double post sorry

 

good luck with the price tag on the tc and vb there not cheep if you want big power

 

Ok more newbie questions....
1) There is no hose on my truck going directly from the afc housing to the wastegate.
>There is a hose going from the afc housing directly to the intake horn, and another from the charge side of the turbo piping right next to the turbo directly to the wastegate. is this normal? I seem to be reading that there needs to be a hose directly from the afc to the wastegate, and no mention of the way mine is.

2)I was paying attention to how my truck was running today before I start any mods. Right now I have a 16 foot bobcat trailer(2- 3500# axels) with a 1500# car on. really the truck doesn't even know its there(till I need to stop).
> It idles warmed at 810-820 rpm. no smoke
> It never even puffs starting off, WOT or not.
> It starts to pull good at 1150-1200rpm and pulls strong till 1950. it flatens out, Then at 2150 it grabs second gear, drops 50rpm, climbs to 2150, grabs 3rd drops 50,climbs to 2150, grabs 4th, cimbs to 2200 grabs O/D and then drops to 1250 and falls flat on its face.
Sound like a normal shift pattern???
>I have to pull my trailers at 120km/h just keep moving it seems. Also, in O/D I cant give it more than half throttle( the pedal is noticably firmer at half throttle only in O/D)or I will actualy slow down. This doesnt help driving into the wind or pulling a trailer.

3) when its at 2100rpm or above it sounds and feels like its got floating valves(really chattery)and never goes above 2200rpm. will the 60# valve springs help this?? and if so do I need to do both intake and exhaust springs, or just exhaust???

Pyro, Boost, Tranny Temp, and under bed fan cooled Tranny cooler on the way.

Thanx for the help and advice I've been doing a lot of reading.

I am going to move the afc housing and plate and star wheel for now and see where that takes me. Also I'm changing the muffler and maybe the down pipe ASAP.

I will try to budget in the torque converter and valve body before we leave in august.

AWSOME site

 

Governor springs will help out alot. There is a thread on another sight about shimming the governor springs with metric washers, some have alot of luck with it and some don't. It should turn more rpm's before the governor shuts it down.
I think you have the 160 or 175 horse pump. With cheap mods you could blow right threw the stock converter.

 

Alright, I've diesel bombed my truck!!!

before I even left for work this morning I pulled out the turbo silencer. F-yah!!!,

I just got a K&N to go in the stock air box not to long ago, so i am going to modify the lower half to allow more air flow to the filter and of course hear the turbo better.

Pulled the afc off tonight, moved the plate 3/4 of the way forward, and pushed the afc all the way forward. I then turned the starwheel about 1 1/2 turn toward the engine. i can't believe its that simple. and what a difference!!!!!

The truck is a whole different animal!!! Thank you everyone

Before I came home from work I took off the topper and cleaned all my crap out of the box. Then while I had it in the garage I took off those gay fibreglass fender skirts/running boards it had on.
This truck just went from work truck to toy truck in one day. Weather permitting I'll shoot some pics tomorrow.

 

You have a similar setup to mine, but mine's a dually with a 5 spd... I'm not sure where you live, but since you're speaking of crossing the rockies into vancouver, I'll assume alberta... go to Mopac auto if you're in edmonton and they have more pyrometers than you can shake a stick at.. I just got one today with a boost guage for a grand total of 236 CDN which is a lot better than some other auto parts stores...

 

wait till you put a perfomance plate on it.. when you buy the performance plate get it on ebay,,,$29usd. cheapest 70hp you will get!

 

I ground my stock plate to a #10... Like Ronald McDonald says... "I'm lovin it".. breaking loose in 5th on a cold dry road is fun

 

I dout you are spinning your dually wheels in 5th grear with just a fuel plate ... Sounds to me like you clutch is slipping

 

i know someone who just took the plate out is this not normal? his truck runs great with no issues just wondering