Turbo Install
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all i care about now is having a truck that runs rather than holding down the garage. i'm bout ready to sell this POS.
i've accepted the fact that this turbo won't whistle.
i've accepted the fact that this turbo won't whistle.
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Only working with 10psi....that means its more important to hit it faster! 
Out of the 20,000 miles I had mine wrapped there was no sign of rot what so ever...I didn't even clean/paint first. I painted the wrap itself lol
Out of the 20,000 miles I had mine wrapped there was no sign of rot what so ever...I didn't even clean/paint first. I painted the wrap itself lol
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Didn't u but the truck for 150$ ?
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So you're already running 3>4in from the downpipe without a muffler. And the best you can get is 10psi at high rpms, and the wastegate is fluttering the boost. Are you sure you didn't rip the wastegate diaphram because that would cause the flutter, as for boost, When my truck was in stockish configuration I could hit 6psi at 1300rpms and hit my limited 13psi before 2000. All this unloaded. My setup was nothing more than an ATS 093 with 4in straight exhaust. My exhaust exits before the rear tire. Now to be fair, you're not gunna get the sound my psd makes as far as turbo wistle, and it won't sound like a typical dodge cummins where all you hear is whistle. You're running 10psi, my psd is running almost 30, and a cummins runs even more. But the turbo should give you the noise you're looking for up to about 2400 rpms where it then begins to sound like a gasser, as does my psd.
So, check for exhaust leaks, wrapping the exhaust only takes a few minutes and yeilds nice results, check your timing too, might be a tad advanced, turn up your fuel..I'd say all the way up because you're probably the kinda guy that wants smoke too. If none of that gets you to where you wanna be, then either live with it, dump 4K into the engine/turbo setup like the other guys and I have done, or sell it and get something the fits you better.
So, check for exhaust leaks, wrapping the exhaust only takes a few minutes and yeilds nice results, check your timing too, might be a tad advanced, turn up your fuel..I'd say all the way up because you're probably the kinda guy that wants smoke too. If none of that gets you to where you wanna be, then either live with it, dump 4K into the engine/turbo setup like the other guys and I have done, or sell it and get something the fits you better.
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If I had to buy everything over again without getting all the deals I did then it would be about 4K. However the does include a new upgraded tranny. Still trying to copy my signature from another forum (TDS) but not having any luck. So I'll just copy paste:
'90 7.3 IDI F350 4x4 Custom, ext cab, Upgraded E4OD w/ tow package, 4.10 Dana LSD rear, 093 ATS turbo kit w/ 99' PSD wastegated charger set at ~20psi, copper firering head, ARP studs, turbo IDI block, mild head work, Delta Cam, Moose pump, turbo injectors, 6.0 PSD intercooler, propane injection, 4in exhaust. Almost 300 and 500. 296hp, 487tq (6/4/11)
One of these days I'll rewrite the build on this forum. I thought 20 was about max for boost in these things, but I guess I'm way wrong. The guys over at TDS are very set on believing the bottom end is a weak link, hence why I stopped at 20psi. Realistically I've probably paid maybe 2500 in cash for it all. All the machining I did my self.
'90 7.3 IDI F350 4x4 Custom, ext cab, Upgraded E4OD w/ tow package, 4.10 Dana LSD rear, 093 ATS turbo kit w/ 99' PSD wastegated charger set at ~20psi, copper firering head, ARP studs, turbo IDI block, mild head work, Delta Cam, Moose pump, turbo injectors, 6.0 PSD intercooler, propane injection, 4in exhaust. Almost 300 and 500. 296hp, 487tq (6/4/11)
One of these days I'll rewrite the build on this forum. I thought 20 was about max for boost in these things, but I guess I'm way wrong. The guys over at TDS are very set on believing the bottom end is a weak link, hence why I stopped at 20psi. Realistically I've probably paid maybe 2500 in cash for it all. All the machining I did my self.
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Yea I know who you are, seen your TDS posts. Just gunna say it now "pics/vids or it didn't happen" (start a thread of your own, I'd enjoy SEEING what all you've done to it, sorry if I sound like an azz in this post, not my intention) hyjack over, back to Eric's turbo
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So you're already running 3>4in from the downpipe without a muffleri am running the muffler. And the best you can get is 10psi at high rpmsyeah WOT, but my up-pipe was leaking. i now have a new up-pipe & y-collector so that should solve that issue, and the wastegate is fluttering the boostdon't kow if i have really "hit" the WG due to the huge up-pipe leak. Are you sure you didn't rip the wastegate diaphram because that would cause the flutter, as for boost, When my truck was in stockish configuration I could hit 6psi at 1300rpms and hit my limited 13psi before 2000. All this unloaded. My setup was nothing more than an ATS 093 with 4in straight exhaust. My exhaust exits before the rear tire. Now to be fair, you're not gunna get the sound my psd makes as far as turbo wistle, and it won't sound like a typical dodge cummins where all you hear is whistle. You're running 10psi, my psd is running almost 30, and a cummins runs even more. But the turbo should give you the noise you're looking for up to about 2400 rpms where it then begins to sound like a gasser, as does my psd.
So, check for exhaust leaks, wrapping the exhaust only takes a few minutes and yeilds nice results, check your timing too, might be a tad advanced, turn up your fuelalready maxed out..I'd say all the way up because you're probably the kinda guy that wants smoke tooI HATE SMOKE!!!!. If none of that gets you to where you wanna be, then either live with iti have accepted that lol, dump 4K into the engine/turbo setup like the other guys and I have done, or sell it and get something the fits you better.gotta wait for a better job an then that will happen
So, check for exhaust leaks, wrapping the exhaust only takes a few minutes and yeilds nice results, check your timing too, might be a tad advanced, turn up your fuelalready maxed out..I'd say all the way up because you're probably the kinda guy that wants smoke tooI HATE SMOKE!!!!. If none of that gets you to where you wanna be, then either live with iti have accepted that lol, dump 4K into the engine/turbo setup like the other guys and I have done, or sell it and get something the fits you better.gotta wait for a better job an then that will happen
i would love those numbers. i know my turbo will never sound like a 6.0L no matter how much i want it to, but it would be nice if my turbo diesel could sound like a turbo diesel rather than a big block gasser.
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I dont understand the gasser reference... both NA and turbo idi's dont sound anything like a gasser imo. My hx35 doesnt whislte either.. enough to know its there, but you cant hear it in the exhaust without putting your ear on the stack.
Ditch the muffler and get a CAI... you will have whistle
Ditch the muffler and get a CAI... you will have whistle
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I dont understand the gasser reference... both NA and turbo idi's dont sound anything like a gasser imo. My hx35 doesnt whislte either.. enough to know its there, but you cant hear it in the exhaust without putting your ear on the stackmine isn't even that loud..
Ditch the mufflerIMHO, 7.3L's w/o muffler sounds like white trash. and get a CAI... you will have whistle
Ditch the mufflerIMHO, 7.3L's w/o muffler sounds like white trash. and get a CAI... you will have whistle
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FWIW i get compliments ALL the time about how awesome my truck sounds straight piped before and after turbo. Granted pre-turbo it was a little loud.
A 7.3 stroker sounds like *** piped, but IDI's have a mean rumble to em that just cant be beat.
