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Old 11-04-2011, 10:24 PM
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Alright i am new to the Compression Ignition so i have a quick question how much boost is to be expected during saying cruising down the highway doing around seventy-five or so. I am asking because cruising i am getting around 3-6 lbs of boost and if i nail it and leave my foot into it i reach around seventeen to the most i have ever got was eighteen and a half and that was when i left my foot in it for a min. I got a co-workers kids says that he is normally getting twenty and if he puts his foot in to it he gets almost twenty eight out of it we have pretty much the same truck except that his is drw and mine is srw. little more info about mine i have a stock style air filter which i just changed today so it is new. And the major reason for this is wondering if going with a 6637 would make a giant difference in the boost.

On a side note does anyone know what material the socks are made out of as i can run a sewing machine and do not think that the marterial for that sock is going to cost forty bucks.

Thks in advance for any help
 
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Old 11-04-2011, 10:35 PM
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depending on speed between 0 and 8. doing 75 i'll get about 6 cruising. when i really get on it i'll hit about 26 or so. what do you have done to your truck? what does he have done? my mods are in my sig.
 
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Old 11-04-2011, 11:04 PM
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I can max at about 27. I never cruise at 75.. But I do cruise at 65 and I will make 1-2 PSI. No leaks in my system, I have a leak detector.
 
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Old 11-04-2011, 11:05 PM
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you have done to your truck? Not much as i have only had it for two weeks it has a Edge attitude v1.0 thats is all that i know of haven't had a lot of time to discover much else because of work what does he have done? As far as i know maybe a intake havent talked to much about it only talked
to him for a bit while i was taking out his over head computer to fix it.
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Old 11-04-2011, 11:14 PM
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ok. well that is kinda low. but edge doesn't add much. what are your HP goals for the truck?
 
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Old 11-05-2011, 10:10 AM
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ok. well that is kinda low. but edge doesn't add much. what are your HP goals for the truck?
Right now getting the truck paid off is the goal but i dont know the plan for getting the truck is getting a gooseneck camping trailer around twenty to twenty five footer so i am guessing mid four to maybe five hundred. I really want to pull almost anything with in reason and not feel like it is there if that helps. But for the time being i just want it to be reliable and it concerns me that there maybe a problem that i dont know about thks for ur help fordornothing
 
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Old 11-05-2011, 10:36 AM
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can't read my boost. too busy holding on!
 
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Old 11-05-2011, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Loc24
Right now getting the truck paid off is the goal but i dont know the plan for getting the truck is getting a gooseneck camping trailer around twenty to twenty five footer so i am guessing mid four to maybe five hundred. I really want to pull almost anything with in reason and not feel like it is there if that helps. But for the time being i just want it to be reliable and it concerns me that there maybe a problem that i dont know about thks for ur help fordornothing
A stock truck with gauges, intake, exhaust and chip will pull a 20-25 ft trailer no problem assuming it isn't loaded down with steel 10ft high...
 
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Old 11-05-2011, 01:06 PM
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like 95powersmoker said, a 20- 25 foot trailer will be no problem. but i suggest you get rid of the edge and go for a TS style chip. and guages, intake and exhaust.
 
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Old 11-05-2011, 01:42 PM
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Ur the third person that has said to get rid of the edge r they really that bad on the tranny? And if u do go with a chip his there any way that u could use the readout from the edge for my gauges for now. I have read that if u try to use both that the chip will over ride the programmer. Just asking of trying to keep down the amount of $ I am trying to through at it right now. Also is there a thread about removing the tuner as I was not the one who installed it. And thanks again for the help
 


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