Saw a 500hp Common Rail get smashed by a relatively stockish 7.3 today
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Black smoke is just unburned diesel. That means you don't have enough air to burn that extra fuel. So technically it's wasted horsepower and you need more air to take advantage of that horsepower. That's why smoke doesn't necessarily mean horsepower because a properly tuned truck will have relatively closely matched fueling and air capacities which means little smoke because they are taking full advantage of their fueling capabilities with a properly matched turbo or turbos
#65
Black smoke is just unburned diesel. That means you don't have enough air to burn that extra fuel. So technically it's wasted horsepower and you need more air to take advantage of that horsepower. That's why smoke doesn't necessarily mean horsepower because a properly tuned truck will have relatively closely matched fueling and air capacities which means little smoke because they are taking full advantage of their fueling capabilities with a properly matched turbo or turbos
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Big chargers require lots of fuel to sustain them ( prevent stall) at higher rpms, yet to produce big power that big charger is required so that enough air is available. No one is doubting that big power trucks smoke, but if you throw 200 horse sticks and a edge comp on you vp truck just for smoke your a blooming idiot. Big smoke and big power has its place.... competitions. Its not practical to build a 800 horse truck and street drive it, you can but why would you?
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Big chargers require lots of fuel to sustain them ( prevent stall) at higher rpms, yet to produce big power that big charger is required so that enough air is available. No one is doubting that big power trucks smoke, but if you throw 200 horse sticks and a edge comp on you vp truck just for smoke your a blooming idiot. Big smoke and big power has its place.... competitions. Its not practical to build a 800 horse truck and street drive it, you can but why would you?
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