Cknight199 motor build thread
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Went up this morning and helped put the motor in and do some odds and ends to the truck. Truck is running awesome!
First startup:
I went with 16.5:1 compression to help aid with the cold weather. It has a hard time getting started tonight when it was cold, 32 degrees, but it gets much colder. I also only am running one battery which definitely doesn't help the cold starts. Here is a quick vid of the exhaust at idle right after a cold start. Granted the motor still needs to break in. Only 200 miles so far. :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNzleUuHsxE
I'll get some more vids tomorrow after I detail it.
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First startup:
I went with 16.5:1 compression to help aid with the cold weather. It has a hard time getting started tonight when it was cold, 32 degrees, but it gets much colder. I also only am running one battery which definitely doesn't help the cold starts. Here is a quick vid of the exhaust at idle right after a cold start. Granted the motor still needs to break in. Only 200 miles so far. :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNzleUuHsxE
I'll get some more vids tomorrow after I detail it.
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Should start fine at 32 and one battery? Aren't you only on 40 over injectors? Maybe it's the forged pistons. Forgot you went forged
Hey Knight, I love this build thread. It has all the ups and downs of a good movie. Very entertaining, lol. Actually I'm impressed with how quick you committed to the build and how it all came together so fast. Good job bud. Are you doing performance parts at the Diesel Mechanic job you got?
I'm pretty sure it's just the forged Pistons being cold and not expanding yet, allowing a lot of blow by until they are expanded.
Yes I do
Yes I have glow plugs, they might be turned off on my tune though since I haven't seen the coil light up.
Thanks, I planned the build for months in my head lol, just couldn't afford it at the time.
Correct. I'll post up the specs this afternoon
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Nice, I personally would have used fingers cast Pistons on a DD truck but I wish you many trouble free miles :thumb:
Glad to see it back together rather quickly
Glad to see it back together rather quickly
We all did.
Caden why the hell would glow plugs be turned off I'd check for glow plug codes if you not seeing the light on you have a problem with them
Lol I didn't know if my tuner thought I had a glow plug delete kit with the build.
The glow plugs are working
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