Ben

Well heck yeah!!!!! A dyno sheet!!!! On a superflow no less!!!!!!!!!!! I stand corrected. Have fun then! You are where you need to be then. wind your shifts out. ETA Realistically the only way that works is you that have a 6speed, small input shaft , and non HO. Those happened for a bit. Because there is zero chance of those numbers happening on a wiretapped HO pump with your setup. Sorry. No way. Ive have been there and done that with an HO pump. Zero being close to yours. I have been close to yours with much larger injectors that the HO pumps respond well to and a plug and play. HO's and wiretaps = get to play with buttons and maybe get to feel good about your self. Not happening with the electronics.

Oh? what has changed? Dyno'd or O'Reilly numbers? 500 to the ground is a big big jump. And really not worthwhile except for play. My old little truck had a stock intake. worked just fine. I made 523 with just injectors, pump and chargers. No electronics pump meddling for dyno runs. I could hit almost 80lbs boost on my test and tune road with edge juice hot comp on 3. Guy that bought it off me's first run was a 1300hp Nissan GTR. He stayed glued to his back bumper. Long story short...stock intake horn works fine. But the aftermarket ones do look nice.

Smarty historically has never been great with autos. I wouldn't even recommend one for an auto. Manuals fine, awesome, allows you to wind shifts out to 2500-3k. Way better than my old edge ez. Driver is in control. The TS MVP is the only stronger plug and play box but a hot mess in itself because things come way alive at 7 lbs boost. Not cool drive ability.

You are not the only one. I was suspect from hour 2 after install. The idle says it all. Is yours an HO model? You really need to wind out your shifts when hauling heavy. I used to regularly move equipment for my neighbor to job sites that consisted of a mini hoe and 10,000 lb skid steer on a gooseneck deck. Driving around the smoke is not a pain and not hard to do. You just have to pick your spots and rpms. Keep the rpm's UP! Oh...and if you are an HO......you are no where near 400 with a wiretap and rv's. If you are an SO with a small input 6 speed then maybe upper mid 3's. Sorry. I've been noticing the O'Reilly's/Autozone hp calculations thrown around quite a bit here with no actual back up. Not a dig against you. Just being realistic. My Edge CTS 2 does the same as well. It makes no sense to me. Why would an engine show a load percentage similar to going down the road at idle? @pepsi71ocean Man, I give you credit for hanging in there with the Smarty and an auto. Those 2 historically have gotten along like hot grease and skin. And I have only ever suggested the smarty to people with manual transmissions. A Smarty and manual is no issue. It is an absolute work around, no sweat. I drove a 400 horse at the wheels truck smarty and 150's smoke free for a long time. The truck was only a pill if I made it be that way. I could spiritedly shift through gears with minimal to no issues. The work around is eliminated with an auto. So..good on you. From an original MAD ECM guy...keep it up.

Just the plain old CTS2 monitor.

That’s awesome! I really won’t be able to test my ac voltage for a while until things warm up. I hope that pans out better than start up on the volt gauge

I just reconnected everything from stock back up

I’m in. I noticed zero difference in battery drain from start up. Meaning my experience wasn’t same as @KATOOM ‘s. Trucks been in heated shop for 2 weeks. ill keep you posted.

I had the valair dual ceramic ceramic in my built little truck for nv4500 it was an absolute peach to drive. Shifting was great. Eta: I had dragonfire , stock lines , 6x13s, and large twins.

Interesting. The wastegate is stuck on my hx 35. On my initial test run after injector install I hit 30lbs on the boost gauge and the edge CTS. Injectors are 7x.085’s. Not exactly sure why or how as I figured the ECM would of limited boost with no fooler. But it doesn’t. That’s a Texas sized 10/4 good buddy. Ive don’t flat foot the throttle unless 5/6 gear when easing off at full boogy then back in it. Ive never played under 10lbs. It’s just a mess. Thats the magic # where things get and go.

Hauled wood up from pile to roll off container by stove. 333g John Deere skid steer.

My old truck with DFI 100's did also. Not so much with DDP 150's or the currect one with the DAP's.

Clint my dog and King Julian the shop cat. Very very good awesome affectionate pets. Both are rescue animals. King julian is a hunting machine. Main reason why we have him was because of mice. Very good natured and personable. An utter purr machine. Clint is a blue heeler / walker coonhound mix. Beyond protective and openly affectionate. He gives hugs. Couldnt ask for 2 better pets.

