Well Its been a good while since I've posted anything on here. Lets see, where do I begin?
Turbo? I had one built for me by a guy in the interior of BC. I was having a few problems with the HX35 I had installed in the new year. For many reasons, Its just not a good turbo for my application. There's some real nerdy reasons why, but mainly, the twin scroll turbo has a wastegate that only releases the exhaust pressure from one scroll. Anyway, I bought and HY35 turbo that had been worked over. What a revelation. Much smoother power, spools fast and pushes a lot more air through the engine then before. It also flows better through the turbine and exhaust. This doesn't make sense to a lot of people, but when you have a balanced turbo, you can build less boost, but have more CFM going into the engine, which means you have more power. Boost pressure is actually just a measurement of restriction. Mine was in the turbine housing and outlet. And yes, pressure found in the exhaust manifold, will back up through the engine into the intake.
I also had the injection pump rebuilt and reset back to stock because I was sick of the smoke out the tail pipe. I also wanted to install the appropriate fuel pin, to match the injectors I had installed. The rebuild and the new pin has left me virtually smokeless and a scary amount of power. Camper? what camper, it doesn't even feel it. Also, going up hills is an absolute laugh. I know there's still a little more tuning to do but at this point, it's just fine tuning.
I also went to the BC overland rally. I highly suggest getting out to the overland rallies. They are an excellent source of inspiration for how to do things better, build things better, and what equipment is out there to solve problems you didn't know you had. haha
The overland rally was surrounded by a 2800 km road trip. Some of it on some really fun roads, and the rest on highways. Though I do like to take the smaller ones when I can.
This was the day me and my girlfriend left, after picking fresh raspberries out of her parents garden for our breakfasts on our road trip. They had a bumper crop this year.
Catching the ferry off Vancouver island and heading to the mainland. I have a tendency to never reserve the ferry. I just know roughly what the busy times are, and because of the camper, get put into the bottom of the ship. I often make the ferry when a lot of cars are left waiting. It pays being tall.
This is an old mine road. I don't like giving locations for iconic places because I don't want to see them overrun but broverlanders in their Tacomas and Wranglers. Fighting words? Yes. Stereotypes? 100%.
We got to the overland rally early because we were volunteering the following morning. My girlfriend held with the vehicles checking in and I helped the venders park in their spots.
We visited a National Historic sight called Bar U ranch. I stumbled upon this beauty, the original Overland travel of the 1800's. This was actually the kitchen wagon, used by those on the cattle round up.
The Beautiful Seton Ranges. With in a day of us leaving this valley, there was a bunch of lightening strikes. This valley is now smoke filled waiting for cooler weather and rain.
