slouch.



Mine is set 3/4 of the way forward. That's just so that the rack doesn't get caught under it. Another one of those recommendations from the SOTN. I had the #11 all the way forward & didn't have a problem, so probably won't, but I just started on the safe side. With the 4. 8 @ 3/4 of the way forward, it's one gross/obscene fueler. I've already done the std. things to lower EGT & I can get to 1500 degrees pretty easily.



Great move in my opinion. You can set it to a point of EGT regulation with your right foot until you get 1 of the new killer turbo's. The HX40-16 is not big enough for the 4. 8. I'm going for a new turbo some day & it will have to be between Piers HX40-18, the B1 or H2 variations that Blair & Adam are using.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Grasshopper, when you get old enough and fully understand the mystery of the torque plates, you will be ready for the zero plate.

 

[Brandon]

i am trying real hard... ... ... ... .





zero always has been the most intriquing number to me... ... ... ...





cute i like the grasshopper thing... ... ya dont know how excited that gets me



he he he

 

[BCFAST]

auto plates in a 215

Well, I just returned from a 1500mi trip thru the mountains of NC (looking for snow, just to feel like the Holidays!), and my new #8 pulls like a bear!! My highway milage is about the same as it was with my #12, but GOBS more power up to about 2200rpm. I dont have a gov. sp. kit (yet) so that's the problem there. I ended up backing off the starwheel quite a bit for smoke control, and the thing actually feels better on the bottom end now... .

 

[Wirenut]

Hmmm, so this #0 plate is the one that dumps the most fuel? I want one.

 

[drawson]

Come on Joe start us grasshoppers down the path to enlightenment(sp). May the forse be with us all!!!LOL