found the limit of my OFE

[Forrest Nearing]

was planning on adding water/meth... looks like next mods will be a different clutch and a fuel system



had a full tank of fuel w/ some cetane boost and some 2 stroke. Truck seemed to like that, I saw 1450* and climbing in 6th. Thinkin' a little extra gravity fuel feed gave me a little more juice?? truck felt good too



I generally don't rug it in 6th unless I'm showing 2,000rpm or more because it's awful smokey if I do :-laf but I was coming up on a flowersmoke and got lazy and just laid off in it at about 70mph. turbo smacked at about 1850rpm and pushed right through the clutch!



rolling into it or laying into it at higher RPM or even letting the turbo smack in lower gears = no slippage... for obvious reasons I haven't repeated the 6th gear low RPM rug! truck is still holding a hard 5-6 shift



gonna call Peter on Tues and see what he recomends... now if a fully splined/big input 5sp would fall in my lap so I can get rid of this 6sp when I do the clutch job, I'd be a happy camper! :{

 

[WadePatton]

I've slipped the holy mudfink out of my OFE a few times too. BUT I'm not pulling it out. It will hold anything I can throw at it in the first 5 gears--provided that I'm rolling. :-laf :-laf :-laf



Yeah, I got a real good and raunchy 3rd gear burnout one day. Then I tried it again a few hours later and WHOOPS, wrong kinda smoke. A week later it didn't smell so bad.



But like I said, the OFE still holds all reasonable requests. AND I'd rather it slip than shred itself--this is the old 12. 25 version.



Clutch plans: Sell 24v with OFE. Convert Auto to 4500/SBC DD. Reline Wife's FE to OFE. In roughly that order.

 

[Forrest Nearing]

man, I blew up one 12. 25" OFE hub, never slipped once! but it was the first spring setup he used... he sent me a revised hub and it held up for another 25k or so... current owner burnt up the friction on it (you know who you are! LOL)



I've been romancing a sprung dual disk, but at this point I'm leaning towards maybe a 3850 6CB solid hub setup... My goal is to have a 4500/DD setup that shifts as quick or better than my 5600 OFE... if Peter rates that 3850 street for 750, I don't think I'll be able to afford to outgrow it... if he says 750, I'm betting I can stretch that to 800-850 w/ my driving style :-laf



but I'll see what he recomends



I'm gonna have this OFE re-lined and hook my buddy w/ it. He's got an ETH w/ Edge Juice/Attitude and he can't run it on the high settings

 

[dsherman]

I've slipped the holy mudfink out of my OFE a few times too. BUT I'm not pulling it out. It will hold anything I can throw at it in the first 5 gears--provided that I'm rolling. :-laf :-laf :-laf



Yeah, I got a real good and raunchy 3rd gear burnout one day. Then I tried it again a few hours later and WHOOPS, wrong kinda smoke. A week later it didn't smell so bad.



But like I said, the OFE still holds all reasonable requests. AND I'd rather it slip than shred itself--this is the old 12. 25 version.



Clutch plans: Sell 24v with OFE. Convert Auto to 4500/SBC DD. Reline Wife's FE to OFE. In roughly that order.

Wade

Did you install the 135A fuel pump yet

 

[WadePatton]

Is that the supply pump that was generously donated to the great RWHP claims debate and I never found time to actually do? Over there on a shelf somewhere. I'm not really fooling with 24's anymore... hardly have time to monitor the fluid leaks on the 2 12v's we're driving.



I've tried to get some locals 24v guys to take over the project without much luck.