From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Jul 20 2004 - 13:37:40 PDT
At 1:11 PM -0700 7/20/04, Marc Strangfeld wrote:
>List
>
>I dropped my M35 off at a diesel shop today to have
>the heads retorqued, compensator bypassed, and the
>pump turned up. The engine is strong running, low
>hour 1D multifuel. The mechanic/shop owner has worked
>on countless multifuels used mostly in stationary use
>such as water pumps, irrigation pumps, etc. He seems
>to know what he is talking about but I would like the
>list's opinion. I told him to turn the pump up to
>gain 20-30 horsepower and that didn't seem to be a
>problem. The question is, is there a ballpark figure
>of what kind of torque to expect? He also said the
>more fuel we give it, the more boost the turbo will
>provide. Is 15 lbs. possible? I asked about cooling
>issues, pyrometers, boost gauges, etc. and they were
>deemed unnecessary. Does bypassing the compensator
I'd get a pyrometer added just to keep tabs on
the temperatures at the tricky bits.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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