{"id":580,"date":"2018-03-21T22:31:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T05:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/?p=580"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:31:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T05:31:56","slug":"idi-hypermax-puff-limiter-explanation-and-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/turbo\/idi-hypermax-puff-limiter-explanation-and-video\/","title":{"rendered":"IDI Hypermax Puff Limiter Explanation and Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hypermax offers a &#8220;puff limiter&#8221; for IDI turbo\u00a0vehicles that have a smoke problem at the start of acceleration.\u00a0 This video by very-underappreciated Youtuber &#8220;n8in8or&#8221; is a great explanation of the parts, components, and operation of the Hypermax kit.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still kind of surprised this doesn&#8217;t have more views.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VALIL93p8wE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gohypermax.com\/ProductDisplay.aspx?ID=d9ee0536-6204-46a6-8455-a3a12867ecce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypermax sells the limiter for $349<\/a> so it is quite an investment.\u00a0 They say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>&#8220;The fuel injection pump aneroid limits the injection pump&#8217;s fuel delivery until sufficient turbocharger boost is available for an acceptable smoke level during acceleration.\u00a0 This device is user adjustable to suite the level of smoke opacity desired.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, if you live in a state that has some rather restrictive coal-rolling rules and fines, you might want to invest in the puff limiter.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve seen the topic of the Hypermax Puff Limiter pop up\u00a0like once in a blue moon.\u00a0 The poor man&#8217;s solution to unwanted acceleration smoke, is to not ham on it so much or reduce the\u00a0IP fuel screw a half or full flat.\u00a0 But for every half flat you turn back on your IP, that means less boost in the turbo.<\/p>\n<p>But after seeing\u00a0n8in8or&#8217;s video, it makes me wonder how hard it would be to modify an existing IP cover to accomplish the same task.\u00a0 It appears to be adjusting the metering valve or some other lever in the reservoir of the IP.\u00a0 Could a decent machinist just fabricate a similar threaded adjuster in a standard IP cover, and make a DIY puff limiter?\u00a0 It makes me wonder.\u00a0 And a bit curious.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hypermax offers a &#8220;puff limiter&#8221; for IDI turbo\u00a0vehicles that have a smoke problem at the start of acceleration.\u00a0 This video&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/turbo\/idi-hypermax-puff-limiter-explanation-and-video\/\" title=\"Read IDI Hypermax Puff Limiter Explanation and Video\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,93,3],"tags":[27,6,7,5,140,108,20,4],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickpisca.com\/diesel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}