I picked this up on Ebay for a decent price and want to see about fixing it up and putting it on my L99 F-350 cab-chassis. Stock turbo is original and showing signs of needing to come out of there and also I think I am getting quite a bit of surge. Ever since I had the manifolds and up-pipes replaced it has been making a lot of weird noises.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/302569837047

I know I need to buy the non-EBPV outlet and I guess I will replace all of the 12 point bolts, but what else should I do if I'm not in any hurry to install it? 360 rebuilt kit? Billet wheel?

I was thinking I would maybe take the whole thing apart and send the turbine housing and new outlet adapter to Jet-Hot to be ceramic coated. What about that other rust colored part in the middle? Can that be cleaned and coated also? (never taken one of these apart before.) Is there a way to polish the compressor housing or should I just have them ceramic coat that too?

Just looking for opinions on what else you'd do to spiff this up if time was not that big of a concern.

 

A rebuild wouldn't hurt and I'm sure you'll get plenty of ideas on options. Do you have to delete the EBPV? I had to because I have a 4" exhaust.

 

Jet hot is way too proud of their product. Check out Swain tech
Link
3k degree coating for half the cost.
The middle (bearing cartridge) and compressor side won't get nearly as hot. Hit the cartridge with a wire wheel, then VHT 2000* ceramic paint. Compressor halves can be cleaned up with a brass/nylon brush (its aluminum) and a simple 500* engine paint is enough.

Here's the Link to my turbo rebuild thread last year

 

Swain claims their stuff is more effective than the 'other guy's' stuff because it's thicker, but don't back that up with any data at all which would be very easy to get and publish. They claim that the 'other guy's' coating is too thin to do diddly, but JetHot lowered my bike's header surface temperature approximately 25% at idle. It's a difference I can feel when stuck in traffic on a hot day. The swain stuff is more industrial looking where JetHot is shiny & pretty, which is better looking is up to the individual. You can paint the Swain stuff which lets you play with the look.

 

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Thanks, I checked it out. That SP Turbo rebuild kit is better than the one Riff-Raff sells for some reason? (Otherwise I assume you would have just bought the riff-raff kit when you bought the compressor wheel.) Are special tools needed to take the turbo apart and do the rebuild? I can buy them if so.

The billet compressor wheel helps spool-up and low end power?

 

I already deleted the EBPV from the stock turbo and installed the blank pedestal awhile back. Unfortunately the outlets aren't compatible between the wastegated truck turbo and non-wastegated van turbine housings. The EBPV outlet off the van turbo I will probably just throw away unless somebody wants it.

 

Post it here instead of throwing it away...

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1475649-free-parts-not-a-for-sale-thread.html

 

I have a EBPV delete ped...if your interested.

 

5/16 12pt 1/4in deep socket needed for 2 of the turbo bolts

 

They're actually 5/16" and not 8mm? I have to go buy some 12 pointers so I might as well get the right ones.

 

A 12 point 5/16 wrench works well for those two bolts Timmy was talking about.

 

Make sure its a deep well 1/4" drive, a 3/8" drive will probably taper out too much to get the socket in deep enough.

 

Okay. So 12-point, 1/4" drive, deep well, SAE socket set to go shopping for tomorrow after work. Thanks. UPS should be delivering the turbo tomorrow.

 

5/16", 8mm....whatever it takes.

Technically a 5/16 should be a tighter fit but I've never noticed a difference between the two. If I think of it I'll measure some of my tools and see. The two are close enough that manufacturers might just make one and stamp them with the different numbers.