This is my first post, since I found tons of great info and knowledgeable people on here figured I should join the fun. I got a 98.5 24v going to be heading on a 400 mile  drive, half of the drive will include steep terrain. I would like some guidance on timing and mpg. I see lots of different mpg tunes here but do not know which is right for me. Just trying to run the most timing with minimal risk of popping the head gasket. I do not have head studs nor have I retorqued the stock bolts. Mods are quad adrenaline, rv275, cold air and 4” straight, 6” lift with 22.5 wheels and 37s (dually). Also has stock hx35, airdog, and a southbend to transfer all that extra power. If requested I can put up my current mpg tune for reference and adjustments to all of the different timing parameters.

Thanks in advance

My dad had a 4V53T that he had planned to put in an old Chevy Crew Cab with gear splitter of some kind.  He spent all his free time buying, fixing, and renting out the occasional crappy house that came up for sale around him, so never got to it.  Thankfully, it all paid off and he bought his 01 Dodge dually from an auction.  The Detroit went away, but the Chevy carcass is - unfortunately - still taking up space in the driveway as it has for the last 22 years or so.  I had him fire up the Detroit before he sold it, it sounded great!

9 hours ago, That Guy said:

Still, I want his gears (or yours). Just add some more go pedal, when you smell clutch, back it off a 1/4 turn.

The only time I ever smelled my clutch was backing my 5th wheel up a driveway it did not belong in.

On 9/1/2020 at 7:55 PM, dripley said:

The only time I ever smelled my clutch was backing my 5th wheel up a driveway it did not belong in.

In the 2012, I have eased onto the clutch too slowly in 5 th and slipped it a little.

 

In the '97, doing 75 on the interstate I floored it in 5th and felt it slip.

I smelled it when I got stuck on a 30° slope in the mud. It took wide open in fourth gear to get out of the mud.

 

Never with a load oddly enough.

 

 

I was at a stop light and a single axle day cab was next to me. Guy took off in a huge cloud of smoke from the clutch area. I'm not sure if it was one of those automated transmissions or bad driver..... or both.

Edited September 3, 20204 yr by That Guy

On 9/1/2020 at 5:44 PM, That Guy said:

 

I was at a stop light and a single axle day cab was next to me. Guy took off in a huge cloud of smoke from the clutch area. I'm not sure if it was one of those automated transmissions or bad driver..... or both.

 

Must be the same local Coke driver we have here. I was at the Maverick station when the Coke truck tried to leave, slight uphill. First try he killed the engine, second try he revved it up, went about 6" and killed it again. Third try he screamed it, all the way to the exit barely moving!! I was mad, Lol.

 

Had a busy week, hauled/delivered 18 loads of cinders in 8 days. I checked fuel mileage for 3 consecutive days, same haul, same loads, average was 13.1 mpg. This is with my dump, 26k loaded and 15k empty. Anxious to see what the new injectors will do.