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so do I use the rear housing that has the wastegate internals, from my 38 on the 38r? I'm not so sure what to do in this situation. Never taken apart a turbo but I have a hand full of friends and family that have so I won't be scared to dig in if I have to.
Maybe a picture of the two side to side may help determine what I'm referring to when I say "rear housing for wastegate internals"?!?! Haha I'll upload one in a second
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Wheel looks similar to the one on the right. Has a 1.15 A/R on the hot side. I got the turbo on and running just 4" downpipe til I can get it on the lift to weld up this 4" pipe I picked up at a local muffler shop for $43 and some change... My jaw dropped when he said $43. Everyone else I had spoken to said a 7.5 foot piece of 4" pipe would be $120+
So I lucked out. But man there is a huge difference in the truck now. It's not as quick on lower end but boy does she get up and go when that turbo kicks in. Also building a lot more boost which isn't bad to me.
But I pulled the turbo off the van myself, so it wasn't just told to me if came off a van. I pulled it myself.
So I lucked out. But man there is a huge difference in the truck now. It's not as quick on lower end but boy does she get up and go when that turbo kicks in. Also building a lot more boost which isn't bad to me.
But I pulled the turbo off the van myself, so it wasn't just told to me if came off a van. I pulled it myself.
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I recently bought an OBS engine with all the hardware on it - the blades look the same as the 38R - just smaller. I guess we're talking van turbo - I didn't put that together when you mentioned "bus".
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He even let me start it up before I started pulling parts off of it so that I knew it was in good working order, plus for $185 I couldn't pass up the deal. Van/bus had 167k on the entire thing.
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He's selling me the 450 front springs to match my 450 leafs on the rear for $50. Has one of those big amp alternators I'm thinking about snatching. If anyone needs anything let me know the bus is pretty whole besides the turbo that I took off it. Guy said he put a helmet on and drove it 14 miles to where it's parked now. Lol
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