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Thwarted again!
So the great big A/W intercooler core I ordered, after over 20 hours of work ended up being about 3/4" to large to get under the hood. Damn it. lol. I am not going to cut a big hole out of my hood so back to the smaller IC. Going to stick with just the water/meth injection and drop the boost from 17psi to around 14psi that should lower temps out of the turbo about 40 degrees.
On this size engine you really are on the cusp if you want to run a single turbo and get great response. Something the size of the GTX35, BW8374, or PT62 will all give you lower IAT's but not have as much low end torque or spool as quickly, but allow high HP. Kind of a trade off if you want 400hp+
If I was going to do it again, at this power level I would just go ahead and step up to that next turbo size. But again that is my own personality and really the truck feels great even at 8psi and a lot of people could just run that and be happy. lol. #turboguineapig
So the great big A/W intercooler core I ordered, after over 20 hours of work ended up being about 3/4" to large to get under the hood. Damn it. lol. I am not going to cut a big hole out of my hood so back to the smaller IC. Going to stick with just the water/meth injection and drop the boost from 17psi to around 14psi that should lower temps out of the turbo about 40 degrees.
On this size engine you really are on the cusp if you want to run a single turbo and get great response. Something the size of the GTX35, BW8374, or PT62 will all give you lower IAT's but not have as much low end torque or spool as quickly, but allow high HP. Kind of a trade off if you want 400hp+
If I was going to do it again, at this power level I would just go ahead and step up to that next turbo size. But again that is my own personality and really the truck feels great even at 8psi and a lot of people could just run that and be happy. lol. #turboguineapig
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