Keith_J
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My life has changed quite a bit in the past 2 years, first I am flying solo again, second my job has me on the road for what they call short term assignments. Which is why I want to ditch the apartment life and tug my home behind my 1031.
My sights are set on a mid 20 foot bumper tow, I have the brake controller and weight distributing hitch already, the receiver hitch kit is on order and I have an Air Lift kit. Basically 5200 pounds dry, looking at 5600 with my gear and since I will be on shore power with water, no other weight issues. But having the 12 kW PTO generator and 55 gallon polydrum of water in the 1031, I could stand alone easily.
Yes, 155 HP is a bummer. So motivation improvement would be turning the IQ up with a dual pyrometer is the next step..water injection? Using 65% volumetric efficiency and 40 pounds of diesel per hour at 2000 RPM, the smoke limit should be around 55 pounds per hour which would require about 90 pounds of water per hour to keep EGT under 1200 F. Devils Own water injection makes a custom system running variable water injection quantity based on a 0-5 volt signal. This signal would be a composite of EGT, throttle position sensing and RPM. Should be worth 200 Hp..more like it!
Other musts are improved cooling with coolant flow mods, transmission cooler and possibly oil cooler. I'm going with 8" wide reproduction wheels covered in 255 85 R16s to correct the speedometer error. And get a bit more stability/load cap.
Not looking at more than 63 MPH so I will be bumper sucking off the JB Hunts, not running with the Sure Wished I Finished Training drivers![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
My 1031 has 22,000 miles on it, Ive put 13,000 of those miles on it in the 6 years I've owned it. Trouble free for the most part. Need to R&R the injection pump soon too, just seals and EID issue.
My sights are set on a mid 20 foot bumper tow, I have the brake controller and weight distributing hitch already, the receiver hitch kit is on order and I have an Air Lift kit. Basically 5200 pounds dry, looking at 5600 with my gear and since I will be on shore power with water, no other weight issues. But having the 12 kW PTO generator and 55 gallon polydrum of water in the 1031, I could stand alone easily.
Yes, 155 HP is a bummer. So motivation improvement would be turning the IQ up with a dual pyrometer is the next step..water injection? Using 65% volumetric efficiency and 40 pounds of diesel per hour at 2000 RPM, the smoke limit should be around 55 pounds per hour which would require about 90 pounds of water per hour to keep EGT under 1200 F. Devils Own water injection makes a custom system running variable water injection quantity based on a 0-5 volt signal. This signal would be a composite of EGT, throttle position sensing and RPM. Should be worth 200 Hp..more like it!
Other musts are improved cooling with coolant flow mods, transmission cooler and possibly oil cooler. I'm going with 8" wide reproduction wheels covered in 255 85 R16s to correct the speedometer error. And get a bit more stability/load cap.
Not looking at more than 63 MPH so I will be bumper sucking off the JB Hunts, not running with the Sure Wished I Finished Training drivers
My 1031 has 22,000 miles on it, Ive put 13,000 of those miles on it in the 6 years I've owned it. Trouble free for the most part. Need to R&R the injection pump soon too, just seals and EID issue.