Time to turn up the VE

[RedD250]

Good afternoon everybody, I'm going to see about getting some more power this weekend. Actually, I was going to do it today, but the boost reference banjo bolt snapped when I went to remove it, so I put the project on hold until I could get a new one. Are there any other fragile parts that are likely to break when I do the governor spring and fuel pin? Oddly enough, the truck runs exactly the same with that bolt broken as it did before. I can't tell any difference at all. I bet a new truck would have thrown about a dozen codes and refused to start lol.

My plans are to crank the power screw in a few turns too. I haven't been able to find any good tutorials on the AFC (plenty of videos out there, but none that are presented in a way that makes sense to me. Amazing how many people make a "tutorial" that has zero information and terrible camera angles). If I get too much smoke from the power screw, do I turn the AFC counter-clockwise or clockwise to reign it in? And is the AFC the cog wheel under the cap where the boost reference line goes, right over top of the fuel pin?

 

[BigPapa]

Have you ever visited 1stgen.org? It's slowed down a lot in the last few years but there are still a lot of guys active on there. I imagine they could help you out a lot.

The '92 I had had been hopped up some, bigger injectors, different exhaust housing. I'm not sure what was done to the pump.

 

[RedD250]

No, I've never been there that I know of, unless I clicked on a thread from a google search. I'll check it out.

 

[RedD250]

I'm unable to create an account there for some reason. It says my user name is already in use, and when I try to use a different one it says my email is already in use, but I know I don't have an account there. Oh well. Anybody know of a good diesel performance shop on the south side of Atlanta? It seems Garmon's is out of business. I can't find enough info to feel comfortable tuning this thing correctly after I install the pin.

 

[BigPapa]

I’ve not done business with him, but Ashley Black, Black’s Diesel Performance, was a TDR member back in the 2000’s. Here’s a link to his website. He’s in Adairsville, GA.

https://blacksdieselperformance.net/

 

[AH64ID]

I'm unable to create an account there for some reason. It says my user name is already in use, and when I try to use a different one it says my email is already in use, but I know I don't have an account there. Oh well. Anybody know of a good diesel performance shop on the south side of Atlanta? It seems Garmon's is out of business. I can't find enough info to feel comfortable tuning this thing correctly after I install the pin.

Try forgot password?

 

[-gtsm-]

When you do the governor spring ... make sure to back out the power screw ALL THE WAY!!! I would take it completely out just to make sure you don't damage your Fulcrum lever when bolting the governor housing back on... It happens all the time and the fulcrum levers are hard to find and expensive.

 

[RedD250]

When you do the governor spring ... make sure to back out the power screw ALL THE WAY!!! I would take it completely out just to make sure you don't damage your Fulcrum lever when bolting the governor housing back on... It happens all the time and the fulcrum levers are hard to find and expensive.

Good to know, I will do that, if I decide to tackle this myself. Still not sure if I want to risk messing my truck up. It runs great now, but could really use a bit more power.

 

[RWherley]

If your willing to drive up to the Greenville NC area I have a good friend there who dose straight up magic with the VE pumps, he's built 4 VE's and a single P-pump for me for different applications and they all run amazing making good power, milage and minimum smoke

 

[RedD250]

If your willing to drive up to the Greenville NC area I have a good friend there who dose straight up magic with the VE pumps, he's built 4 VE's and a single P-pump for me for different applications and they all run amazing making good power, milage and minimum smoke

I will keep that in mind, it'll be a while before I can take any time off work, but hopefully I could make the trip this year some time. If I can't figure it out on my own before then.