Which fuel plate?

[JSmith]

I want to know which plate would be best for a 96 CTD,a/t,4x4,3. 54.

I do not care of the brand, but would a 230/605 or a 250/635 be best for the things I will do for now? I sometimes haul 1(one) ton of hay for the horse(twice a year). The truck is a daily driver. I will get gauges first. Next year I will get the 5er. So trany mods will wait till then. I also want to have fun now and then. I do not want to trash the trany because of ignorance. Money is burning a hole in my pocket!

 

[Joe G.]

http://www.tstproducts.com/power_kits.html



is the page to look at for explanations for the plates, the restrictions, and other stuff.



However I highly recommend that you do the transmission first and do it with DTT stuff. http://www.dieseltrans.com/DTTech/index.sht



If you upgrade the plate first the extra power will just go toward heating up the transmission (reducing lifespan!) and more noise. The DTT TC will will wake up your truck if you do nothing else. The sloppy stocker TC will kill your power upgrades.

 

[John_P]

JSmith:



I have had the #6 and #5 TST plates. According to your

description of how you will be using your truck I would

recommend the #6 TST (250 H. P. ) plate. It should give

you the power you are looking for and if not, you can

always upgrade.



However, I agree with Joe that you will need to eventually

upgrade your transmission. If you can't do that right now

at least install an aftermarket valve body to raise the

line pressures. Short of that, I would AT LEAST recommend

some type of shift kit. On my truck I got by with a shift

kit until 98,000 miles using the #6 TST plate. At that point

the transmission began to "shudder" when I was towing my

racing trailer in the mountains.



Hope this has helped you some. Good luck!



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John_P

 

[JSmith]

which fuel plate

John_P, what is the Pro converter? Is it much different from the DTT converter? Would it hurt to get a converter from my local guy that says he can build a converter for my truck? Is there that much difference in converters?

 

[Joe G.]

Check out the torque convertors on the DTT web site. There is a LOT of difference between the milled stator way to do a TC and the welded stator that DTT uses. The milled method removes metal to achive the lower stall speed, but that means that you have to give up performance at other RPM. The DTT gives you better performance at ALL RPM. Check out all the members who have DTT TC and VB in their signatures. There is a reason for it!

 

[John_P]

JSmith:



The "Pro-Torque" Torque Converter is made by "Pro-

Torque Converters Inc. " They are based in New York

and make their converters in their own shop. I bought

mine from Scheid Diesel, although you can call them to

find a dealer close to you.



Their telephone number is: (516) 218-8700.

So far, I have had very good luck with mine. The

transmission shifts very good and seems to be

handling the H. P. /Torque O. K. My H. P. and torque

is turned "way up!!"



I guess the "disadvantage" of my converter versus

Bill K. 's is the fact that it is a "milled stator" designed

converter, however, so far so good.



Anyway, I hope this has helped you.



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John_P

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I also had a TST #6 with a stock auto for about 5-6 thousand miles. It could handle it OK, but I wanted an aftermarket TC & VB. I got the BD stuff, but wasted my money. I will have my DTT stuff installed by the end of next week. It is alll sitting about 5 feet from me right now. Get the TST #6 and drive the truck like you owned it and not like you stole it and everything should be fine. Just the plain old TST #6 is great!

 

[boathead]

will my 5 spd be okay with the TST #6 plate, I'm afraid of slippage, I am presently towing 12k lb boat?

 

[sewman]

I would be glad to help you out since your worried about slippage

I have a smaller boat that would be better for you that I would trade so you won't wearout your fine Truck.

It only has a 350 in it & gets alot better fuel mile also.

Just helping a new friend

Bob

 

[JohnE]

boathead;

The 95 manual should handle a #8, #6, or #5 nicely per the TST chart. Of course, only the #8 is EPA certified for highway usage. There is also more fuel plates available than the "chart" lists.



All;

Call Piers at <a href=http://www.piersdiesel.com/ target=_blank>TDR</a> for recommendations on TST or custom profile fuel plates plus <em>a whole lot more. </em>



-John

<font size=1>I am not affiliated with nor a compensated representative of Turbo Diesel Research</font>

 

[boathead]

Thanks , JohnE, I'll have to give him a call.