Now,  you have a choice.. who do you believe... the guy at the diesel
performance shop (who does this for a living, BTW), or "a guy from work"?

Mike

*There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

How many miles on this engine? I thought you had a bunch. Stepping up the HP
leads to two things. More power and more parts. Everything downstream from
the engine is going to take a beating. So figure on clutch assy at the
least.
Regards fuel consumption. The Cummins make's power through additional fuel
and once you get ability to use the additional power, believe me you will.

Just a thought you may want to look into bigger injectors first. I'm not
sure how big you can go without other mods but it might be worth looking
into.

One other thing, maybe it is me but the price seems a bit steep for the work
involved. You might want to look into doing it yourself or shopping it
around. I'm sure one of the guy's at the tdr would walk you through it. Or
one of them might live near you and come over and help you. That's how that
group works.

You really should go here: www.turbodieselregister.com
and read up on what you want to do. The folks there drink diesel fuel
instead of coffee.

Here's a little more information on the plate:
http://www.o-f-i.com/index.php?page=sec/bd_performance.htm

Summit Racing sells the plate for $226.

If you make more power by making the engine more
efficient, then you'll get better mileage as long as
you don't use all that extra power.

But a diesel is a little differant.  It makes more
power in this case simply by adding more fuel, and
allowing more rpm's.  This will most likely cause a
decrease in fuel mileage.

So, you have to ask yourself.  Do you really "Need"
another 80'ish hp?  And are you willing to pay for it
at the pump?

92 12 valve - bigger injectors & smaller turbo housing for more boost.
Went from 155hp to 205hp on dyno. Mileage didn't go down IF I didn't
use the extra hp - YOU WILL!!

My age starts to show when I see a '98 referred to as "old". I think I'll go
have a good cry.