Posted by Eric B. on Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 10:30AM :
In Reply to: Re: 3.54s, 5 speed... posted by Roger Mesenbrink on Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 9:49AM :
...needs to be gone through Roger, once I have that done, then I can spend money on other upgrades.
My truck starts hard, as it does not hold prime very well, and it HATES the cold.
Current injection timing is at factory settings, about 6. After I got it, I had it timed, and the same guy tightened up all the boost hoses, got a lot more power out of that!
I hear good things about what you had done, as well as changing the injectors.
Next time I have some spare cash the motor will be gone over, but as I am often loaded 5,000 lbs more then you, I doubt I will get as good of a performance.
I am running the 92-93 Sachs clutch with the cast iron pressure plate, it works MUCH better then that stamped thing.
The other reason I drop to 4th is that I have been told that the reason people blow 5th gear off is letting the motor get below 2,000 RPM in 5th. So when I get to 2,000 RPM in 5th, I drop a gear. This means at 60-65 I am in 4th all the time. The current tranny in this truck has almost 100,000 miles on it, and I do not want to drop 5th gear off the back!
Eric