Egts still warm
Diesel Wrench
Joined: Sep 2010
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Pull the plate back. That's your full fuel setting. In theory you should beable to mat it and stay in it and the egts will level off and stay at your desired heat. Hopefully around 1600 or under. Pre boost is just wasted fuel and it will cause it to heat up a little sooner just like star wheel. But the plate is final egt/fuel. Start there. Your smoke screw is just to light the turbo, when set properly there should be minimal pre boost smoke
Diesel Wrench
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 516
Likes: 22
It's supposed to be tapped before the turbo, ideally on the back 3 cylinders. And no you won't, you can't use all the fuel because your getting too hot. You wouldn't tow, or race or anything over 1600 degrees unless you have a built race engine so why would you need more fuel. Smoke and fuel is not power. Properly burnt fuel is power. 12 valves take a lot more tuning then throwing in a 0 plate full forward and cranking the star wheel. The plate is there for a reason. To control egt's. If you want better tunability get afc live. You will beable to fine tune it to your liking from the cab. You also likely need more timing. Stock timing and dumping fuel won't get you that far.
Did not like how the motor ran with advanced timing and I have fine tuned it but now it's hotter with this turbo... wide open I hit 1400 not bad and the truck is pretty smokeless when driving it does not poor neither would I let it. I just don't like cruising at 950
