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Bad Mileage on a DT466

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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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You've had a few days, did you adjust anything? Swap out the gears? Weld up compound turbos?
 
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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Well, it's been a little while since I've posted in this thread....

I have upped the fuel, and turned down the governor springs, as shown in Dale's two youtube videos. The truth is that I did that recently, and have not driven it enough to do any MPG calculations yet. But I can definitely feel a difference in power, and having more RPMs to play with is nice.

I am looking again at turbo upgrades, and HX50s seem relatively easy to get.... Such as this one for instance.

Anyone know how much fabrication I would need to do to get it in there?

(I am a good fabricator, and not afraid of a little work, but of course less work is preferred!)

Thanks,
Christian
 
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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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That '50 is pretty big. You would need bigger injectors to run that one. It wouldnt be that hard to get to work. Mainly the intake side would be the tricky part. As it is, it would be pretty laggy.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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OK, Thanks. That sounds like more than I wanna get into right now... Getting ahead of myself I guess!

I'll look for a '40!

C
 
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