2016 BS and Chat Thread!

[DMan1198]

So far, so good. I gave it some terminal cleaner, and protector after I finished wiring my fuel pressure gauge. The raptor runs a solid 18psi, and pulls to 15ish at wot. Also checked out where my wastegate was set, and turns out it was fully open, so that explains the 900-1100* cruising-hills egts. Tightened it up a bunch, and didn't break 800 on the way home. Wot egts are also 150* lower.

[DodgeFreak]

IKE!!!! I'm blaming you on this break down! You just had to mention the original starter at MMiller's. We stopped at work in Osceola to feed the little one. Didn't start thought maybe it was the clutch safety switch jumped it and it started. Brought it to work Monday and went to leave at night and it wouldn't start nothing dead in the water. jumped the safety switch nothing. tested batteries for the heck of it and they was good. Took a hammer to the starter and it fired right up. This morning went to leave for work nothing......took a hammer to the starter and if fired right up. Now if you wouldn't have said anything about the starter that day I don't believe I would be in this mess lol. luckily I have 2 more maybe 3 to toss on.

[CumminsPower59]

HA!

At least you have a spare...

[DMan1198]

I clipped a deer this morning with The Roo Hunter. Didn't even leave a mark on the bumper, and the deer got up, and limped off.

[PToombs]

If it wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any! You going to blame the deer on Ike too?

[DMan1198]

I'm just going to blame the turbos being too quiet. Really the only thing I was worried about was the marker light I got from Chris at sop last year, but it's fine, so I'm not mad. Pretty sure the bumper did what I built it for.

I got my 374 spring installed this afternoon, and figured out I am indeed not getting full travel out of the pedal. I'll just live with it for now though.

[fatty]

You need to be careful with trying to get full travel DMann. You can get too much and it'll fuel less at WOT.

[DMan1198]

Good to know. I'm probably at a good spot now then. I haven't gone wot yet, but just driving on the highway is more pleasant due to the reduced pedal input to hold speed. First impressions are good overall.

[DMan1198]

Also, to be fair Pete there were two deer this morning, and the first I avoided altogether. Those thing were the primary reason for building my quaint 3/8" thick steel bumper.

[Remps]

One way to find max fuel with throttle travel is max speed. (Beyond gov spring rated rpm)With a 3800 spring there may be nothing to gain beyond 3200 rpm with excess travel. (By excess I mean high idle stop cut off, linkage about 20ish degrees from pointing straight back at wot.) On the other hand, maybe it's possible too much travel at lower rpms causes a reduction of fueling, or the "governor shakiness" RC mentioned once? I've noticed rolling into the throttle seems to give better output sometimes, tight afc or not.

[spencerdiesel]

Went to the thunder valley drags saterday, one of the top fuel rails went 3.84 sec @ 322 in the 1320'. I learned they have 4 fuel pumps and suck 14+ gal in 1 pass.......dericulus

[Remps]

I think you mean 1000'. A 3.84 in 1320' would probably require close to 400 mph trap speed, unless tires have doubled in traction since the switch to 1000'. The cars used to run high 4's before NHRA switched to 1000' track. Meh, everybody still calls it the 1320'.

[spencerdiesel]

Dang, you're right

[DMan1198]

I talked to a top fuel mechanic once at a car show, and somehow managed to ask a couple questions nobody else had before.

[DMan1198]

On another note I'm not quite used to the response of the new gov spring. I overthrottled it a bit on a number of shifts today.