First of all - a 1000 thanks to you guys who talked turbo's with me all this past week!! Thankyou Cookie, Dockboy, Jtharvey, Mech2161, Strokin_it7.3, PSNut....

My turbo came this afternoon - so as soon as I got home from work - I headed right over to put my rig back to right again! Here's what's new -

BB Turbo
Non-ebv pedistal
Gillett Diesel Power Outlet (non EBV)
Turbo oversize O-ring and Bolt Kit (from KCM Diesel)
ITP HPX crossover
Exhaust Backpressure Sensor Code Eliminator, and
EBPV Code Eliminator (both from BCD)


FIRST - you will NOT miss this thing spool up!! I'd say wicked wheel x4 (at LEAST) - this thing sounds like a 747 on takeoff!!! I can NOT wipe the grin off my face!!

SECOND - between the BB, and totally losing the EBV - I dropped over 300* EGT!! I did the equivilant of a 1/4 mile run (on my 125 setting) on a back road right before I came home - held it to the floor all the way to 100mph, and EGT's held steady at 950*!!! (Before I was hovering right at 1250* doing the same run!!) The wastegate seems to actually work correctly - boost jumped up to 34-35, and held steady, without going over!!

I will post some more thoughts and info tomorrow - I am too wired on Dew and diesel smoke to even think staight any longer tonight.

 

Very, very cool. Congratulations.

 

Congrats CAT_man... Sounds like you got your moneys worth... Got turbo envy now.........

 

Wow, now I want one too. Love those EGT's.

 

Glad you're up and running again!

New setup sounds awesome! Let's hear a sound clip of that turbo whine (if you can record one!)

Can you give a rough estimate of what that would all cost... for future reference?

 

That's great!! I'm glad I was able to talk turbo's with you. I think I learned a few things too!

That was pretty quick too, but it probably seemed like an eternity to you having your PSD out of comission for a few days. I'm with ryan, I'd love to hear a sound clip of the whine on that thing.

I'm sure you'll be grinning ear to ear for the next month or two listeing to that thing whine. Congrats!!

 

Man... I don't have any means of recording a sound clip - though I don't know if it would do the new sounds justice! You guys are just gonna have to go buy your own!!!

O YEA!! Can you say... Cheshire Cat!!!

 

shut up. you're giving me turbo envy.

me-> <- Cat_man_963


have you ordered your bypass oil filtration system yet?

 

Great Cat!... i don't think i would sleep that night....like being a kid at Xmas.
Nut

 

Cat-man...have u considered powder and ceramic coating the BB unit. Make
it your OWN custom turbo. Strokin has good info on this process.
Nut

 

I know how crazy I get when my rig is down..So I can feel the excitment all the way over here....

 

You know what I like listening to....the sound of it coasting down. After you shut the truck off you can hear the turbo winding down on the rollers for about 3 minutes.

You guys ever hear a Pete Jackson gear drive on a SBC? Thats kinda what the BB sounds like rolling around at part throttle.

 

scott, please stop. you are giving me the gottahaveits.

 

Sorry about that. It was an accident.

 

The reference to Jackson says a lot. Very distinctive sound. Ain't NOTHING like square-cut gears to make that sound!

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