Turboglide install on my truck
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Definitely check that. I've had problems with probes creeping back out of the fitting they're in, the reading gets colder and colder.
It's well worth shifting the probe to before the turbo if you can.
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Many congrats.
My 42 only lands in about 3.5 weeks but I am already trying to source a 13 BT manifold, although they are very scarce here.
Call Turboglide they quoted me there manifold for 330$ AU, cheaper then a 13BT manifold and had already the bolt pattern for a Garret
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Right now i hit 850Deg F max, but yes i will fix that today or tomorrow.
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If the highest you can go is 10psi - then the wastegate is set at 10 PSI, to go higher you need a manual boost controller or another device that basically keeps the wastegate from opening. IF turboglide says don't use more than 10 - then don't - unless you add an intercooler.
By the sounds of it everything is working well - try it for a while then play with it again.
Can't wait to see it in action. I had my turbo hzj79 out wheeling the other day, was awsome on hills and when i needed the power it was there in any gear - no forced gearing down - just add more pedal and the truck kept climbing - or flying through the mud.
By the sounds of it everything is working well - try it for a while then play with it again.
Can't wait to see it in action. I had my turbo hzj79 out wheeling the other day, was awsome on hills and when i needed the power it was there in any gear - no forced gearing down - just add more pedal and the truck kept climbing - or flying through the mud.
Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
Eric .. congats .. !
I just push my turbo up to 14 PSI, more up in the rpm range .. just I can drive at virtualy no boost under 2K rpm if I want .. but have all 14 PSI available when I want .. and it's wonderfull !
Did your turbo glide wategate have any kind of adjust ?
I just push my turbo up to 14 PSI, more up in the rpm range .. just I can drive at virtualy no boost under 2K rpm if I want .. but have all 14 PSI available when I want .. and it's wonderfull !
Did your turbo glide wategate have any kind of adjust ?
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The only possible ajust i can see is the rod linkage from the gate lever to diaphragm?
Nope, dont touch that, you can preload it so that there is more tension on it and wont open as quickly, but don't do it.
If you want to adjust your boost - buy a turbosmart manual boost controller (i have one here if you want it), it just connects mid way in the small rubber tubing between the wastegate actuator and the compressor housing. Then you turn a small dial to give you more boost - it is just a ball and spring mechanism that allows pressure from the compressor to relieve - so the wastegate doesn't open as quickly.
I am running 14 pounds boost now through my intercooler.
If you want to adjust your boost - buy a turbosmart manual boost controller (i have one here if you want it), it just connects mid way in the small rubber tubing between the wastegate actuator and the compressor housing. Then you turn a small dial to give you more boost - it is just a ball and spring mechanism that allows pressure from the compressor to relieve - so the wastegate doesn't open as quickly.
I am running 14 pounds boost now through my intercooler.
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I went for lunch today to meet a friend, so i drove a much longer drive with the newly installed turbo. My goal with the turbo was to make the truck powerfull enough so i didn't have to floor it when i would go up any grade, to keep my decelerating speed rate not to low 
. Before it was really a pain, anyone one who owns a 3B will know what i mean. It would just not accelerate at all and even slow down painfully. I truly have meet my goal here, the truck will now keep its speed on the grade i drove today and if i floor it, it would accelerate, something i would have never hope for before. It really make the truck a painfull DD to a cool and fun to drive DD (if you use a 3B has a Daily driver).
. Before it was really a pain, anyone one who owns a 3B will know what i mean. It would just not accelerate at all and even slow down painfully. I truly have meet my goal here, the truck will now keep its speed on the grade i drove today and if i floor it, it would accelerate, something i would have never hope for before. It really make the truck a painfull DD to a cool and fun to drive DD (if you use a 3B has a Daily driver).- Thread starter
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Louis, what woudl tell you that you need a intercooler, EGT temps way to high?
Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
My personal opinion after planty of reading in the internet ( maybe wrong ) it's intercooled it if you are planing to reach 14 PSI or go over ..
Why not . ?
Actually I try disconecting my wategate hose and adjusting manually ( as AXT indicated in some kits that I already installed in TD42 Patrols and 3.0 Frontiers ) it to get more boost more sooner
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So if i pinch the hose from the turbo to the waste actuator, i'm going to be unlimited
?
Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
It's notmal .. you are pushiing more power .. and more heat .. you will note that your oil press gonna back up after your egt calm down ( after any heavy boosted ride
) So if i pinch the hose from the turbo to the waste actuator, i'm going to be unlimited
Disconect it .. from wastegate and tap it take a test ride and drive gentle .. see how much boost you get whith the wastegate disconected. carefull !!!!!! it coul be a bad habit ..
The pressure that come from your compresor runs throught the hose to the wategate " bottle " and then with specific pressure it more the actuator in your turbine side .. allowing exhaust flow " escape " without move your turbine side .. it of course limit your turbo capability to produce more boost ..
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I would think it closes gradually the outlet of the turbo (exhaust) therefore reduce flow rate, consequently reduce turbine output.
Tapage
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Actually the wastegate allow the exhaust flow " escape " so the exhaust flow coul be the same .. on the exhaust manifold but less goinf to the turbine .. so less boost it's produced ..
So if i pinch the hose from the turbo to the waste actuator, i'm going to be unlimited
Yes, it'll then boost up to the most that your engine and turbo combination can presently do.
But be very careful, as well as the extra boost greatly increasing your cylinder internal pressures, it greatly increases both the pressure and temperature in the exhaust manifold.
Running excess boost will actually cost you power, it takes a lot of energy to pump air up to that pressure and it does all come from the fuel burning.
The most power is when your EGT's are knocking right at the limit.
Keep in mind through all this that your engine wasn't originally designed around a turbo and you are putting a lot more stress on everything inside it. You probably won't know what was a safe power limit until you've passed it.
I use adjustable wastegate rods to tune the boost on my turbos and can dial it from nothing to fully closed. IMO it's the best way, inline boost controllers I personally dislike.
