Turbo is on!

mattman347 · Apr 19, 2012

And I will say it surprised me how well it spools!!! I am running stage 2's, and was hitting 36lbs on the street.

Bobby@cp · Apr 19, 2012

Take the box of coin out the truck and I bet it would be faster LOL

mattman347 · Apr 19, 2012

Like I get to keep the coins... It runs darn good with the 1.15 housing.

smokedout250 · Apr 19, 2012

Which turbo Matt? I had stage 2 and an s366 I saw 39 psi! Good luck looks great?

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Powersmokin32 · Apr 19, 2012

Looks good matt! This is gonna be my choice of turbo possibly on my next build.

mattman347 · Apr 19, 2012

Thanks guys, the one hot pipe is temporary. It's a s468 with a billet wheel. We will see if it lowers my 1/8 th time tomarrow!

PSDEng · Apr 20, 2012

I like the set up Matt. Will you be doing any towing with the truck?

mattman347 · Apr 20, 2012

I just towed this last night!!

When I pulled out in the road, I heard a loud bang an lost all forward momentum! Turned out the axles that were I. The truck were too short and sheared the end off! So I put it in 4x4 and pulled it 30 miles home being easy on it. The torque steer sucked!! My towing impressions so far is you can do it with this turbo with 0 issues, I mean it spooled like stock and I have no smoke coming out of the pipe in my tow tune!

OBS Boysel · Apr 20, 2012

Waiting on my housing to get back from the ceramic shop and then mine is going on. cant wait!

UNLIMITED_DIESEL · Apr 20, 2012

Matt, What housing are you running? Is it the one that comes with the S468 or did you get a different housing. I was under the impression that it came with a 1.10 housing but I have seen you post 1.0 and 1.15 for the turbo. I was just curious. We should have a report on OBS Boysels truck next week, but if you are happy with Stage 2's and that housing, it is making me wonder what backpressure is gonna be like with a set of 350/200's and 2 stages of NOS... LOL

Derek@Vision Diesel · Apr 20, 2012

UNLIMITED_DIESEL said:
Matt, What housing are you running? Is it the one that comes with the S468 or did you get a different housing. I was under the impression that it came with a 1.10 housing but I have seen you post 1.0 and 1.15 for the turbo. I was just curious. We should have a report on OBS Boysels truck next week, but if you are happy with Stage 2's and that housing, it is making me wonder what backpressure is gonna be like with a set of 350/200's and 2 stages of NOS... LOL

We will have some opinions on it early this coming week with a set of 200/100's, would probably be nasty if it was gated with those 350s and the 2 stages

mattman347 · Apr 21, 2012

Maybe it's a 1.10? I know it's not the 1.0 housing because that's what's on the shelf at the shop. Its what ever comes on it from Borg. Ill check tomarrow. I went to the strip tonight and I had a slight puking issue...may have taken out a head gasket! No bubbles in the overflow with the truck running, not sure what else it could be though. If I take the cap off and boost it up with the brakes on, nothing happens until I let off it then some comes out with the cap off. Not sure yet.

mattman347 · Apr 21, 2012

It's a 1.10.

Had to pull the heads though, darn gasket let go!!

2000wa250 · Apr 21, 2012

I have this same turbo on a manual 2000 with 250/200 and I can echo the spool up. Gonna need some tweaking with the injectors to change how the fuel id brought on....but even with a massive exhaust leak....(my dumbass forgot to put the metal gasket in when I installed it.. found it when I was cleaning the garage :doh: ) love the turbo. Haven't really gotten into it until I get studs and springs in though for that exact reason. Enjoy the turbo!!!!! Do you have any pics of how you set up your intake for it?

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mattman347 · Apr 21, 2012

The only one I have.

I found more as I dug into the motor...
There is 2 cracks in the #1 piston, one of which you can see in the pic the other is at the 3 o'clock position. Not what I wanted to see!

Mike's Diesel Performance · Apr 22, 2012

That sucks Matt, good luck bud!

joebob3093 · Apr 22, 2012

how hard was it to get mounted? i have the same one and hope to have my engine put back together and everything buttoned up by next weekend.

mattman347 · Apr 22, 2012

The firewall has to be moved back alot for the down pipe, the cowl has to be pushed up to clear the compressor housing and the drivers side plentum bolt has to be ground down.

On another note, I got both heads cleaned up and I'm going to put it back together as is. I have another motor getting built next week. We will see how long it holds, it could have been cracked for quilt a while now, who knows.