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One Piece at a Time: My 1985 Diesel Suburban
- Thread starter AgDieseler
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I’m probably going to do more across the interior. Back of the seats; maybe bedsides.
It’s so perfect dude. They pull the wave spring out of the clutch packs, creating the perfect shift feel without jacking around with the line pressure.
After this trip to the PNW, I’ll have a feel for the truck across a range of roads and conditions. Then, it’s time for some Tom foolery.
David
E rated tires they wear weird if they are above 28 psi on these 6 inch wide wheels.
All hail layout fluid and transfer punches.
These prototype door cards are 14 ga while the molle panels are 1/8”.
David
These prototype door cards are 14 ga while the molle panels are 1/8”.
David
The suburban overland crowd should be all over this idea like white on rice.
Great idea.
Final fit and assembly is done.
Now for paint and to try them out.
David
Now for paint and to try them out.
David
I thought you were going to use the area inside of the door?
Martin
Martin
Like a little cubby hole in the door cavity? I like that idea, and might make that a Rev1 project. The pouches, while thin, will intrude on interior space a smidge, so I mostly have slim fitting things in mind for the space - air down stuff, water bladder, flashlight, etc.
David
I have 6x9 speaker hole in my right rear door, I want to expand it into a rectangle, with a plastic box that dips down inside the door. Atm I keep tie down straps in there I used to keep the barn doors from slamming shut in the wind
I had ammo cans inside of mine. Worked really well to fill in that space.
Got to try an interesting paint. A friend of mine works at Seymour, and he sent some cans of their “high solids” stuff. It’s basically powder coat repair paint. Neat stuff. We’ll see how it handles wear and tear.
David
David
Look at that clean oil. Those gapless second rings are doing their job.
David
David
This is helpful. I understand them now. My Dmax oil looks like crude oil on day 2.
I know that the fuel/air ratio and boost vs fuel also plays a fair amount into it. When things are adjusted well, the oil doesn't take on a lot of soot.
We saw this very clearly with my son's Duramax. It has 240K on it now with an 80hp+ tune. It will go 10K miles on an oil change and the oil isn't black. He tried a different tune from a guy who swore that his would do great. It only took 4K miles to turn the oil fairly black. A quick reflash and oil change, and all was happy again. Clean starts and less smoke on acceleration were back. The oil samples have proven that 10K is no problem for the oil.
So nice job all the way around @AgDieseler . Setting up mechanical injection so well is a dying art!
We saw this very clearly with my son's Duramax. It has 240K on it now with an 80hp+ tune. It will go 10K miles on an oil change and the oil isn't black. He tried a different tune from a guy who swore that his would do great. It only took 4K miles to turn the oil fairly black. A quick reflash and oil change, and all was happy again. Clean starts and less smoke on acceleration were back. The oil samples have proven that 10K is no problem for the oil.
So nice job all the way around @AgDieseler . Setting up mechanical injection so well is a dying art!
Excellent point. I think it’s difficult to overstate the importance of clean burning injectors and the right injection/ignition timing for whatever amount of boost. It’s all in a pretty narrow range for adjustment, too. Ignition of 0.5* ATDC is hugely different from the same value BTDC.
Also, I’m an overlander now.
David
Better get yourself some white claws then.
Shiner bock seltzerBetter get yourself some white claws then.
Shiner makes a seltzer?
Martin
Martin
Did you post up where you got those. I'd like to replace my cloth overhead mole storage with a rigid metal piece.
