A shop installed a #10 Camplate in my 98 12V. What does it do? What effect does it have on mileage?
Thanks for the education this site provides.

 

Ya got me !!

Where's Demon or Baja ?? They're the resident 12v experts.

 

"cam"plate... isn't that another name for a "torque" or "fuel"plate?

it will give you more power[sm=badbadbad.gif]

 

yup. . .also called a fuel plate.

it adjusts the fueling rate in responce to throttle possition. you also have the star wheel, that adjusts fueling across the board.

 

Depending on how you drive, it could have both a positive or a negative impact on fuel mileage. When you start playing with plates, your EGT's tend to get hot so keep an eye on those.

 

samahi you notice any thing diffrent in your truck?

 

Like what? I don't have any guages or anything like that. I bought the truck, it was extremely sluggish off the line and it would hardly back up when it was parked on a slight incline. The shop installed the camplate and it still had the same problem. Turned out the previous owner had an aftermarket torque converter installed and it was bad. Something about the stall speed. (I don't understand that). Anyway I took it back to them and told them what I found out. They seem like a stand up shop and they are going to treat me right. They are going to install the original fuel plate in and hopefully that will bring my mileage back up to where it should be.