All of these stories and no one has posted a pic of my truck on the dyno at Houston, I'm disappointed!
Jim
Jim
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Can't believe you guys don't have a pic of me on the dyno for this thread... ... ... . and now I have different and bigger injectors.
Jim
Jim
"Pressed for time..."
So, the GF and I were out on a little Sunday drive... it was nice and sunny out, etc. Perfect sight-seeing weather.
I had just finished 'messin' with the P-7100 so she smokes just a little bit.
We were on our way back to town when this guy in a Dodge Durango was on my butt. I was going 55 in a 55 zone on a 2-way country road. He must have been in a real hurry because he got out into the opposing traffic's lane and passed me.
As he passed... my GF yelled out: "What the #&$! was that?!"
I said: "What the #&$! was what?!"
And then she proceeds to tell me that the female passenger had her bare chest pressed up against the window glass of that Durango while they passed us. Then once they got in front of us... the girl told us we were number one with her middle finger.
I was disappointed and shocked. I don't remember smoking them out in their Durango... and if I did... I didn't mean to. To top it all off... I didn't even see what my girlfriend saw. I had my eyes on the road ahead of me and didn't even catch a glimpse of the free show. :-laf
BTW, my GF contends that this girl didn't have show-quality attributes... maybe I should be happy I didn't see 'em. My retinas are still intact and I want to keep 'em that way. :-laf
It was very odd. Since when do angry backseat/passenger drivers show their disgust with slowpokes by baring their chest and pressing it against the glass?!
Man, these Cheeseheads have odd ways of showing their road-rage.
Matt
So, the GF and I were out on a little Sunday drive... it was nice and sunny out, etc. Perfect sight-seeing weather.
I had just finished 'messin' with the P-7100 so she smokes just a little bit.
We were on our way back to town when this guy in a Dodge Durango was on my butt. I was going 55 in a 55 zone on a 2-way country road. He must have been in a real hurry because he got out into the opposing traffic's lane and passed me.
As he passed... my GF yelled out: "What the #&$! was that?!"
I said: "What the #&$! was what?!"
And then she proceeds to tell me that the female passenger had her bare chest pressed up against the window glass of that Durango while they passed us. Then once they got in front of us... the girl told us we were number one with her middle finger.
I was disappointed and shocked. I don't remember smoking them out in their Durango... and if I did... I didn't mean to. To top it all off... I didn't even see what my girlfriend saw. I had my eyes on the road ahead of me and didn't even catch a glimpse of the free show. :-laf
BTW, my GF contends that this girl didn't have show-quality attributes... maybe I should be happy I didn't see 'em. My retinas are still intact and I want to keep 'em that way. :-laf
It was very odd. Since when do angry backseat/passenger drivers show their disgust with slowpokes by baring their chest and pressing it against the glass?!
Man, these Cheeseheads have odd ways of showing their road-rage.
Matt
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Yep that turned out good, lots of smoke for such little power, I've made several changes since then and one more soon, then I'll jump back on the rollers for a day of testing.
Jim
Jim
It's called 1000 HP worth of fuel and a 700 hp truck..... no big deal, now you know why I can't get on it in full fuel on the highway without all fingers pointing to me.
Jim
Jim
To get back on subject...
Was heading to my afternoon class today. It's been a pretty miserable day w/ rain and hail (up to 1/2", but soft stuff, so no damage to Bullula, thankfully) and the roads were still a touch damp (but hadn't rained for an hour or so).
Pull up to the last stoplight before school, and it's basically a racing lane. Two lanes, changing to one land in about 50 yards. The car in the left lane next to me is a white 2-door civic w/ a fart can. Not a really ricey car, but enough so you know he thinks it's fast (no wing, just the stock spoiler). He also has SAE (sigma alpha epsilon, a frat on campus) stuff written ALL OVER THE THING!! Across the back window, side windows, everywhere! So anyway, we both watch the side light turn yellow and he starts creeping forward on me for a hole-shot... not on my watch I say back and inch forward myself. He's sitting there revving his engine back and forth, but won't look over at me (wanted the best RT I guess.
) So, I look back forward (notice, I didn't stage or build boost) and the light goes green! Well, he's outta there like his hairs on fire so my soot pedal goes to the floor... . remember, no boost, so sluggish as she is (Before the t-stat opens, which it hadn't, Bullula doesn't like to get out of her own way) it takes a lot of coaxing to get her rolling. As I get across the intersection and check my pax mirror, I realize I don't have much smoke coming out (none in fact!) so I check the other mirror... . Ah, there it is. Turns out there was quite the crosswind blowing this afternoon. Anyway, she finally spooled at the other side of the intersection and I caught up to Mr. Fraternity. That's when I realized something was seriously wrong!!! 
