Old hot pipe and the new hot pipe...

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Changed up both turbos on my twin setup...and since the secondary has a HX40 flange on it, I decided to just make a new hot pipe altogether.
I am no welder, so please excuse the "Pilot welds".
The new pipe is over 3 inches shorter, fits like a glove, and has room to move around/flex if required.
The old pipe was a bear to put in and take out.

I will wrap the new pipe also...but for now, it has a high temp paint on it...I will run it like this for the year before I send it away to be coated like the rest of the piping, and housings.

 

[windrunner408]

Looks good man. I like that huge bellows. It looks awesome.

 

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Yeah, the old pipe never had the bellows in it...and to make things worse, the old pipe was fabbed up while the engine was in the truck...it's way easier when the engine is on a stand.
The old pipe had 3 v-bands...one on the secondary turbo, one in the middle which was rubbing on the heater core box, and another one on the T-6 manifold flange...it had no give what-so-ever....I put a small dent in my passenger fender trying to pull the old pipe together....sucked.
The new pipe litterly drops right into place.....can't wait to put it in the truck tomorrow.

It would be the perfect time to try out a set of headers from Steed Speed, but I just got the manifolds back from being re-coated. I don't even wanna wrap them yet, cuz they look so good...

 

[6leakertweeker]

Looks sexy!
Are those factory valve cover that you polished?

Is that a Gogo intake?

 

[Extended Power]

Looks sexy!
Are those factory valve cover that you polished?

Is that a Gogo intake?

Factory valve covers...just painted for now. (Wanted to see what it looked like first.)

Yes...

 

[STROKER]

That looks awesome!! I love the way your motor looks

 

[strokin6L]

Ivan...your twin build is the absolute nicest i've ever seen. Very clean

 

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Ivan...your twin build is the absolute nicest i've ever seen. Very clean

Jeez....Thank You very much.:toast:

 

[HOOV3R]

Looking really clean :thumbup:

 

[Agjake11]

Looks awesome great work

 

[windrunner408]

Do you have pictures of the complete, in the truck, setup?

 

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Do you have pictures of the complete, in the truck, setup?

I have pictures of the way it was last summer...

It will look fairly close to the old pictures, but with different turbos, and a lot less hoses.

 

[windrunner408]

Still is a nicely done setup.

 

[Silverback]

Talk about gorgeously clean and done right...

 

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Talk about gorgeously clean and done right...

Thank you!

Well, I hope it runs as good as it looks...changed a lot around again.
If I had more time I would have liked to have made a completely new up pipe and "Y" pipe assembly, just to get rid of more restrictions in the exhaust. (I would not use the factory round v band connection at all.)

Took the intake off again so it would be easier to put the Diverter valve and turbo back on once the engine is back inside the truck.

 

[Redneck6.0L]

Looks good Ivan, keep us posted of your progress.

So what did you change, what size injectors, turbos, what you had and maybe why you changed. It'll be really good info for other guys trying todo buillds like yourself. Thanks in advance for any info you can share for everyone to read about. And again nice and very clean setup

 

[OneStockQuik6.0]

Thats real nice! I like how you eliminated all rubber boots..I have a banks IC on mine do you think its possible to eliminate the rubber boots?

 

[Extended Power]

Thats real nice! I like how you eliminated all rubber boots..I have a banks IC on mine do you think its possible to eliminate the rubber boots?

I run the Banks intercooler too.
There has to be some allowable movement for the pipes and engine to move.
I just got rid of the ones that would cause damage to the hood if they let go.

Since the primary only puts out around 35-40 psi, the boots should hold on its output...but off the secondary...I have seen the boost past 80 psi, so I think having the v-bands where they are was a great idea.

 

[Extended Power]

Looks good Ivan, keep us posted of your progress.

So what did you change, what size injectors, turbos, what you had and maybe why you changed. It'll be really good info for other guys trying todo buillds like yourself. Thanks in advance for any info you can share for everyone to read about. And again nice and very clean setup

Things I changed:

-Switched to Ford's head gaskets. (Had Victor Reinz in before)

-Switched from the Adrenaline hpop, to the newer style pump...along with all new stand pipes, stc fitting, and dummy plugs.

-Switched from a 66/71/80 to a billet wheeled 63/68/70.

-Enlarged the wastegate ports to .680"

-Got rid of the boost actuated wastegate actuator, and went with a spring style that works directly on drive pressure. (No hoses to blow off.)

-Ran a stainless steel line from the Gogo manifold to the BD diverter valve to eliminate any chance of hose pop offs.

-Changed the hot pipe. Resulted in a cleaner, shorter run with a flex joint in it for easier install and removal.

-Got rid of the Quick Spool Valve, pressure switches, solenoids, and all lines on the primary.

-Changed the primary from a 80/96/1.32 to a 82/92/1.10

-Addition of a Fluidampr. (Yet to go on. Waiting for the pinning procedure from Fluidampr)


Why I changed what I did:

-Blew the head gaskets out when drive pressure was over 100 psi, and boost was over 80 psi.

-Was loosing hpo pressure on hard runs with the 225/100 injectors.

-Spool up was not as fast as I would have liked on the street.

-Smaller secondary for quicker spool up.

-Bigger ports in the wastegate to help relive the high drive pressure.

-hard line to the diverter valve because the hoses would not stay on.

-New hot pipe because the old one was a big PITA to install and remove and had no flex once tightened up.

-went to to spring style actuator because of the lack of room to work on the turbo, and because they are way easier to set up, and way smaller/simplier.

-Should not need the QSV with the new primary charger.

-Fluidampr....I guess we'll see what happens.

 

[strokin6L]

what is the pinning procedure that you're waiting for from fluidampr? They are only a few miles away from me