H&S Turbo kit and CCV kit install

johnboy27 · Oct 19, 2015

This weekend I finished up my H&S Turbo kit and H&S CCV kit install. I started Wednesday afternoon and removed all the stock parts.
Thursday afternoon I installed the new exhaust manifolds, the turbo pedestal and the CCV Kit.
Friday afternoon I installed the turbo and all piping.
Saturday morning I changed the engine oil and filter so she would have fresh oil flowing through her and added the coolant back in.
Right now I am running the H&S tune off their website.

No leaks and no problems at all so far.

First thing I want to do is thank the people who gave me advice during the install and prior too.
Jon Cain has been a big help. Thanks bro!!!
Dallas at H&S was amazing to work with. Any question I had he answered quickly and precisely. Without a doubt the best customer service I have dealt with. Even throughout the weekend he kept in touch with me.
Logan at Rudy's Diesel also was a help on some questions I had.

The product itself is amazing. Just looking at the craftsmanship and the quality of the parts alone tells you the company takes pride in what they sell. The packing was great. The boxes could have been thrown out of the back of the truck and no damage would have happened to anything.
The instructions were absolutely spot on as well.

The performance of the kit is awesome to say the least. Huge performance gains from zero throughout the entire RPM range. EGT temps are down over 100 degrees from stock.
The sound is amazing. It sounds like a totally different truck. But the turbo sound from the engine and the exhaust is awesome. It's like driving a new truck all over again.

Even my wife was impressed and let me tell ya, that is not easy to do when it comes to this type of stuff. LOL

Attached are a few pictures.

josh@thedieselcartel · Oct 19, 2015

Looking good, your going to love how it drives.

HS-MotorsportsDallas · Oct 19, 2015

It has been great working with you John! We appreciate your business and hope you like the kit as much as we do.

gfulton · Oct 19, 2015

Get a No Limit intake......

johnboy27 · Oct 19, 2015

Stage 1 or 2? Will I need to modify anything to get it to work with the H&S intake pipe?

getstroked27 · Oct 19, 2015

Looks awesome man!!! great job! you will love that setup!!!!

Squat and Poot · Oct 19, 2015

johnboy27 said:
Stage 1 or 2? Will I need to modify anything to get it to work with the H&S intake pipe?

ask Mike, he's got piping to make it work

johnboy27 · Oct 19, 2015

Squat and Poot said:
ask Mike, he's got piping to make it work

I talked to Mike a few minutes ago and I have a Stage 2 kit on the way.

Thanks

Cheap6.7 · Oct 19, 2015

Nice set up! How's she drive?

jcain · Oct 19, 2015

glad I could help.

stevens6.7 · Oct 20, 2015

How difficult was the install with the cab on?

bigrpowr · Oct 20, 2015

stevens6.7 said:
How difficult was the install with the cab on?

I would dedicate 12 hours or so to it for your first time.

johnboy27 · Oct 20, 2015

stevens6.7 said:
How difficult was the install with the cab on?

Yeah, what Mike said and then add a few hours LOL

The directions are really good and I think someone that has some basic knowledge could do it.

On a side note....I would forget about the part of step 12 where you remove the c-clip that holds the coolant feed line on the turbo. Just cut the line and be done with it.
The directions say remove it and make sure you don't lose the clip. I assumed you needed it later. The fact is they don't want it flying around and ending up inside the engine by mistake. I spent an hour trying to get that clip out and a friend told me don't worry about it and to just cut the line. That was much easier. LOL

Getting the old turbo out is a bit of the pain in the butt.
Getting to some of the clamps in the back of the engine bay is a long reach also. I am 6'5" and it was a long reach for me. I found myself sitting in the engine bay sometimes getting to stuff.

I have been working on all type of engines my entire life off and on. I have done all the work on my truck myself so far. However, this job was much more involved than the previous work I had done on this truck. Not to mention the pucker factor that goes along with tearing and expensive engine a part with the possibility of something going wrong.
It took me 7 hours to get everything removed and cleaned up and ready for the new parts to go in. I had another 8 hours of work installing everything back in. That was wasting an hour trying to remove that c-clip and it also took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to get the stock turbo out without screwing anything up. Such as the high pressure fuel lines that are right in front of the turbo. LOL

HS-MotorsportsDallas · Oct 20, 2015

Maybe we need to do a video install to show some of the tips and tricks to do stuff. Once you know how to remove a few of those things, it's not that hard at all. My first time removing the clip from the turbo could have taken about 5 minutes. Someone that knows how to do it would take all but 15 seconds. The same with removing the factory turbo. I guess there's a simple sequence to remove it because it only takes a minute or two to yank it out once you've done it once. I'll have to talk to our video guy and see if we can whip something up.

jcain · Oct 20, 2015

johnboy27 said:
Yeah, what Mike said and then add a few hours LOL

The directions are really good and I think someone that has some basic knowledge could do it.

