Time to start assembling 1.5 TD / 1.9L Franken Diesel.

[Jetmugg]

That's my guess, too. 

From a standing start, 1st gear will "wrap out" very quickly, probably within the first 100 feet or so.  2nd gear won't take much longer.  My goal is to wind 3rd gear up to my comfortable limit of rpms before shifting into 4th.  I don't want to "lug" the engine in 4th.  Once I'm in 4th and get up around 4000 rpm or so, I will adjust the boost controller to give full boost.

At that point, I'll sneak some peeks at the EGT gauge and manage the throttle accordingly, keeping the truck pointed in the right direction.

If everything goes as expected, my comfort level with EGT may be the limiting factor.  I just don't have a good idea of a safe upper limit for EGT.

I'm trying to save some pennies for a Snow Performance water injection setup to mitigate the EGT's a bit.
 
Steve.

[RabbitJockey]

more boost will help keep egts down, so u may want to set it and forget it, but i think in a mile on pavement you will easily reach terminal velocity, i would think in a quarter mile you can already reach 90-100mph, so a whole mile should be easy to hit your max.

[theman53]

I hope that he has some news to bump one of his threads soon

[Jetmugg]

We are the new ECTA recordholders!

123mph and some change.  We had a great time, and I had the chance to meet TheMan53 and CSMP5 at the meet.

Thank you very much for all the support and encouragement guys.

I'll have pics, video, and stories to share later.  I just got home and will spend some time with family now.

Steve.

[theman53]

I knew you had it, but didn't want to let the cat out of the bag. I wish you guys didn't have it all under control as I was prepared to wrench.
So now that you believe me that it will go that fast, what do you think you will do in Utah. You will have longer to wind it up and run different tires/trans if needed.

Have fun with the family and let us know. Great job

[Alcaid]

Congrats Jetmugg!

[carrizog60]

congrats!
now time for a tdi gearbox conversion 

[Alcaid]

A CTN gearbox would be nice, together with a properly matched Holset turbo off course

Dieselmeken just build me a new pump for my 1.6TTD, over 200cc of fuel, yours was something like 90-100cc? Time to step up and crush your own record

[vanbcguy]

How were you getting a hold of Dieselmekken? When I was trying to source my pump I emailed him several times and never got an answer :-(

[theman53]

How were you getting a hold of Dieselmekken? When I was trying to source my pump I emailed him several times and never got an answer :-(

Same, I told him to build me an 11mm pump for my 1.6...no response

[Alcaid]

[email protected] and he is also on facebook, this is the second pump he built for me, found out the 11mm 130cc didn't deliever enough for my goals

[Jetmugg]

The existing record at Bonneville is 106.xxx mph.  My first goal is to be competitive against that record.  I need to put 2 consecutive passes together in excess of the existing record to become the new SCTA recordholder.  That is my first goal.

Assuming I can do that, then I will "let it all hang out" at SpeedWeek to see how much I can wring from the existing setup.  I want to get everything I can out of the current setup before changing anything.

I have always said that I don't want to blow it up in Ohio or on the first day of SpeedWeek, but I don't really care if I blow it up on the last day of SpeedWeek if I haven't set a record yet. 

Looking ahead, there are plenty of paths to take, ranging from additional pump, turbo, and cylinder head work on the 1.5 engine, to building a 2.0 class engine, to putting a gasoline burning (gasp) engine in the truck to chase some of those records.

Goran at Dieselmeken has been great to work with, as has Giles.  Giles sent me one of his cams, and Goran did the pump work.  Goran is very easy to get ahold of through FaceBook and via email from my perspective.  He seems to be a very busy guy, but has offered superb customer service to me.

He will most likely be the guy to build the next pump I need, no matter what diesel engine it's for.

Steve.

[Jetmugg]

Here's a video of Sunday's run:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBGNUAL5nzw&feature=youtu.be

[vanbcguy]

I love the faint reflection of the puff of smoke from your stack when you shift - you can just barely see it against the orange glossy instrument panel.

[theman53]

Where the EGT better after turning up the boost?