POD's and heavy towing?

[TX Gooseneck]

I'm at a crossroads

I was gungho on the POD's and talked to Harry at Piers and he told me to stay away from them because of heat. My 91 will see a trailer 10-20% at the most. Primarily it'll be a daily driver when my 04 is on the road. I want the power, but the heat concerns me. Also, when this truck tows, it will be in close regions and not really in hilly areas.



BUT - I'm heading to CA for the Tulare farm show, and I'll be at approx. 20k-22k lbs, am I looking for serious trouble?



argh.

 

[ARedetzke]

I tow with 2 Jeeps on a 24 ft gooseneck through the Rockies with PODs, 14 cm housing on stock turbo, and a maxed out pump. You can control the EGTs with your right foot. Just keep an eye on the pyro and you'll be fine.

AJ

 

[wtrenholm]

I don't tow much with my 91 but I do drag around my camper or loaded car trailer (maybe 12 or 13,000 comb) occasionally. I have no issues with temps, maybe 1150 or 1200 pulling a hill with engine speed a little low, if the revs are up it's just fine.



Later,

Wayne

 

[TX Gooseneck]

I pulled the trigger and ordered them. Like smoke, it'll be up to my foot. I just think for the NINE dollars it's worth the extra power/headaches.

 

[Grey Wolf]

TX, are you going to take in the tractor pull at the show?

 

[TX Gooseneck]

TX, are you going to take in the tractor pull at the show?

Depends on time. Our booth is by food this year so I'm guessing our traffic will be way up. M street,#38

 

[glhs]

I've had no problems towing with them. The only time I can get it warm is if I take it over 2400 rpm (about 85 mph). Is your truck intercooled? Do you have a free flowing exhaust system? A better turbo helps too.



Kurt

 

[TX Gooseneck]

Kurt,

Mine is factory i/c'd. For exhaust, It's been opened up, but I'm wanting to do a 4" from the dp back. I'll either put a different housing on my stock unit, but at 380k, I'm sure the bearings don't spin as free as they used to, so that may be the next add on.

 

[BushWakr - RIP]

TX... just keep in mind the 1250*F rule... you can run those temps pretty much steady but you WILL need to watch your coolant temps as a warning/heads-up if you do.

After a while at those temps, it is possible to start seeing "heat saturation" in the block/head and especially the cooling system.

If your water temps start to climb on you, then you know you are beginning to reach a point were you'll have to ease back ok.....

Admittedly the coolant temp guage is not "super responsisve" but if you keep a glance or two on it, you'll be able to use as much of the muscle the POD's give you and still stay safe.

Be sure to have a fresh air filter in the old girl too... that will help a bit.

Last, try to tweak your pump timing up a bit too, which will help with those nozzles since the have a slightly higher pop pressure you'll need some advance. If you haven't used the 1/8" method then do so prior to your trip.



pb... .

 

[TX Gooseneck]

Quick question, is there supposed to be any power wires with the Boost gauge, or do I supply those?



I was hoping to install everything today, but no dice.



And... . What does going with a thicker washer over the . 020 washer do, if anything?

 

[BushWakr - RIP]

Our boost gauge kits have the tubing and fittings needed to connect to the manifold, and the guage, which will also have, I think, two leads on the back. One is the ground and the other is tap into the headlight switch/circuit. You may have to make couple "pigtails" to reach those connection points but that's it if I remember right.



The POD injectors, due to their design have a slightly "off" spray angle. Using the thinnest washer will lower the injector tip ever so slightly that it directs more of the fuel cloud into the piston bowl were you want it. Don't use the thicker washers unless you don't have any thin one's. You should get, I believe, 3 sets of varying thickness washers in the POD kit. Use the thin ones, as I mentioned.



Is that any help???? Don't forget, watch your temps, both pyro AND coolant on long hard pulls ok...



pb...

 

[TX Gooseneck]

Yeah I got the full shim kit for the injectors. I've got several thousand feet of wire for trailers, so pigtails shouldn't be to difficult



Is there any one best place to mount the tubing for the boost gauge?

Thanks Pastor!

 

[BushWakr - RIP]

Well,,, the tubing is usually connected to the small port on the side of the manifold just above the throttle linkage/bracket.

I routed mine out, and back toward the firewall then I used a piece of that hard grey plastic water pipe, split it down the center and put the boost tubing into that, inserted it into the large rubber plug in the firewall (just below the brake booster) then up the side of the dash.



Did that make any sense or should I go to bed...



pb... .