Cummins question

[powerstroke095]

i know this is a powerstroke forum, but my brother has a 98.5 cummins and hes trying to find a way to make some more smoke without spending a fortune, anyone have any suggestions? thanks

[RadarRider]

Originally Posted by powerstroke095

i know this is a powerstroke forum, but my brother has a 98.5 cummins and hes trying to find a way to make some more smoke without spending a fortune, anyone have any suggestions? thanks

Have him check out the Cummins forum.

[PSD0389]

my buddies got a 24 valve cummins too, best reliable way to get more smoke is a smarty programmer and make sures hes got an exhaust and intake too. I would be weary of a wire tap chip just cuase my buddy did one of those and it sucked his VP44 dry. But if you want to smoke get a smarty thats what they are known for and his smokes prety well and its a good reliable programmer

[95dieselsmoke]

+1 for the smarty. scratch around on the cummins forum and you will see its the most popular over there. kinda like the TW here. my buddy also has one on his 2004 and loves it!

[PSD0389]

yeah the smarties are insane on the 03-07 common rails they are a 190 horse programmer for them and they smoke like a train. The ones for the 24v are more like a 100 horse programmer but they are still awesome.

[06ARMADILLO]

There is an independant Cummins builder/tuner that deals strictly with non-common rail Cummins. His name is Jim Jessup, from Indiana. He was an engineer on those engines, and knows EVERYTHING about them. I have 2 friends who have all their work done by Jim. The First item he added to their trucks was a set of injectors and a custom written tune (that is 100% safe) that he maps directly to the ECM.

The sticks for the Cummins are CHEAP, like $300 for 100hp+ injectors.

[whitelongbed]

Originally Posted by 06ARMADILLO

There is an independant Cummins builder/tuner that deals strictly with non-common rail Cummins. His name is Jim Jessup, from Indiana. He was an engineer on those engines, and knows EVERYTHING about them. I have 2 friends who have all their work done by Jim. The First item he added to their trucks was a set of injectors and a custom written tune (that is 100% safe) that he maps directly to the ECM.

The sticks for the Cummins are CHEAP, like $300 for 100hp+ injectors.

Cummins injector prices make me jealous

[06ARMADILLO]

Cummins prices make me ANGRY!!!!!!!!!

[smoke]

Originally Posted by PSD0389

yeah the smarties are insane on the 03-07 common rails they are a 190 horse programmer for them and they smoke like a train. The ones for the 24v are more like a 100 horse programmer but they are still awesome.

the latest download for the smarty 2003-2007, is advertised for 230wrhp but i dynoed mine last week and it was closer to 250hp. the quadzilla adrenaline is also very popular right now for the 98.5-2002 vp44 trucks.

Originally Posted by 06ARMADILLO

There is an independant Cummins builder/tuner that deals strictly with non-common rail Cummins. His name is Jim Jessup, from Indiana. He was an engineer on those engines, and knows EVERYTHING about them. I have 2 friends who have all their work done by Jim. The First item he added to their trucks was a set of injectors and a custom written tune (that is 100% safe) that he maps directly to the ECM.

The sticks for the Cummins are CHEAP, like $300 for 100hp+ injectors.

sticks will also do the job. tell your brother to do himself a favor and get a fuel pressure guage asap. the lift pumps on the 98.5-2002 are infamous for giving up and taking the vp44 with it.

[powerstroke095]

thanks for all the great info. and hes already got the fuel pressure gauge and airdog lift pump