My truck has new injectors and an upgraded IP, but even turned all the way down, and timed to 10 BTDC I'm still blowing black smoke, was wondering what I can do to allow more air into the engine, without getting a turbo, as I'm already piecing together my own kit

 

i would bump timing more i think ... cant remember what mine is set @ ....

 

I had it at 12 the other day and smoked too much , This is the sweet spot for my mileage so far, currently getting 17 city

 

Dortiz, what's yours set at, 12, should I set mine there, I haven't got any EG gauge yet, should I worry about that yet with no other mods yet.

 

it's at 10, but I need to get a gauge as well, It would be a good idea to get it before anything else, don't want to go melting pistons

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I'm going to try a hydrogen cell on this truck, and see if that improves the mileage, currently have it on a 02 elantra and almost doubled my mpg, I also have a 95 f150 with a 351 that's a gas hog, I'm talking 8-9 mpg highway, and it's now around 14-15, can only imagine what it will do for this

 

Sounds good, I knew a guy who started working for a guy in the Sacramento area doing conversions to people's cars. But I think they went full conversions so you only used water. Blows my mind, and yea I've been afraid to do anything to my truck till I get a pyro gauge. I looked on eBay and they still wanted grip for them, but saw it seemed like any brand in celcius was half price compared to Farenhieght gauges?

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Also is that timing it without a probe to tell you when the injector fires?

 

I honestly don't know, I believe it was with the adapter that goes onto the number one cylinder line, I asked my instructor to do it while I was over in the hydraulics class

 

Ahh, did you go to UTI? I graduated in '96, before they had one campus, it was scattered over 3-4 different building and locations.

 

No I go to CAC (Central Arizona College) I'm in the diesel technologies courses, not bad for still being in high school as well