Question about Variable vain turbo?
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Master of Strokes
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Question about Variable vain turbo?
Hello all,
I have my 04 6.0X straight piped right now nad when I let it warm up in the mornings and the high idle kicks in the turbo wistle is Loud. How could I hook up a switch to open my vains on the turbo to let the tubo wistle be turned down a bit and to let the rumble of the engine be heard for a little like in this vid
YouTube - VGT solenoid on switch
Thanks
Nick
I have my 04 6.0X straight piped right now nad when I let it warm up in the mornings and the high idle kicks in the turbo wistle is Loud. How could I hook up a switch to open my vains on the turbo to let the tubo wistle be turned down a bit and to let the rumble of the engine be heard for a little like in this vid
YouTube - VGT solenoid on switch
Thanks
Nick
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you should be greatfull of the loud whistle. people pay a lot of money to get a turbo that sounds like that and after 04 for whatever reason they dont whistle as loud, my buddy has an 04 and when it idles up it'll drown out my 07. He recently went from the afe stg 1 to Stg2 and it easily got 3-4 times louder.
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Is not the VGT controlled by the engine control module? If you start switching it off and the computer sees that it is not responding correctly will it not start making changes in other ways to correct for it? The engine control module takes in information from all the sensors to make sure the vains the injection timing and amount of duration for the injectors is correct and then your going to try and confuse it. Sounds like a bad idea to me. Maybe a custom tuner would be a better way to go.
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this seems pretty dumb to me. your turbo is suposed to whistle. if you dont like the sound of psd turbo them buy a dodge. Ges. all this cause your turbo is doing what it is supposed to. lol
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you should be greatfull of the loud whistle. people pay a lot of money to get a turbo that sounds like that and after 04 for whatever reason they dont whistle as loud, my buddy has an 04 and when it idles up it'll drown out my 07. He recently went from the afe stg 1 to Stg2 and it easily got 3-4 times louder.
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Master of Strokes
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Whooo every one cool your horses. Don't get me wrong I love the sounds of the wistle but I just liked how it sounded in the video and I would not be driving around with it like that lol.
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isn't that just the same VGT shut off switch (that you wire up yourself) and most people do it to make the truck blow black smoke like a freight train?
i'm pretty sure it is and i guess that cool on/off sound is another bonus. i'm 99% sure i know that guy and truck from the video, local diesel club buddy.
he's got a sick custom fuel system and when he drove off one time he flipped the switch and kinda vanished in the distance. lol
i'm pretty sure it is and i guess that cool on/off sound is another bonus. i'm 99% sure i know that guy and truck from the video, local diesel club buddy.
he's got a sick custom fuel system and when he drove off one time he flipped the switch and kinda vanished in the distance. lol
