Wicked Wheel sound
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Originally Posted by edub32
Man, I need to get one...sounds really good Kwik. That will really sound good when you get that 5" stack. 
http://www.dieselperformanceparts.com/cgi-bin/search.pl/dieselshop?f_success=dieselshop2&e_unique=FORD9903 5
It would require that I cut a passage through the cargo box next to the fuel tank and I didn't feel like going through all that work again when I just installed the fuel tank.
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johnny8, all I have towed so far was my 3000# utility trailer, but with even the 40hp it would flutter something awful, and I kicked it up to 60hp and still nothin'. I would highly recommend this wheel. It really sounds awesome too, the whine is almost a lower pitch than the stocker, but it sounds more powerful and I feel like I have more torque. I dont yet have the gauges so I cant report on any numbers. They are coming though, I swear!!
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Originally Posted by Kwikkordead
No pics. But it's really easy. The hardest part is getting at the bottom bolts of the intake housing. You need a 1/4" drive socket set or a 3/8 breaker bar to fit. The ratchet head of a 3/8 drive is too big to fit. Other than that it's a breeze. Yes you need to disconnect the down pipe, but it just pushes down and hangs there on the exhaust hangers. If you need more room just take the two bolts out that join the downpipe to the rest of the exhaust and it will lay out of your way.
1) intake housing..? what is this part and what has to come off..? i thought you could get to the wheel by just taking off the intake tubes...
2) is the down pipe held in place with bolts or spring bolts...? do you loosen it so it will just push down, and if so, could you put your screwdriver up in and wedge it in place to wedge the exhaust wheel or would you damage something, i don't think i'll have anyone to help me with this project... one other thing, wedging the exhaust side wheel doesn't hurt anything does it..?
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Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
johnny8, all I have towed so far was my 3000# utility trailer, but with even the 40hp it would flutter something awful, and I kicked it up to 60hp and still nothin'. I would highly recommend this wheel. It really sounds awesome too, the whine is almost a lower pitch than the stocker, but it sounds more powerful and I feel like I have more torque. I dont yet have the gauges so I cant report on any numbers. They are coming though, I swear!!
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Originally Posted by Kwikkordead
I decided against a stack and ordered a 5" system yesterday from Diesel Performance Products, one of this sites sponsors.
http://www.dieselperformanceparts.com/cgi-bin/search.pl/dieselshop?f_success=dieselshop2&e_unique=FORD9903 5
It would require that I cut a passage through the cargo box next to the fuel tank and I didn't feel like going through all that work again when I just installed the fuel tank.
http://www.dieselperformanceparts.com/cgi-bin/search.pl/dieselshop?f_success=dieselshop2&e_unique=FORD9903 5
It would require that I cut a passage through the cargo box next to the fuel tank and I didn't feel like going through all that work again when I just installed the fuel tank.
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Originally Posted by johnny8
two questions:
1) intake housing..? what is this part and what has to come off..? i thought you could get to the wheel by just taking off the intake tubes...
2) is the down pipe held in place with bolts or spring bolts...? do you loosen it so it will just push down, and if so, could you put your screwdriver up in and wedge it in place to wedge the exhaust wheel or would you damage something, i don't think i'll have anyone to help me with this project... one other thing, wedging the exhaust side wheel doesn't hurt anything does it..?
1) intake housing..? what is this part and what has to come off..? i thought you could get to the wheel by just taking off the intake tubes...
2) is the down pipe held in place with bolts or spring bolts...? do you loosen it so it will just push down, and if so, could you put your screwdriver up in and wedge it in place to wedge the exhaust wheel or would you damage something, i don't think i'll have anyone to help me with this project... one other thing, wedging the exhaust side wheel doesn't hurt anything does it..?
2) Take a medium large screwdriver and wrap it with enough tape to pad it, leaving it small enough to easily fit between the exhast vanes. Gently insert it past the EBPV and into the shoulder area of the exhaust wheel. Not out in the thin ends of the wheel, the vanes are thicker and stronger at thier base. Use hand tools only to loosen the intake wheel now that you have the turbo locked in place. It is right hand threads so it's standard fare, lefty loosey righty tighty.
Once you get it back together, enjoy that big rig whistle!
You all know what mine sounds like, yours should be the same. 
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ok kwik, i'm starting to visualize the process... you have remove the intake and loosen up the hookup on the y-pipe, to get the housing off... yes..? and pulling the down pipe lets you get the padded screwdriver in on the other side of the turbo... you can't access that side from up top... 1/4" standard depth socket set and a duct taped screw driver is pretty much all you need...? any estimate on doing the job by yourself and taking your time to do it...? man, i really need to do this mod..!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
ok kwik, i'm starting to visualize the process... you have remove the intake and loosen up the hookup on the y-pipe, to get the housing off... yes..? and pulling the down pipe lets you get the padded screwdriver in on the other side of the turbo... you can't access that side from up top... 1/4" standard depth socket set and a duct taped screw driver is pretty much all you need...? any estimate on doing the job by yourself and taking your time to do it...? man, i really need to do this mod..!
)BTW here's a picture of the whole rig that I was driving when I made the recording.
At the truck scale in Oregon it weighed
5300 lb front axle
8150 lb rear axle
10,550 trailer wheels.
24,000 total weight.
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Originally Posted by lancer
OH BABY!!! That sound sweeeet! Like a jet at take off! Did you notice a bnig differance after it was installed in performance. I want to know if it's worth it or not. Thanks Lancer 
Can you buy it from Ford or should you go elsewhere. Thanks for the reply Kwik!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
ok kwik, i'm starting to visualize the process... you have remove the intake and loosen up the hookup on the y-pipe, to get the housing off... yes..? and pulling the down pipe lets you get the padded screwdriver in on the other side of the turbo... you can't access that side from up top... 1/4" standard depth socket set and a duct taped screw driver is pretty much all you need...? any estimate on doing the job by yourself and taking your time to do it...? man, i really need to do this mod..!
johnny8 I used blackclouds wheel and directions look there. Like I said you will not do every thing they say to do. ( BIG P.S. --- THE CLIP ON THE WASTGATE ARM BE SURE NOT TO LOSE IT VERY SMALL)!!!!!!!!!
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Kwik
You ought to be getting a kick back on this thread.
Looks like a lot of folks are getting brand new on the Wicked Wheel. I would love to post a sound wave with the sound of mine, but I can't figure out how with the tools that I have. They do sound good though. The sound waves I have heard on other things on the internet really don't compare to the actual sound. Your rig looks great. I saw a truck the other day around my town that actually made me think of you. I had to look it over and check the tag to make sure it wasn't.
You ought to be getting a kick back on this thread.
Looks like a lot of folks are getting brand new on the Wicked Wheel. I would love to post a sound wave with the sound of mine, but I can't figure out how with the tools that I have. They do sound good though. The sound waves I have heard on other things on the internet really don't compare to the actual sound. Your rig looks great. I saw a truck the other day around my town that actually made me think of you. I had to look it over and check the tag to make sure it wasn't.
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Fordafied the way that I captured the sound was to get a standard audio cable from Radio Shack and patch the audio output from the video camera to the "line in" on my computer sound card. I used Sound Forge, an excellent computer program that someone gave me years ago to make the recording on the computer from there. You could probably find a freeware program in the internet for sound capture.