Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Guys, I'm in a quandry! Here's the situation:
I was just about ready to bite the bullet & upgrade my stock injectors to DD2's. My truck is stock except for an Edge EZ, I do have gauges (Westach combo boost/egt), but still have the stock airbox/filter, and exhaust. My plan was to monitor my egt's, if things were getting uncomfortably warm with the injectors, I thought I would try a less restrictive air filter (not sure which one) to see if that cools her down enough. If not, I would ditch my stock exhaust.
I was hoping I would be OK egt wise without changing anything on the intake/exhaust at this time, I plan to do so eventually, but can't see the harm in trying the injectors first. If it's too hot, at least I know what to do.
That was my plan until I read in another post a few days ago where Ted J. advised a guy not to go beyond Bosch 275 RV's or DD/BD stage 1's unless he was working the truck hard all the time. Ted was concerned about ring wash, oil dilution, etc. from the extra fuel. Lord knows, I certainly defer to Ted's knowledge and experience when it comes to hot-rodding diesel's, but that post was the first I had heard about this particular problem with stage 2 injectors. I searched this morning, and could not find the post I am referring to, so maybe I am misunderstanding/misinterpreting something.
What is the consensus among the experts? Are stage 2 injectors too much on a truck that spends the majority of it's time running empty?
PS: I know I'll really have to take it easy on my stock clutch untill I'm ready to upgrade to a South Bend.
I was just about ready to bite the bullet & upgrade my stock injectors to DD2's. My truck is stock except for an Edge EZ, I do have gauges (Westach combo boost/egt), but still have the stock airbox/filter, and exhaust. My plan was to monitor my egt's, if things were getting uncomfortably warm with the injectors, I thought I would try a less restrictive air filter (not sure which one) to see if that cools her down enough. If not, I would ditch my stock exhaust.
I was hoping I would be OK egt wise without changing anything on the intake/exhaust at this time, I plan to do so eventually, but can't see the harm in trying the injectors first. If it's too hot, at least I know what to do.
That was my plan until I read in another post a few days ago where Ted J. advised a guy not to go beyond Bosch 275 RV's or DD/BD stage 1's unless he was working the truck hard all the time. Ted was concerned about ring wash, oil dilution, etc. from the extra fuel. Lord knows, I certainly defer to Ted's knowledge and experience when it comes to hot-rodding diesel's, but that post was the first I had heard about this particular problem with stage 2 injectors. I searched this morning, and could not find the post I am referring to, so maybe I am misunderstanding/misinterpreting something.
What is the consensus among the experts? Are stage 2 injectors too much on a truck that spends the majority of it's time running empty?
PS: I know I'll really have to take it easy on my stock clutch untill I'm ready to upgrade to a South Bend.
Well, maybe not quite that big, but if the injectors are done correctly and the seats are not worn out by overhoning, you won't have any trouble. I find it worthwhile to go to the best for such processes. I use my Ram daily so can't afford to have unreliable, cylinder-washing injectors. I use DD or Bosch exclusively, and have been very satisfied.
(yeah-lots of work trucks with heated leather seats and CD players let alone chrome out the wazoo!) and it has to go every day. My service ain't exactly the best in the world either-lots of stop and go with short periods of idling (when I jump out to check a well). May just have to get in the habit of either flipping up the idler or turning on the E-brake everytime I stop-do it now for the longer stops like logging a booster... ... . 
