bellabulldog
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I've had a few issues with my truck after doing a conversion from a manual to automatic transmission. My current build is listed in my sig.
My low down power sucks, granted some of that is that I'm running a SXE369 turbo at 5K+ elevation with 25* timing. I do have a 181/210 cam to help spool it + BD diverter valve. I'm pretty sure I'm running 3:54 gears with little tires. I'm sub 2k rpms at 70 MPH with OD on.
I posted a pic to show how little my tires are.
When I'm into the power band since I can't seem to clean my truck up even though I'm running AFC Live since if the turbo isn't smokey it's a dog. Either doggy or smokey no in-between. That may be in part because I'm a novice and just don't know the ins and outs and suck at tuning even with a tuning aid like AFC Live. At half throttle as boost is coming in and over 25lbs I'm smoking one tire, the driver's side tire, I can tell because it is becoming bald. What do I do to remedy that and get both tires to lock up?
I'm getting ready to install traction bars on my truck, will that help at all with getting both tires to lock up or do I need some kind of locker to get that under control?
Would changing my gear ratio to a 4:10 or even a 4:56 help my low down power? Changing tire size? I don't want to go up much in my tire size due to the fact that my truck won't fit in my garage anymore. I do have 5Ks installed so I have some RPMs to work with.
Thanks,
Andrew
My low down power sucks, granted some of that is that I'm running a SXE369 turbo at 5K+ elevation with 25* timing. I do have a 181/210 cam to help spool it + BD diverter valve. I'm pretty sure I'm running 3:54 gears with little tires. I'm sub 2k rpms at 70 MPH with OD on.
I posted a pic to show how little my tires are.
When I'm into the power band since I can't seem to clean my truck up even though I'm running AFC Live since if the turbo isn't smokey it's a dog. Either doggy or smokey no in-between. That may be in part because I'm a novice and just don't know the ins and outs and suck at tuning even with a tuning aid like AFC Live. At half throttle as boost is coming in and over 25lbs I'm smoking one tire, the driver's side tire, I can tell because it is becoming bald. What do I do to remedy that and get both tires to lock up?
I'm getting ready to install traction bars on my truck, will that help at all with getting both tires to lock up or do I need some kind of locker to get that under control?
Would changing my gear ratio to a 4:10 or even a 4:56 help my low down power? Changing tire size? I don't want to go up much in my tire size due to the fact that my truck won't fit in my garage anymore. I do have 5Ks installed so I have some RPMs to work with.
Thanks,
Andrew
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