[ROLLING THUNDER]

Stu, what you are doing is quite impressive. I envy your abilities. You da man.

 

[ATXHEMI]

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Thanks Nathan and David.

Have to admit. Did get a little nervous when I cut up the STS turbo kit. At one point, I said to myself. What Where You Thinking!!!!!! It's Too Late Now!!!!!

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Shortened the turbo down pipe and adding a slip joint header flange. Wasn't happy with the first down pipe set-up. Had to take off all of the exhaust system just to get the down pipe out from underneath the truck.

Also added the O2 sensor bung to the turbo down pipe.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Here's a pic of that slip joint/header flange. Added the slip joint to help protect the header gasket.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Lower turbo down pipe. What funky welds?

 

["Av'sFan"]

You've been a busy little beaver there Stu!!! Nice work... and great commitment!!!!

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Thanks Tim.

Didn't get a chance yet to finish testing to get the set-up tuned in.

http://hemitruckclub.infopop.c...0029252/m/3561097836

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Set-up new turbo oil drain location.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Front mount after cooler for the street.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

An electric fan installed on the aftercooler can help keep intake air temps cooler in the staging lanes.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Originally posted by Ghost03hemi:
Last nights test run at the track. Full street trim, with OEM 20" wheels and tires. Waste gate seat still out. Boosted to 7psi and then crept up to 9psi in third gear. Need to put the .96 A/R exhaust housing on and a bigger waste gate.

R/T ..... .244
60' .... 2.134
330 .... 5.715
1/8 .... 8.651
mph .... 83.27
1000.... 11.184
1/4 .... 13.297
mph .... 106.05

Looking forward to more testing and tuning.

With an after cooler installed, .96 A/R turbine housing and steady 8psi boost street set up. W/G seats in, 8.3psi boost spring on lower W/G, 8.7 spring on upper W/G. A/F ratio: 11.8 to 12.0 Water/meth on high with 375ml/min nozzle.

Hit speed governor twice very quickly at the end of the track.

R/T........ .284
60'........ 2.136
330'....... 5.670
1/8........ 8.579
mph........ 84.38
1000....... 11.079
1/4........ 13.184
mph........ 105.83

Not bad for a every day driving street set-up.

Note: Didn't have a helmet. Was able to run only once.

Have a helmet now and a little more boost.

 

[FrostKing]

Good job! If you don't want to hit the speed limiter you can turn and hold the key in the start position. I did this for several years before buying a used Superchips 3815.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Originally posted by FrostKing:
If you don't want to hit the speed limiter you can turn and hold the key in the start position.

What????

How long do I have to hold the key to the starting position FrostKing????? Is that all I have to do????? Does this have to be done every time the truck is ready to run down the track????

 

[4dhp]

You do it any time (during) you want to exceed the speed limiter. It will kill your cluster, but the trucks have factory anti-grind, so it will not engage the starter.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

I never knew this. I'll have to give it a try at the dyno on Wednesday. Thanks FrostKing and Vince.

Vince, are you the one that Sharadon is building a front mount turbo for?

 

[4dhp]

I may have had a little work done there...

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Dang! That's a Big aftercooler.....

Did they cut and flip shorty headers? Is it up and running?

 

[4dhp]

The cooler is a custom order from Spearco (12"x24"x7"), and fits like a glove between the frame rails (just had to move my W/M). Denny TIG'd on the L brackets and with 4 bolts it drops out, awesome install. The headers are also a custom SharaDon SS setup Denny made from scratch.

 

[Ghost03hemi]

Now that's the right way to build a front mount turbo set-up. The headers look great.

I like it!!!! You think Denny could build me one.