Bolt on turbo kit

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Will be ordering one in January. Every little bit that helps lower engine compartment temperature 🤒 is a must in my book.
 
@HIteq finished up his truck build and turbo install. To quote him, “it pulls like a freight train” 😜

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PORN!!!!! :p
 
^^^ That valve cover needs a "1FZ-FE" sticker up front.

Unless Joey's making similar turbo stickers.
 
^^^ Then how about a stencil to hand paint it?
 
Just got back from a 3000 mile trip through Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah. This brings my total mileage on the kit to over 6000. Lots of mountain passes and cold ambient temps for turbocharged fun. The turbo system performed flawlessly despite a few maintenance items with my truck that I'm addressing now. Scangauge reading was approximately 11 to 12 mpg cruising at 80mph on flat ground. While this isn't too bad as far as I'm concerned, I'm switching out my original O2 sensors for new oem and getting my various pinhole exhaust leaks fixed. I was heavy on the throttle in some deep snow near Ogden, and saw around 220F coolant temp on the scangauge. Shut down the engine and let it cool while I winched out. Probably due to high revs at low speed. Maybe unrelated but my front knock sensor failed (p0325) the next day near St. George. With about 400mi to home my mpg dropped to single digits as the engine protected itself by running rich. Wideband confirmed that the ecu was dumping fuel. Burned a lot more fuel on the way home despite cruising at 70 instead of 80mph. Should mention, I only filled up with 91 octane or greater during the trip.

Here are some pics from the trip and a few thousand miles of road salt stuck to the downpipe for science. Don't worry, I washed it asap.

Overall I'm extremely happy with the system and I'll see how the mpg improves when I patch up my janky exhaust.

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karlslashwarren said:
Just got back from a 3000 mile trip through Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah. This brings my total mileage on the kit to over 6000. Lots of mountain passes and cold ambient temps for turbocharged fun. The turbo system performed flawlessly despite a few maintenance items with my truck that I'm addressing now. Scangauge reading was approximately 11 to 12 mpg cruising at 80mph on flat ground. While this isn't too bad as far as I'm concerned, I'm switching out my original O2 sensors for new oem and getting my various pinhole exhaust leaks fixed. I was heavy on the throttle in some deep snow near Ogden, and saw around 220F coolant temp on the scangauge. Shut down the engine and let it cool while I winched out. Probably due to high revs at low speed. Maybe unrelated but my front knock sensor failed (p0325) the next day near St. George. With about 400mi to home my mpg dropped to single digits as the engine protected itself by running rich. Wideband confirmed that the ecu was dumping fuel. Burned a lot more fuel on the way home despite cruising at 70 instead of 80mph. Should mention, I only filled up with 91 octane or greater during the trip.

Here are some pics from the trip and a few thousand miles of road salt stuck to the downpipe for science. Don't worry, I washed it asap.

Overall I'm extremely happy with the system and I'll see how the mpg improves when I patch up my janky exhaust.
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Would live to hear an update on your fuel consumption post new parts....its nice to hear solid data/info like this.
 
I finally have an issue that has stumped me. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to recreate the conditions to replicate it either. Just seems to be random. But the larger hose that goes into the bottom of the EGR modulator keeps popping off. It’s really bizarre.

When it does happen it sorta sounds like an exhaust leak which is kinda of what it is. Easy repair but can’t tell when it happens again.

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NLXTACY said:
I finally have an issue that has stumped me. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to recreate the conditions to replicate it either. Just seems to be random. But the larger hose that goes into the bottom of the EGR modulator keeps popping off. It’s really bizarre.

When it does happen it sorta sounds like an exhaust leak which is kinda of what it is. Easy repair but can’t tell when it happens again.

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Throw a ziptie around it. Also spray the nipple with hairspray before you put it back on. Helps seal the hose and acts like a light adhesive. Those combined should keep it on. That's what I do on my high boost Subarus.
 
Wompom said:
Throw a ziptie around it. Also spray the nipple with hairspray before you put it back on. Helps seal the hose and acts like a light adhesive. Those combined should keep it on. That's what I do on my high boost Subarus.
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Ha! Whats funny is I am thinking about cutting in some ridges to grab the hose better and using a small clamp. Zip-tie not a bad idea too. But still need to figure out how to prevent it from happening. :hhmm:
 
Is there too much pressure for the hose? Can the diaphragm inside the modulator take it?

Curious.
 
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