| [GMCnet] Trip report [message #84897] |
Mon, 17 May 2010 00:28  |
fbhtxak
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Dan,
You should try Manny's "hill" with a heavy "403" Royale!! We
went to Manny's home Spring '08 enroute to the GMCMI Santa
Rosa Convention to pre-emptively rebuild the Royale's TH425.
He met us at a pre-arranged place in San Jose in his heavy
duty GM Savannah van. He said to follow him up the "hill" to
his home in low gear but that the Royale/"403" would start
to lose traction a short distance from his driveway. He
further advised that when the front tires smoke, shut down
and wait for him to hook up the van. The van provided just
enough assist to keep the front tires from smoking. As we
turned into the wide, flat driveway off that "hill" to
his/Deo's beautiful home, it felt like we were falling off a
cliff (because of the grade of that "hill"!!).
Fred Hudspeth
'78 Royale - Tyler, TX
'82 Airstream Excella 28' Motorhome - Anchorage, Alaska
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 21:47:41 -0500
From: Dan Gregg <gregg_dan@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Trip report
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How did it pull going back west? That is a tuff climb.
Why not try one of the limited slips to see if you can get
up your driveway Manny? I never thought your driveway was
that tough.
Dan
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| Re: [GMCnet] Trip report [message #84983 is a reply to message #84943] |
Mon, 17 May 2010 14:33  |
mannystrans
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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Gary Berry <duallycc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Manny;
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> I forgot to ask you about the pyrometer (for exhaust gas
> temperature monitoring). Did you have one hooked up, and if you did,
> what did it read when you were running at 32mph (or was that mpg?)
> going up the hill? What did it run at while you were just traveling
> down the road??
Gary,
Be nice
I have a Westach double gauge. One side for the boost, the other for
egt. The boost is working fine.At 65 its around 10psi.No reading on
the egt side. I have a thermocouple in the exhaust elbow. I think I
may have to play with it in/out to get a reading?
Coming back up the Pacheco pass, boost was 12/13 psi.
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mannystrans@hughes.net
Manny's Trans / Power Drive
San Jose, California
408-937-1583
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| Re: [GMCnet] Trip report [message #85027 is a reply to message #84983] |
Mon, 17 May 2010 21:30 |
Steven Ferguson
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Manny,
Get that EGT gauge working. Very critical. Once past 1,200 deg,
pistons start to grow a lot. I'm usually at full boost around 25psi
and then I have to really eyeball that EGT gauge.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Manny Trovao <mannystrans@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Gary Berry <duallycc@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Manny;
>>
>> I forgot to ask you about the pyrometer (for exhaust gas
>> temperature monitoring). Did you have one hooked up, and if you did,
>> what did it read when you were running at 32mph (or was that mpg?)
>> going up the hill? What did it run at while you were just traveling
>> down the road??
>
>
> Gary,
> Be nice
> I have a Westach double gauge. One side for the boost, the other for
> egt. The boost is working fine.At 65 its around 10psi.No reading on
> the egt side. I have a thermocouple in the exhaust elbow. I think I
> may have to play with it in/out to get a reading?
> Coming back up the Pacheco pass, boost was 12/13 psi.
> --
> Manny Trovao
> mannystrans@hughes.net
> Manny's Trans / Power Drive
> San Jose, California
> 408-937-1583
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Steve Ferguson
'76 EII
Sierra Vista, AZ
Urethane bushing source
www.bdub.net/ferguson/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Trip report [message #85162 is a reply to message #85027] |
Tue, 18 May 2010 19:40 |
mannystrans
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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Steven Ferguson <botiemad11@gmail.com> wrote:
> Manny,
> Get that EGT gauge working. Very critical. Once past 1,200 deg,
> pistons start to grow a lot. I'm usually at full boost around 25psi
> and then I have to really eyeball that EGT gauge.
>
I realize that and I may not have it working tomorrow when we leave to
Auburn for the Western States roundup.
The boost gauge is working fine, part of a double gauge from Westach.
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mannystrans@hughes.net
Manny's Trans / Power Drive
San Jose, California
408-937-1583
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