Engine & Tranny problems 2

[Leroy Eckert]

I am using that because mine is not the California 450HP version, is reported
to be 475HP and there is no option for it in the program. The program gave me
the data which I really wanted to see, primarily temperatures. The numbers
received completely support my previous test results over the past 8 months.
If the engine is putting out 475HP instead of 500HP and I can change the
program I'll sure do that. Otherwise, I'll not be concerned about 25hp. If I
can change the parameters, I would only expect to see slightly lower Power
Analysis numbers distributed the same across the board in the three fan
configurations.
Pretty nice little system to monitor the engine.
Were you able to get the Raw temperature and other data that I posted from my
trip? If the program is reading the DDECII properly and I believe it is, I find
it very interesting that HP is not decreased by 10%(50hp or 47.5hp as the case
may be) when the hydraulic fan is on.
How far North are you going?

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL





----- Original Message -----
From: Don Bradner
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Engine & Tranny problems 2


Did you edit the parameters for your engine? The 475 doesn't exist in the
profiles, and both HP and torque are calculated based on the engine profile - It
sounds like you are using the 500.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Posting on the road by satellite from
Lincoln City, Oregon
Headed north

On 4/30/2007 at 2:55 PM Leroy Eckert wrote:

>Hey Greg:
>I just got back from the largest redneck party in the universe that is
>Talladega.
> I have a lot of raw data that I collected on the trip that I will be
>posting as soon as I can organize it into a chart. Hopefully tonight. I
>even got to pull some bunny hills in the Birmingham area.
>For a while I have known that Alarmstat value artificially pushes water
>temp, tranny temp, retarder temp and engine oil temps higher.
>As well, I have always thought the fan override robs power and have always
>used fan override as you do, to cool the components. I may be rethinking
>that now. One very interesting piece of data that I collected is this.
>In all three configurations, Alarmsat controlled, chassis a/c on(fan at
>1800rpm) and fan override on(1800 RPM, chassis a/c off and out of the
>system) , I was able to pull 501HP and 1447FtLbs of torque at 100%
>throttle, engine load 100%. Those are the top numbers. Boost was 22psi.
>These numbers occurred at about 1900 rpm. It is hard to drive the bus and
>write but these numbers are very close.
>
>My analog gauges are closer than one could have imagined.





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