turbo help
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Laughing Gas
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turbo help
The more i search about this the more questions i have. I have read about a van turbo. What exactly is that mod. From what i have read you use part of the turbo off a ford van? I have read that this is used with the wicked wheel and also the ats. The ats is just the housing that the rest of the stock turbo goes into right. Is this the best or most cost effective way to increase the turbo or does it make more sense to just buy a new aftermarket turbo. Thanks for the advice guys
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From: Cincy OH
I just bought a new van turbo from Beans. The van turbo is a complete bolt on turbo out of a 99.5-03 Econoline. It has a larger turbine wheel and a larger exhaust housing of 1.15A/R, whereas the truck turbos have a slightly smaller turbine wheel and a smaller exhaust housing of .84A/R. The difference in this is that the van allows for reduced EGT's, and has a 1:1 ratio of exhaust pressure to boost pressure. This means the truck has to work a lot less to move the exhaust gasses out which results in more overall power. You WILL see more turbo lag, and lower boost numbers, as the exhaust gasses have a larger area to flow through, and are not being forced out of a small turbine housing. This lag and reduction in boost can be more than made up for w/ a chip and injectors. That is why I bought one, cause it will handle stage II injectors and it is the cheapest replacement turbo avail. for our trucks. Beans comes w/ the downpipe adapter, so it is a direct bolt on. I love mine!
Sorry for the long post, but I just put mine in and went through all this! We'll see how well I explained it!!!???
Sorry for the long post, but I just put mine in and went through all this! We'll see how well I explained it!!!???
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From: Columbia, MO
Originally Posted by ponch37300
The more i search about this the more questions i have. I have read about a van turbo. What exactly is that mod.
From what i have read you use part of the turbo off a ford van?
I have read that this is used with the wicked wheel and also the ats.
The ats is just the housing that the rest of the stock turbo goes into right.
Is this the best or most cost effective way to increase the turbo or does it make more sense to just buy a new aftermarket turbo.
