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[arse_sidewards]

5" exhaust brakes exist in the aftermarket. they sure are proud of them though

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The cheap vacuum operated ones go up to 3". Dual 3" comes out to 4.xx". It would probably take a bunch of ******ed fab work to Y it into two pipes, mount the valves and then Y it back down to a single though. Maybe if you look you can find bigger. I didn't look very hard.

 

[Alexis700]

This isnt too bad, $1700 and comes with a compressor that I can use for filling airbags from in the cab.

BD 1028150 Universal 5" Inline Exhaust Brake Kit W/Compressor

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[Alexis700]

Started swapping iniectors and delivery valves last night. So my luck is always great, start pulling DVs out and the pump has like 440k miles on it probably never been apart, so the old orings get trashed when you unthread the DV holder. Had no worries though, cause the DVs are supposed to come with new orings.

I look all through the box from DAP, they forgot to send the o rings for the delivery valves. So ordered a set from DB sales because they are like 3 hours from me, so those should come in by Friday.

Going to swap injectors tonight and run valve lash on it. Also the old connector tubes look kinda rough on the taper that seals to the injector body, so hoping that was what caused this engine to run rough.

 

[V30crewcab]

was there copper washers under the dv holders? I always remove those, had a couple that were causing a missing issue. the 215 pumps don't have them.

 

[Alexis700]

I did not see them, but will check and if it has them maybe Ill pull them out. Are they right under the DV holder, but above delivery valve?

This truck has had a miss , not dead miss but it will shake at 1500 rpm with no load. If fan is spinning or ac enageged its smooth. Very light but enough it annoys me, if you crack lines all 6 are hitting.

Has done it with 2 different injectors, vp44 and p7100. So I think it is connector tubes, as they are 320k mile originals. Racking the barrels all the way didnt change it, so tells me pump is firing pretty evenly.

 

[V30crewcab]

only ones that had it were the 160/175 pumps. the dv holder seats down on them.

 

[Alexis700]

I did the overhead, all the valves were really close .010 intake .020 exhaust.

I also got in an argument with chat gpt about doing EOIC backwards turning engine backwards with the alternator nut. So when doing it like that, you adjust an intake when Exhaust is closing, adjust an exhaust when intake is opening. That was how I ran overhead last year.

So this time, I turned it normal rotation with the barring tool which is slow as hell and did EOIC. Well what do you know, I was right and the AI is wrong.

One exhaust rocker was a bit loose and one intake, but I think that is more from head studs being installed than anything. Most of them I tightened up a touch, and one rocker was left alone.

Makes me feel better about the cam, because it had a couple lobes showing some pitting when I had it out for the p pump swap.

Here is how it sits, looks like I will have the DV o rings today and can put it back together. Got the injectors swapped over as well.

Smoky 7x12 SAC injectors, too hazy for a p pump truck on street. They would likely be much cleaner on a vp44 with a quadzilla , not static timed at 23 degrees with the tractor pump.

 

[Alexis700]

Got it running, last delivery valve holder was trying to get the old oring to let go and everything went flying. Found the plunger and spring the goes in the holder, but was missing one of the little shims. Never fails on last thing, disaster.

So spent an hour trying to find the shim, feeling like a ******. Ended up stealing a 0.1 mm shim out of a dv holder from the 12v engine in my garage. So now I need to find a shim to replace that one. 5.5 mm ID , 9.2 mm OD and 0.1 mm thick.

So after that debacle put the lines on and fired it up. It still dont run perfect smooth and the idle is a touch lopey now, injection noise is insanely loud now with the smaller nozzles. I dont know if it will ever be smooth at idle/no load, with so much timing it is extremely sensative to any fuel input. It is noticeably better than before and probably not worth trying to make it any smoother.

Not sure how much longer the nv4500 is going to hang in there. On dry pavement or tar and chip, it squeals the rear tires 100% of the time when you roll into it in 3rd. And in 4th it is fighting for traction. Which is hilarious in a truck with a ladder rack and tool box. Definitely got a noticeable bump in power.

 

[Alexis700]

Ok, so apparantly removing those shims in the DV holder is a good thing. Less spring preload on the DV = more fuel.

One thing that is interesting, my spare engine had 2 thin shims and one thick one in the DV holder. The pump in the 24v has 2 thin shims. So probably just run 1 thin shim or no shims in that other pump whenever it goes into something.

Seems like the smaller injector with the 024 delivery valves was a good move. Engine is more responsive under low/no boost conditions, and didnt epect much change in power but it is a lot stronger than before.

Everytime I rolled into it in 3rd gear on the test drive, the rear tires were squealing. Which is going to explode that poor nv4500 cluster gear again.

Was dark out so cant tell on smoke , still burns your eyes when its idling , but the grey cloud is gone. So that is an improvement.

 

[350TacoZilla]

Can't wait to hear what you think after trans swap. Are you going to wait and do the trans at same time as the new body?

 

[Alexis700]

That is the plan. Want to get the bricknose f150 done, here in couple months then take the dodge apart. That way I have a truck to drive, lost a cam in the squarebody so dont have a spare truck anymore.

Pull body off frame. Paint cab , bed, fenders, etc and put them on. Swap Zf6 in. Put the s475 on there. Also have to repair the frame at spring hangers, rust jacking is pretty bad.

So it will probably all torn apart all winter, but for now its fine just body is falling off of it.

 

[bdkw1]

Having a ZF6 equipped truck, having more power is pretty pointless, you can't shift them fast enough to make the trucks really fast. Bumping boost and fuel on mine did almost nothing for 0-60 times. Shifting speed is the limitation. Towing, yeah, that's better but now I have to pay attention to the egt gauge. Before I could just bury it and never worry about melting ****.

 

[bad zuki]

Having a ZF6 equipped truck, having more power is pretty pointless, you can't shift them fast enough to make the trucks really fast. Bumping boost and fuel on mine did almost nothing for 0-60 times. Shifting speed is the limitation. Towing, yeah, that's better but now I have to pay attention to the egt gauge. Before I could just bury it and never worry about melting ****.

Yeah, but 5th gear burnouts on 37's are cool.
Get out of here with that logical thinking.

 

[bdkw1]

Yeah, but 5th gear burnouts on 37's are cool.
Get out of here with that logical thinking.

Much as I love the reliability that the ZF6 provides, I am seriously tempted by the 10R140 swap. Faster shifts, wider overall gear spread, closer gear splits.......

 

[Alexis700]

Yeah, but 5th gear burnouts on 37's are cool.
Get out of here with that logical thinking.

That is the honest goal with adding the s475.

Passing on interstate, with ladder rack, and leaving 2 black marks up the highway.

Sensible no , but it makes me smile so