From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 00:21:23 PDT
The mildest turbo you have ever seen is right!
"Employee@MilVeh.com" wrote:
>
> Whew... finally I am making some small progress,
> thanks to you guys and all the great suggestions!
>
> Discovered timing was a tad off, but I haven't set it
> yet. Hoping this will give me some more power... I
> dunno, not familiar with the strange ways of a diesel.
> My first experience tinkering on one.
>
> Cleaned the fuel lines today and I actually noticed
> some improvement. Guess you guys were right, it was a
> fuel related problem. Starts better too.
>
> I will be taking apart fuel injectors sometime this
> weekend and cleaning them. Couldn't hurt and that
> might give me a tad more performance.
>
> Now about other tweeks for pepping up the Continental
> Turbo'd, Multifuel LD-465-1C engine. Any ideas for
> more power anyone?
>
> I read where adding shims to the governor spring would
> increase fuel output? Is this something I might want
> to try? My MPG seems pretty good, haven't checked it
> officially but I would say 10 mpg or better.
>
> What about tweeking the fuel density compensator
> somehow?
>
> Right now the engine seems to run fairly smooth, no
> smoke, just a little slow to rev up. Notice at about
> 2100-2500 engine seems to get a little power from the
> turbo. Thinking this is the mildest turbo I have ever
> seen too.
>
> Thanks again for your help, you guys have been great!
>
> Jack
>
>
>
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