1999 - 2003 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel  
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: DP Tuner

T4/SXE vs. KC38R - Decision has been made...

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #316  
Old 09-19-2018, 11:08 AM
Dan V's Avatar
Dan V
Dan V is offline
Lead Driver
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: north of Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 5,230
Received 575 Likes on 372 Posts
Had 2 T-105's in my old horse trailer. They are awesome! I also had the water filling system, as getting the caps off in the compartment was a bear!
 
  #317  
Old 09-19-2018, 11:43 AM
liquidlounge's Avatar
liquidlounge
liquidlounge is offline
Tuned
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 284
Received 23 Likes on 10 Posts
Dan V- are you keeping the 160/30's with the new turbo? Should be a really good fit. I'd love to see someone try a SXE362 or 363 with stock nozzles. I remember reading some time ago that the SXE362 outflowed the 38R. I think the SXE turbos might be good enough to justify a change to the T4 for stock - AC injector trucks if you got the $$.
 
  #318  
Old 09-19-2018, 12:11 PM
565edge's Avatar
565edge
565edge is offline
Junior User
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 65
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Dan V
FYI...the CSD T4 kit for a Super Duty has gone up to $1495....from $1350.
Hopefully they fix the downpipe issue with the price going up. I bought mine just in time.
 
  #319  
Old 09-19-2018, 12:21 PM
brian42's Avatar
brian42
brian42 is offline
Lead Driver
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 7,055
Received 118 Likes on 78 Posts
Originally Posted by liquidlounge
I remember reading some time ago that the SXE362 outflowed the 38R.
Stop teasing the CA people!
 
  #320  
Old 09-19-2018, 12:36 PM
Dan V's Avatar
Dan V
Dan V is offline
Lead Driver
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: north of Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 5,230
Received 575 Likes on 372 Posts
Originally Posted by liquidlounge
Dan V- are you keeping the 160/30's with the new turbo? Should be a really good fit. I'd love to see someone try a SXE362 or 363 with stock nozzles. I remember reading some time ago that the SXE362 outflowed the 38R. I think the SXE turbos might be good enough to justify a change to the T4 for stock - AC injector trucks if you got the $$.
My 160/30's have about 120k miles on them. So, I'll run them until they need to be rebuilt, then at that time perhaps I'll go with 80% nozzles. Maybe not though.
 
  #321  
Old 09-19-2018, 12:37 PM
Dan V's Avatar
Dan V
Dan V is offline
Lead Driver
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: north of Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 5,230
Received 575 Likes on 372 Posts
Originally Posted by 565edge
Hopefully they fix the downpipe issue with the price going up. I bought mine just in time.
They had a "clocking" issue with the outside tubing vendor, which has been corrected.
 
  #322  
Old 09-19-2018, 12:49 PM
Sous's Avatar
Sous
Sous is offline
Fleet Owner
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Lake Hartwell, GA
Posts: 26,009
Received 4,440 Likes on 2,840 Posts
Originally Posted by Dan V
They had a "clocking" issue with the outside tubing vendor, which has been corrected.
I know Akcooper9 had some DP issues, but that was resolved. Since then Brandon has purchased and installed the kit without issues. I don't remember where SRBF150 was at in there.

As for the T-105's, we really wanted lithium, but were not willing to spend that much quite yet. The T-105's should last for many years if they are maintained properly. I bought 2 NOCO boxes that fit 2 of the batteries exactly. They are easy to get to and the water is not a problem to check on.

Victron electronics will charge and control the solar panels.

See-Level and WiFi Ranger going in at the same time.
 
  #323  
Old 09-19-2018, 05:22 PM
SRBF150's Avatar
SRBF150
SRBF150 is offline
Laughing Gas
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Utah
Posts: 1,159
Received 33 Likes on 21 Posts
The DP in my kit was off. That was August last year, should be squared away by now.
 
  #324  
Old 09-19-2018, 05:51 PM
Bonanza35's Avatar
Bonanza35
Bonanza35 is offline
Lead Driver

Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Norco,CA
Posts: 9,331
Received 140 Likes on 100 Posts
Originally Posted by SRBF150
The DP in my kit was off. That was August last year, should be squared away by now.
How you doing there in NC? Hope alls well. All I see is what's on TV and it didn't look good for most. God bless,
 
  #325  
Old 09-19-2018, 07:15 PM
SRBF150's Avatar
SRBF150
SRBF150 is offline
Laughing Gas
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Utah
Posts: 1,159
Received 33 Likes on 21 Posts
Originally Posted by Bonanza35
How you doing there in NC? Hope alls well. All I see is what's on TV and it didn't look good for most. God bless,
Thanks for asking! We're good. We are inland nearly 5 hrs and experienced only some heavy rain and a little gusty wind-never lost power. Thunderstorms are generally more intense than what we got, it just lasted a few days is the difference. The coast, Triad and a few other areas did get hammered as you see on the news.
 
  #326  
Old 09-19-2018, 08:38 PM
565edge's Avatar
565edge
565edge is offline
Junior User
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 65
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by SRBF150
The DP in my kit was off. That was August last year, should be squared away by now.
My kit came in last month and it was off. I didn't realize until I was almost finished and didn't plan to pull turbo off and loosen the downpipes to fix it.
 
  #327  
Old 09-19-2018, 08:39 PM
565edge's Avatar
565edge
565edge is offline
Junior User
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 65
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Can someone post a pic of how the downpipe is supposed to look from under the truck?
 
  #328  
Old 09-19-2018, 08:55 PM
Sous's Avatar
Sous
Sous is offline
Fleet Owner
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Lake Hartwell, GA
Posts: 26,009
Received 4,440 Likes on 2,840 Posts
The problem with pictures like the one you posted earlier is that the angle of the camera can be tough to get right.

I saw Akcooper9's truck a couple weeks ago in person and saw something similar to what you posted by looking under the truck from the passenger side.

I also saw where he had connected a piece of flex exhaust pipe (like you find on 18 wheelers) between the down pipe and exhaust. There was a slight bend to the flex pipe, but nothing that alarmed me.

How did the shop finish yours up and did they say anything about the down pipe not lining up 100%?
 
  #329  
Old 09-19-2018, 11:45 PM
565edge's Avatar
565edge
565edge is offline
Junior User
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 65
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
They put an offset in it which I do not like. There dies do not allow for a tight offset. I had them run all new exhaust. I'll get a pic tomorrow.
 
  #330  
Old 09-20-2018, 10:33 AM
akcooper9's Avatar
akcooper9
akcooper9 is offline
Laughing Gas
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 1,025
Received 60 Likes on 38 Posts
I'm on my 3rd down pipe....

First down pipe was clocked wrong, second down pipe was clocked right but where the flange for the turbo was welded on was cut to short. Third one is correct (although I do have a slight jog in my flex pipe).

I hope a year later Carson has things figured out with his pipe bender.
 


Quick Reply: T4/SXE vs. KC38R - Decision has been made...



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:29 AM.