On a side note....I would forget about the part of step 12 where you remove the c-clip that holds the coolant feed line on the turbo. Just cut the line and be done with it.
The directions say remove it and make sure you don't lose the clip. I assumed you needed it later. The fact is they don't want it flying around and ending up inside the engine by mistake. I spent an hour trying to get that clip out and a friend told me don't worry about it and to just cut the line. That was much easier. LOL

Getting the old turbo out is a bit of the pain in the butt.
Getting to some of the clamps in the back of the engine bay is a long reach also. I am 6'5" and it was a long reach for me. I found myself sitting in the engine bay sometimes getting to stuff.

I have been working on all type of engines my entire life off and on. I have done all the work on my truck myself so far. However, this job was much more involved than the previous work I had done on this truck. Not to mention the pucker factor that goes along with tearing and expensive engine a part with the possibility of something going wrong.
It took me 7 hours to get everything removed and cleaned up and ready for the new parts to go in. I had another 8 hours of work installing everything back in. That was wasting an hour trying to remove that c-clip and it also took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to get the stock turbo out without screwing anything up. Such as the high pressure fuel lines that are right in front of the turbo. LOL

More beer less care!

bigrpowr · Oct 21, 2015

johnboy27 said:
Yeah, what Mike said and then add a few hours LOL

The directions are really good and I think someone that has some basic knowledge could do it.

On a side note....I would forget about the part of step 12 where you remove the c-clip that holds the coolant feed line on the turbo. Just cut the line and be done with it.
The directions say remove it and make sure you don't lose the clip. I assumed you needed it later. The fact is they don't want it flying around and ending up inside the engine by mistake. I spent an hour trying to get that clip out and a friend told me don't worry about it and to just cut the line. That was much easier. LOL

Getting the old turbo out is a bit of the pain in the butt.
Getting to some of the clamps in the back of the engine bay is a long reach also. I am 6'5" and it was a long reach for me. I found myself sitting in the engine bay sometimes getting to stuff.

I have been working on all type of engines my entire life off and on. I have done all the work on my truck myself so far. However, this job was much more involved than the previous work I had done on this truck. Not to mention the pucker factor that goes along with tearing and expensive engine a part with the possibility of something going wrong.
It took me 7 hours to get everything removed and cleaned up and ready for the new parts to go in. I had another 8 hours of work installing everything back in. That was wasting an hour trying to remove that c-clip and it also took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to get the stock turbo out without screwing anything up. Such as the high pressure fuel lines that are right in front of the turbo. LOL

i sent your intake 3 day , enjoy it ! thanks for your purchase.

stevens6.7 · Oct 21, 2015

bigrpowr said:
I would dedicate 12 hours or so to it for your first time.

johnboy27 said:
Yeah, what Mike said and then add a few hours LOL

The directions are really good and I think someone that has some basic knowledge could do it.

On a side note....I would forget about the part of step 12 where you remove the c-clip that holds the coolant feed line on the turbo. Just cut the line and be done with it.
The directions say remove it and make sure you don't lose the clip. I assumed you needed it later. The fact is they don't want it flying around and ending up inside the engine by mistake. I spent an hour trying to get that clip out and a friend told me don't worry about it and to just cut the line. That was much easier. LOL

Getting the old turbo out is a bit of the pain in the butt.
Getting to some of the clamps in the back of the engine bay is a long reach also. I am 6'5" and it was a long reach for me. I found myself sitting in the engine bay sometimes getting to stuff.

I have been working on all type of engines my entire life off and on. I have done all the work on my truck myself so far. However, this job was much more involved than the previous work I had done on this truck. Not to mention the pucker factor that goes along with tearing and expensive engine a part with the possibility of something going wrong.
It took me 7 hours to get everything removed and cleaned up and ready for the new parts to go in. I had another 8 hours of work installing everything back in. That was wasting an hour trying to remove that c-clip and it also took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to get the stock turbo out without screwing anything up. Such as the high pressure fuel lines that are right in front of the turbo. LOL

Definitely will make sure I have a weekend planned lol! I'm like you I'd take my time to make sure I didn't mess anything up! Glad you have everything done and hope you enjoy your new truck ;-)

HS-MotorsportsDallas said:
Maybe we need to do a video install to show some of the tips and tricks to do stuff. Once you know how to remove a few of those things, it's not that hard at all. My first time removing the clip from the turbo could have taken about 5 minutes. Someone that knows how to do it would take all but 15 seconds. The same with removing the factory turbo. I guess there's a simple sequence to remove it because it only takes a minute or two to yank it out once you've done it once. I'll have to talk to our video guy and see if we can whip something up.

That would be awesome!