Now I understand why they are called Prince of Darkeness!

[MikeO]

Yikes. I installed the PODs yesterday at the Northeast GTG in Derby, CT. Thanks to Jay's guidance I got the job done in about 90 minutes.



It started right up and after warming up, I took it for a drive. I have the Banks kit and the turbo is wastegated at 20psi. Well... a stomp on the go pedal and the gauge shoots like a rocket to 20psi and then barely slows it's progress to the pin next to 30. I have no idea how much boost I am running but it's somewhere way north of 30.



The smoke is simply rediculous! I cannot see anything behind me at full song. I guess it's time to turn the go screw back a turn (I previously ground the collar off and turned it in one turn).



Oh... and it idles smoother and doesn't have the "knock" at high rpm full throttle like it used to.



Mike O.

 

[Forrest Nearing]

why turn back the fuel?

 

[sparks57]

LOL!



You should've seen my old truck with the big friggin edm's!!! It made POD's look like stockers! :-laf



You'll get used to it...

 

[Snow man]

We dont turn down the fuel,ever! just use your foot to control smoke . Turnign down the fuel is a crime. Well how does it run, is it quicker?

 

[Forrest Nearing]

roger that... 370's, #0 plate full forward, no AFC spring... just RFC... "right foot control"



Forrest

 

[y-knot]

Huge plums of black smoke is not helping anybody. By blowing black clouds of smoke out the back you are not making any more power, just wasting fuel. It might or might not look cool, I guess it depends on your point of view? For me, when ever I see a truck making clouds of black smoke, I always think what a shame, another diesel that hasn't had the proper service and maintenance it should have had. Unfortunately, many others that see diesels smoking like that feel as though we should have tighter laws and regulations governing the amount of soot and pollutants a diesel is allowed to make. Which come to think of it, might be a good ideal. If we as diesel owners can not police ourselves and make modifications which take others and the environment into consideration, then maybe we should have the state and federal government involved in what is and what is not acceptable modifications ?? I would much rather prefer that we police ourselves and make responsible modifications.

 

[Snow man]

Using your right foot is responsible,ican make astock truck smoke more than mine does,if you deliberately lug it off boost. Once you relearn how to drive your truck with your right foot,it isnt a big deal,and my truck doesnt not smoke at all during daily driving.

 

[Forrest Nearing]

more fuel spools the turbo up quicker (to a point of course)



if you followed me around for a day, you'd probably never guess how much smoke I could pour out when/if I wanted to. at over $2/gal, I'm not just giving the stuff away.



but I'm still a kid, and I like to show off every now and then... pouring smoke out the stacks is a fun way to do so. I realize that belching smoke all the time gives diesels a bad name and will increase restrictions on them, and in turn, I don't do it all the time!



Forrest

 

["Mad Max"]

I have to admit - the cloud is a sure sign that you ain't drivin' no Honda, but for me I actually prefer to have it burn clean under full power. I drove Mike Lockners rig the other day - it's a 2000 2x4 club Cummins. His truck runs 13. 7 at ~100 mph at Bandimere in Denver, makes over 500 hp on drugs, has a DTT trans, and is, I think, the fastest thing I have ever driven. - PLANTING ME IN THE SEAT - is an understatement. Holy screamin' tires Batman that thing was powerful - but what I liked the most, was under full power the thing burned clean - no cloud. The -40 turbo helped of course, but wow, that's what I want. That's my goal with the twins - to make it burn clean under full boost. My POD's belch now and then, but I think the twins will make enough boost to match the fuel potential of the injectors, so I'm happy for now. Personally I don't really like to smoke people behind me, but when being tailgated a quick blip of the go pedal makes a nice death cloud when needed. Anyways, personal preferance, but I'm trying hard to tune mine for less to no smoke under big load.

- S

 

[JLEONARD]

Yikes.

Mike,

The smile on your face after you came back from the test run said it all. \Tis is what it looked like

Gald it worked out. I would suggest leaving the fuel screw alone for a couple of weeks. . if you think it's too smokey at that point then back off 1/2 turn and try it.

I agree with Sam... I like some smoke, and the ability to back off a tailgator, but really prefer not to belch out death clouds.

It's all personal preference.

 

[Forrest Nearing]

agreed... just because I own an assault rifle doesn't mean I go wildly shooting it in the air every evening... just because my truck can eclipse the sun doesn't mean I do it all the time



Forrest

 

[Greenleaf]

The name POD derives it's name from the company that makes the injector, Lucas. Their parts are known for failure and leaving people in the dark. That is all I rremember. It's an English company if memory serves and something to do with poor quality fuel injection pumps etc.



Anyone recall the story. Was thinking someone @ PDR told it to me back when I purchased my set of POD injectors.



Scott

 

[Paychk]

How POD name came about:



https://www.turbodieselregister.com...p=295747&highlight=Prince+Darkness#post295747

 

[GBechtold]

Just pour the coal to it when you start smelling fuel in your oil then turn the go screw back. :-laf





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91W250 dually, fifthwheel,single stack, Kellderman airride, 16cm housing, fuel

cranked.

 

[BushWakr - RIP]

Mike,



You can do some tweaking to help with this... .

As you know the AFC starwheel adjusts the tension on the AFC diaphram. By turning the starwheel up (counter-clockwise) this will increase the tension on the diaphram.

When this happens it forces the pump to wait for more boost before it begins to depress the diaphram... this in turn means that "boost fueling" is delayed longer allowing more boost to develope before you get the big wack of fuel.

For example in my case, I have my system set so that my boost fueling (afc cone/diaphram) does not really come into the picture until about 15-17 psi boost.

This means that you'll have a bit more boost air to burn that fuel as it come on stream.

Next, you can ease out the fuel screw a bit because the fuel screw, in essence, sends a larger portion of it's fueling increase to the bottom/mid range than to the top end.

Since the POD's send more than enough fuel at the low end you can ease up on the fuel screw and not really suffer any losses. You should see improvement in smoke levels as well as some improvement in EGT's. You may not see big EGT drops but you should see a much slower climb in EGT's from this tuning.



If you want a few more ideas just drop me a phone call or email... .



pastor bob...