taco, I have the the pump just pushed all the way uptowards the head, I did not skip any teeth, yet
this is goig to be a little long (sorry)
I removed motor last year and rebuilt
I used 16.5:1 marine pistons
port and polished exhaust side only
fuel pump is for a 855d application backhoe, I have the denny 2 pin and thats really all I did to it because when I added the pin, she smoke like a raped ape, then when I put the injectors in, I have to be real easy with the pedal, if not, smokes really bad.
the cam is the euro 2 camshaft, these cams were for the double decker 390 horse power busses, they are the ones that take turist around.
as for the geometry on the cam, not really sure, i mic it out and it just has more time on the opening and less aggressive on shutting the valves.
marine cooling nozzles.
turbos
hx35 alone, this one was fine but still had the begining lag and fell on its face in the higher rpms
hx40 same with the lag, spools really nice and does not fall on its face in higher rpms
funny thing is, after I ported polished and used the lower compression pistons, I can only get maybe 18, 19 on boost, not sure why, I have done leak down test on all boots, I did a pressure test as well, still nothing, before the rebuild, she would hit 25 or 30, that was with not port r polished and 17.5:1 pistons
with the compounds, it would still have that lag in the begining and would screamm through all gears, most i got on the boost was 45 to 50( 50 would be on hills and the 40 to 45 was on flat)
I'm thinking it was not a good idea to use 16.5:1 pistons, because it seems to not have a complete burn with all the smoke roaling out(what pisses me off is , I did a bunch of therory runs on paper and on paper, it should have been a nice setup). I didnt think that lowering the compression that musch would really have any effect on it
i just thought that a blower setup would help on the front end with the no boost in the begining, I know that most of my problem is in the rear, just dont want to spend that much money in new gears, but if I want my truck to perform the way that I want it to, I know that I would have to.
I no longer have the ht3b, but I do have the hx55 not sure if that will work.
I think I'm going to take the pistons out and put regular marine pistons in.