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smoked out an 18 wheeler!!!
by
matt-stunt
on 02 Apr, 2010 16:36
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so about two weeks ago i turned my fuel pressure way up on my 82 caddy 1.6 na and stopped by the napa where my buddy works to show him how much smoke the thing puked. i pulled out with the pedal on the floor to pouring as much smoke as possible to make eberybody who works there laugh a lil bit. oh yeah i forgot to mention the stack i put on her coming out the bed on the drivers side. so i get about 200 ft down the road and a tractor trailer dumps it right out in front of me. a nice looking early 90s kenworth, must have been loaded judging by how slow he was going. first i jam on the breaks to slow down to his speed then check the oncoming lane to see if its clear to pass. i had plenty of room so i drop it into second and put it to the floor. like always when its full throttle i was pouring an outrarously thick black smoke trail, enough to make you s*#t your pants laughing especially coming from that small truck with a stack. i was shifting into 4th then i was at his driver side door. i look over at him and wave, he gives me a friendly toot of the air horn and starts cracking up laughing at me. i finally got in front of him and still kept it on the floor. i just love watching my rear view at times like this!
-matt
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#1
by
Rabbit on Roids
on 05 Apr, 2010 15:52
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thats not funny, if you had an EGT gauge, you would know that you are murdering your engine with that much UN BURNT fuel. black smoke is not really that cool. its super hot exhaust for one, and its un used energy just pouring out the tail pipe.
how hot are your EGTs when said blackness is pouring out the stack? you really should get an EGT gauge if you dont have one, especially if it smokes that bad. also think about making it easier for your engine to breathe, if you have the stock air box on it still, you are doing the engine, and yourself no favors.
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#2
by
truckinwagen
on 05 Apr, 2010 15:55
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with an NA motor EGT's dont get very high, even with black smoke, the restriction that the turbo creates makes the EGT's a problem
my motor(NA with an EGT Gauge) will only reach 1000*F on a long pull blowing black smoke
now, saying that, and EGT gauge is a good thing to have, and I recommend it to all diesel owners.
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#3
by
rabbitman
on 05 Apr, 2010 20:54
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with an NA motor EGT's dont get very high, even with black smoke, the restriction that the turbo creates makes the EGT's a problem
my motor(NA with an EGT Gauge) will only reach 1000*F on a long pull blowing black smoke
now, saying that, and EGT gauge is a good thing to have, and I recommend it to all diesel owners.
With my NA I can hit 1150F pretty easy, that's with a 2.5" exhaust and a sorta lame intake system.
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#4
by
Rabbit on Roids
on 07 Apr, 2010 12:07
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i would rather have a turbo on there to clean up the smoke. thats just wasted power out the tail pipe.
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#5
by
79rabbit4dr
on 10 Apr, 2010 03:31
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[...] i turned my fuel pressure way up on my 82 caddy 1.6 na [...] to make eberybody who works there laugh a lil bit.
Doesn't sound like he keeps the fuel up all the time, just doing it for kicks here and there.
Isn't this section ALL about wasted fuel anyway, like, the more the better?
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#6
by
Smokey Eddy
on 15 Apr, 2010 02:51
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[...] i turned my fuel pressure way up on my 82 caddy 1.6 na [...] to make eberybody who works there laugh a lil bit.
Doesn't sound like he keeps the fuel up all the time, just doing it for kicks here and there.
Isn't this section ALL about wasted fuel anyway, like, the more the better?
Yes.
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#7
by
gldgti
on 15 Apr, 2010 03:55
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I can add a little story, with some relevant information to the OP's story too :-D
Day before yesterday i had to take a detour home because hte main freeway our of Sydney going north was closed due to a big trcuk acciendent. Anyway, 11:30pm we are driving along the twisty, winding detour road and there's not a lot of traffic. The road is a nice road to drive fast but you cannot pass anyone on it for about 20km, and in the forst 3km I cought up to a slow gasser, so I slowed down and just chugged along about 200m behind him to be kind. So sooner, than a Ford Territory (fake city people 4wd gasser) comes up behind me and sits right on my tailgate. So, i shift into 5th gear, doing 50km/h (1400rpm) and floor it. With the T3, i get massive LAG down low so it just pours clouds of thick black smoke out hte back. I let them have it for about 8-10 seconds before he backed off a bit. I was during the smoking, I noted that my EGT's didnt go above 450C! I guess at low flows, with the larger T3 exhaust housing, there is little enough restriction to keep the EGT's down.
Anyway, HTH :-)
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#8
by
Smokey Eddy
on 15 Apr, 2010 15:09
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Heck yes Gldgti!!!
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#9
by
8v-of-fury
on 17 Apr, 2010 14:17
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With my NA I can hit 1150F pretty easy, that's with a 2.5" exhaust and a sorta lame intake system.
Well without a "un-lame" intake we can't really go by what you have then eh? lol Do you have your fuel tuned way up and is this beating on it on a grade?
i would rather have a turbo on there to clean up the smoke. thats just wasted power out the tail pipe.
Your rabbit doesn't smoke off boost if your on it hard? Wasted power out the tail-pipe looks cool though
An n/a with a good intake, exhaust and turned up fuel shouldn't have too much problem, as was stated before the turbo being a massive restriction is what causes alot rising EGT's.
SMOKIN N/A'S RULZ TEH WROLDZ
Also who is going for efficiency out of an N/A? there the best engines to mess with, because at the end of the day.. its still just an N/A engine lol
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#10
by
rabbitman
on 17 Apr, 2010 15:30
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With my NA I can hit 1150F pretty easy, that's with a 2.5" exhaust and a sorta lame intake system.
Well without a "un-lame" intake we can't really go by what you have then eh? lol Do you have your fuel tuned way up and is this beating on it on a grade?
Just a wiff of smoke and it'll do it on flat ground.
My intake is different now, I've yanked the gasser mani and installed a regular turbo intake. It really cleaned it up under the hood and there wasn't any noticable power loss.
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#11
by
Rabbit on Roids
on 17 Apr, 2010 18:44
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With my NA I can hit 1150F pretty easy, that's with a 2.5" exhaust and a sorta lame intake system.
Well without a "un-lame" intake we can't really go by what you have then eh? lol Do you have your fuel tuned way up and is this beating on it on a grade?
i would rather have a turbo on there to clean up the smoke. thats just wasted power out the tail pipe.
Your rabbit doesn't smoke off boost if your on it hard? Wasted power out the tail-pipe looks cool though
An n/a with a good intake, exhaust and turned up fuel shouldn't have too much problem, as was stated before the turbo being a massive restriction is what causes alot rising EGT's.
SMOKIN N/A'S RULZ TEH WROLDZ Also who is going for efficiency out of an N/A? there the best engines to mess with, because at the end of the day.. its still just an N/A engine lol
oh, it pours blackness out the pipe till the hair dryer lights up, then it starts pouring white smoke, but from the front.