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Old 08-10-2010, 09:18 PM
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Question poor results at truck pull

I pulled my truck at a local truck pull last wed night. It never seemed to come up on the turbo. The engine never seemed to come to lift. I went to my old 12:16.5 tires for the pull. I had the thing in low lock. I just never came to life. Any ideas????. Maybe I should have turned my fuel screw in more.
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How much boost and how high were the egts?
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Originally Posted by Onemoparnut
How much boost and how high were the egts?
Boost was 35lbs plus, egt's were 1400deg.
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any idea of the rpms you were turing?
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No tach in truck tet. But by sound not what it should have been. My guees 1600=1800 rpms.
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Heavy sled?
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At 35 psi the turbo was lit.
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What gear were you in auto or stick
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Sounds to me like a good track or what we call a Power Track.
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hmm, yeah at that boost your turbo shoulda been lit, maybe your trans was slippin a lot? Your truck still looks awesome and is one of my dream trucks still though.
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if it was a power track tho he probably would have had allot of hop or breakage imo. or it could have been prevented from a slipping trans? just a guess. a vid would help allot.
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Originally Posted by JQmile
Heavy sled?
Yes sled was a standard pulling sled. Just seems like other trucks turned on harder. Track was a clay damp track, fo.r sure a power track
I have a video, i'll try to post it.
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Originally Posted by 92smokin blacky
hmm, yeah at that boost your turbo shoulda been lit, maybe your trans was slippin a lot? Your truck still looks awesome and is one of my dream trucks still though.
I think if tranny was slipping rpm's would be up.

Thanks for the complement on truck.
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If you have stock intercooled injectors and you were running 35 psi boost you had all the power your going to get out of the sticks.
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Originally Posted by Richie O
If you have stock intercooled injectors and you were running 35 psi boost you had all the power your going to get out of the sticks.
Yep they are the stock injectors. There is the other problem. What sticks to get. I thinking ddp's or pods.

Even if i changed to a denny fuel pin those stock sticks are only going to flow so much.


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