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There's a lot of 40 failures out there. I've stayed away from the 40 intentionally due to their shared HX35 shaft size. You could buy a "boost elbow" to increase boost pressure. This simply reduces the pressure sent to the wastegate allowing for higher boost. That'll help squeeze a little...
You can of course push a turbo with more fueling to achieve more power. But a 40 isn't the best sizing for a 8.3 out of the box. It has a T4 foot. The problem you're going to run into trying to push the 40 is EGTs. Especially under load. Cummins specs the HX40 to 280hp, which is...
That's determined by the turbine housing. If you're hoping for performance from a 40 on a 8.3 you're starting off on the wrong foot. People put 40s on 5.9 Cummins. But more often end up swapping to a better turbo.
What is your power goal?
There's several flavors:
6 blade = 56/86 or 60/86
7 blade = 60/86
8 blade = 58/83 or 60/83
7 blades with the extended tip are the "best" 40 out there. If there's such a thing.
Sorry about the delay. Between work (on-call), kids (football/homecoming), and volunteering for the city's festival today this is the first minute I had a chance to sit down. Here's the poll thread...
Please vote here for your favorite MV of the month. And contestants, please feel free to "campaign" for votes here as well! Let's have at it!
Please campaign only in the thread, not PMing people.
1. Gunzy
2. Cape Coastie
3. simp5782...
Was the crap solid in nature? Looks like coffee grinds, but looking close at it, it's plastic? If so, that's the EMD ring decomposing. It will still run, but more of it will come apart and do the same thing. Eventually the IP will die.
Vendors forum and Classifieds allow the remote hosted image because the posts either get pruned or removed over time. The functionality was intentionally disabled long ago in order to prevent dead links/images.
I do not drive the SEMTT enough to use that as an argument. (Which you'd have used against me) But I see my related facts have gotten in the way of yours. I'll gracefully bow out.
The CUCV is routinely driven. The VW engine I had was a daily as well. Heck I've even pulled a M1082 trailer hundreds of miles with the CUCV.
Unless I luck upon a deal on a 6.5, my HMMWV will be turbo'd in the same fashion as well.
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