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3inch plenums
Found these 3inch plenums on a 7.3L in the junkyard.
Any benefit to using 3 inchers when I build my intercooler setup?
Sorry for the big pictures, not sure how to make them smaller....
Any benefit to using 3 inchers when I build my intercooler setup?
Sorry for the big pictures, not sure how to make them smaller....
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I don't know much but if you use them you have to get a bigger turbo. Our inlets are 2 1/2 inch or maybe its there 2 3/8's. They went to 3" in the SD but I've 'heard' that the SD turbo's aren't as good? They don't have anything to do with the intercooler.
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I put 3 on mine. Not a good idea with the stock charger. Im trying to figure out how to make the outlet for the turbo and an intake y that isn't gonna hit each other. At the moment I mod the stock y pipe to work with them.
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Glenn, you take an OBS wheel and shove it into the SD turbo. All good then with no lag. They sell that as a Wicked Wheel.
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Grabbed those 3 inch plenums from the yard today. Gonna build my own intake Y for a intercooler setup.
Got an intake Y (intercooled style) off a larger international that had the 3inch plenums, the only problem is the inlet of the Y comes in from the top, not the side like we need. So I'm gonna try to cut it off and Tig a 90 on it.
This will probably be a PITA, so I'll just try it from 3 inch exhaust tubing.
I'll get Pics tomorrow.
Got an intake Y (intercooled style) off a larger international that had the 3inch plenums, the only problem is the inlet of the Y comes in from the top, not the side like we need. So I'm gonna try to cut it off and Tig a 90 on it.
This will probably be a PITA, so I'll just try it from 3 inch exhaust tubing.
I'll get Pics tomorrow.
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Now, I'm not planning on using this aluminum intake, but it shows what came off the engine from the yard.
What is the SIZE of the turbo outlet? I'm looking for a V-band piece I can weld onto, to start the intercooler. Is it 2 3/8" or 2.5 inch?
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