TST plate exchange?

[ChillyDog]

I have heard that TST will exchange fuel plates, is this true? I have a #11 now and would like to go to a #4. Do you just call them up and say you want to swap plates?



Thanks,

Bill

 

[w-cummins]

Originally posted by ChillyDog

I have heard that TST will exchange fuel plates, is this true? I have a #11 now and would like to go to a #4. Do you just call them up and say you want to swap plates?



Thanks,

Bill

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I don't know about the swap, but if the truck you putting it on is the one in your sig, the #4 is NOT recommended for that motor. The max recommended plate is #10 on a 97 5 speed truck



William... .

 

[Dennis Garrett]

I think they have a time limit on exchanges. In the fall of 96 when I bought my truck I paid a full $300 for the TST #8 plate. A couple of years later I thought I wanted to try something else, & contacted them. They had dropped the price, but I had to purchase a different plate instead of exchange. I kept the one I have.

 

[JohnE]

Bill;



Yes, a #10 not a #4 plate for a manual. The fueling profiles are very similar but the #10 backs off more in the upper rpm.

Call TST and see if they will swap. Probably help if you purchased the #11 from them, too.



Did you get the governor spring installation worked out?

 

[ChillyDog]

John,



Yes I did get the GSK figured out, thanks. I went up one click from stock and the truck runs great. I know that the #10 plate is the hottest plate TST recomends for the manual transmission, but I have read many posts on how the #4 is an animal in these trucks. I would really like to try the #0 plate



Bill

 

[Extreme1]

TST will swap plates for $50. Assuming the plate in question is a real TST and not one of these.

 

[JohnE]

Bill;



Glad to hear you got the governor spring installation completed. They are really a blast to drive when properly adjusted.



A #4 or #0 plate?

You have a lot of fueling capacity with your truck even with a pitiful #10 plate. Your right foot will have to work harder while towing.

Are you planning on a HX-40 in the near future?



Hopefully you can make it up here next time we have a dyno day at Mike's?



-John

 

[ChillyDog]

John,





I know that a #10 plate is overkill for my power needs, as the heaviest thing I tow is a 4 place snowmobile trailer with 4 sleds and gear. I cannot even tell there is a trailer behind me with my current setup, no matter how big the hill. The only reason I am thinking of getting the #4 or #0 is that I know after a little while I will get bored with the lowly #10 and want to add more fuel, so why not just bite the bullet and go all out to begin with? Whatever I end up doing I will have to look at the HX-40. I am running close to max EGT's while towing in the mountains now, so any more fuel or the chance to pull a real load will have me in big time EGT trouble.

When is the next get together at Mike's? I really want to attend the next event. Are you going to Muncie by chance?



Bill