All of a sudden I stopped gaining ground on him... I had fell behind, caught back up, and now we were running even! What was going on I thought to myself? Here I am looking down into his car from right next to him, but I'm not blowing his doors off like usual. :{ That's when I brought my ears back to the present and thought to myself "wow, that was a really short first gear (shifted basically as soon as it came to full spool) and second gear (nearly instant shift out after first) and now I'm in third getting ready to tach-out and I don't have OD engaged... . that is the instant the rear-tires regained traction and I was gone! Ah yes, slick roads and power don't mix well for racing applications! 
Mr. Frat didn't like being showed up and rode my drop-hitch all the way into the parking lot at school, but then parked a ways away from me. I decided not to smoke him anymore than had already been done, as I think he had his penance for the day.
On a side note, I never took the box off 1x5. I like doing something like that and then realizing I still have 80 RWHP at the touch of a button! At this altitude I still clouded the intersection pretty good, but not enough so people behind me missed the light... always next time.
Josh
Was heading to my afternoon class today. It's been a pretty miserable day w/ rain and hail (up to 1/2", but soft stuff, so no damage to Bullula, thankfully) and the roads were still a touch damp (but hadn't rained for an hour or so).
Pull up to the last stoplight before school, and it's basically a racing lane. Two lanes, changing to one land in about 50 yards. The car in the left lane next to me is a white 2-door civic w/ a fart can. Not a really ricey car, but enough so you know he thinks it's fast (no wing, just the stock spoiler). He also has SAE (sigma alpha epsilon, a frat on campus) stuff written ALL OVER THE THING!! Across the back window, side windows, everywhere! So anyway, we both watch the side light turn yellow and he starts creeping forward on me for a hole-shot... not on my watch I say back and inch forward myself. He's sitting there revving his engine back and forth, but won't look over at me (wanted the best RT I guess.
) So, I look back forward (notice, I didn't stage or build boost) and the light goes green! Well, he's outta there like his hairs on fire so my soot pedal goes to the floor... . remember, no boost, so sluggish as she is (Before the t-stat opens, which it hadn't, Bullula doesn't like to get out of her own way) it takes a lot of coaxing to get her rolling. As I get across the intersection and check my pax mirror, I realize I don't have much smoke coming out (none in fact!) so I check the other mirror... . Ah, there it is. Turns out there was quite the crosswind blowing this afternoon. Anyway, she finally spooled at the other side of the intersection and I caught up to Mr. Fraternity. That's when I realized something was seriously wrong!!! All of a sudden I stopped gaining ground on him... I had fell behind, caught back up, and now we were running even! What was going on I thought to myself? Here I am looking down into his car from right next to him, but I'm not blowing his doors off like usual. :{ That's when I brought my ears back to the present and thought to myself "wow, that was a really short first gear (shifted basically as soon as it came to full spool) and second gear (nearly instant shift out after first) and now I'm in third getting ready to tach-out and I don't have OD engaged... . that is the instant the rear-tires regained traction and I was gone! Ah yes, slick roads and power don't mix well for racing applications! Mr. Frat didn't like being showed up and rode my drop-hitch all the way into the parking lot at school, but then parked a ways away from me. I decided not to smoke him anymore than had already been done, as I think he had his penance for the day.
On a side note, I never took the box off 1x5. I like doing something like that and then realizing I still have 80 RWHP at the touch of a button! At this altitude I still clouded the intersection pretty good, but not enough so people behind me missed the light... always next time.
Josh
smoke is in full effect! got the the 370's in and plate is out housing is full forward. egts are not bad at all b/c i cant use more than 1/2 throttle b/c i can peg the boost guage 40 (not bragging). so i have to run while watching the boost guage trying to keep it under 35. but i can smoke out a 4 lane hwy 
now. i am using my smoke responsibly dont want to give diesel a bad image around town but when the right fool is messing with me i will smoke them. i need a big turbo!
now. i am using my smoke responsibly dont want to give diesel a bad image around town but when the right fool is messing with me i will smoke them. i need a big turbo!I'm sorry... .
Well yesterday on my way to work I'm going down the frontage road by my work. It's a 40, but I'm doing about 47, converter locked up, engine bairly turning over, but crusing nicely. Of course no boost. It's 6:30am so I'm kinda groggy, I didn't notice a Co-worker comming up behind me in his WHITE 400E. He comes up pretty quick, quick enough I thought I was busted for going to fast... I relized it was Steve and well..... I rolled into the throttle, producing the biggist cloud I have ever emitted from my truck, as boost came up I was just ahead of it with the throttle. The smoke cleared at about 65mph, and we were off... up to 75 before we both had to slam on the binders to get'm stoped for the turn into work. I turn on the turbo timer, and get out... We are BOTH rolling on the ground laughing. Then we noticed his right front bumper..... Sooted. Wipe a finger across the hood. Soot. We of course were laughing so hard at this point that our boss pulls in and asks us what's so funny. We told him as we were walking in... . My Boss saw the cloud probably a Min after I had produced it!
Josh
Josh
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