I had a 95 Powerstroke 3/4 ton straight cab 5 speed that I liked. Had a Banks stage 2 in it and it wasn't bad. I also had a 4" exhaust that was done piece by piece as there really were not any kits then. My friend who did all of the work on the truck tig welded the entire exhaust system because he wasn't that good at mig. lol Truck ate glow plug relays like candy and had cam position sensor issues. The truck just ate both of them. Oil was changed dead nuts 3000 miles. Not because of breakdown but aeration, bubbles. Messed with the injection. I even used an International anti-aeration oil additive. 2001-2002 I learned that 6 in a row was the way to go and got my 2001.5. Grid heater is a huge improvement over glow plugs. The ease of working on the truck was a huge improvement. And I have been a fan ever since. That being said the pre CR diesel days were very fun because hp was fought and scratched for. I remember seeing 400 hp before at a dyno event and I was like oh....my....god. I was awesome. CR's came along and all of that went out the window. My neighbor and his brother in law have 6.7 Fords. Very nice trucks and I wouldn't mind owning one. Lots of power, ride well and the built in exhaust brake. But......as soon as you pop the hood.....good God. I was trying to figure out how to change the fuel filter.....yeah. One thing I do miss about the Powerstoke is that sloppy ZF5. You could throw the shifter in the general direction and it went in.

Lol....I am the same way with needing/wanting the one off/oddball item. Always have been. I sold the truck to a friend 1.5 years ago who has been treating it like what it was meant for. Hence, the initial reason for the post of the carnage. I never weighed the truck.

That’s great!! eta- knowing how small a rcsb is in person makes yours even crazier. A picture of of our trucks together would have been awesome!

Holy crap! Yours and mine are like the movie “Twins.” Thats crazy. Pretty cool. How does your your suspension handle getting on it? Truck get squirrely? How bad is wheel hop when launching it?

Here is the installed test port. Eta- just installed new spring and ball. I’ll be damned, it worked. 18lbs.

My experience with that was like pulling teeth. I had had to jump through so many hoops with them just for a new spring and ball. My pumps 9 months old with maybe 3000 miles on it. I highly recommend adding a test port in the line to vp and pick up the manual test gauge from Vulcan. You can can get the -an fittings and Schrader port from Vulcan as well. Good guys to deal with. The gauge will also allow you to test the pump itself to verify the pressure. The first picture is test port fitting to splice in. Second is comparing fp at test port port to gauge. Last picture shows the test test port on the pump it self.

I have been having issues as well. I recently received my new spring and ball from Fass. Im going to try the bend in the end of the spring because occasionally I get a crazy swing for a while then it settles out. Also im hoping this new spring fixes the pressure issue. I stretched the old spring, per Fass, and that’s helped so I’m hoping it was a Friday/Monday spring because it’s the same length as the old one before it was stretched. Needless to say my experience with this pump and dealing with Fass have been less than favorable.

Figured out how to get the video clip. Its nothing special but to me it just purred. ....loudly. ? In the “engine stumbles” thread this is what I meant by idling like a sewing machine.

The original builder dyno'd it at 677. The only thing I changed was went with 6x13 injectors vs the 7x18's that were originally in there. I tried dyno'ing it once at the shop I always go to and we couldn't get the chargers to spool. I feel it was more than 677 as I could regularly come close to 80lbs on my "test and tune" road. It was 2 wheel drive and it had the big input shaft. Getting it to hook was the big issue that everyone before me had. When it first got it, the truck would break loose at 70mph when getting on it. It wanted to kill you. The neighbor and I then figured it out. After the change when getting on it the rear end would just squat, the nose would raise up, and it would hook and go straight. Nice to have friends with a heavy dirt track racing background. Heres a link to my garage. There are a few pictures and description of what was done to it. https://mopar1973man.com/garage/vehicle/157-little-truck/ For whatever reason I can't upload a small clip of it idling.

The new owner sent me these today of the nv4500. It was a built nv4500. A little sad that this chapter is finished. Deep down I know that was / is one of easily 10 fastest manual diesels ( if not better) in the country if you could launch it. If not it would be damn respectable. It’s back half was utterly ridiculous. Funny thing is the neighbor begged me to go to B.I.R and let him run it. I know he could launch it no problems. Incredible wheelman. My wallet kept reeling me in with you stick your 50mph roll ons. Oh well. It will now be getting a full billet meal deal auto. Really cool and better from stop menace ......but it’s not a manual. ETA: I told him to call Valair and see if they would warranty anything. ?

There is a dealer in South Dakota that’s like a Mecca for sweet STOCK second gens. I called on one there that’s identical to mine except 60xxxx on the odometer and no rust. 30k. No budging. And im pretty sure he got that. It’s ridiculous what these trucks command. I’ve had 3 offers and a bunch of phone numbers from guys saying “if you want to sell it......” I tell them it will be a lot. Replies have been “I don’t care.” i have yet to have one offer for my built TJ at the gas pump. ??

Im liking this a lot. Keep up the good work and results.