turbocharged!
Originally Posted by tj03f150
I have a friend that lives in the dallas area, he's always lookin to help people with this kind of stuff.
thanks for the comment, truck is still at the shop for oil lines and vacuum lines, tuning and a few other things. once i get it back all tuned and ready to go i'll have some pics and video to post up
Originally Posted by 4.2trimble
with everything said and done what did this turbo cost you? seems like a good idea for some extra hp for the v6!
gauges alone were expensive! Autometer gauges: wideband, fuel pressure, boost/vacuum was like 800 dollars!
everything just adds up so fast.
it hangs down pretty low, let me look through the pics and see what ive got.
this is a remote mount system.. these are the pipes that feed the turbo.

the good thing is from the side they are pretty even with the tires... so when i roll up over a speed bump everything wil just go up with the truck right over the speed bump... if it were before the tires when lookin from the side of the truck.. or after the tires.. id have clearence issues... OR if i had a really really realy soft suspension....
this is a remote mount system.. these are the pipes that feed the turbo.

the good thing is from the side they are pretty even with the tires... so when i roll up over a speed bump everything wil just go up with the truck right over the speed bump... if it were before the tires when lookin from the side of the truck.. or after the tires.. id have clearence issues... OR if i had a really really realy soft suspension....
Originally Posted by tarajerame
you have any pictures of the whole truck?
I seriously want my truck back... I'm going to the shop in about an hour at 8am when they open. Hopefully they'll have atleast done SOMETHING.
My truck has been unavailable since December 10th. It is now January 5th. The shop has only had it for a little over a week.
Last edited by tj03f150; Jan 5, 2008 at 07:37 AM.
Originally Posted by tarajerame
you're only a couple hours down the road... trailer it on up here and we'll finish it in my garage (I'm sure my wife would love that)
i appreciate the offer. I dont really have any way to get it there, no truck, no trailer.. and not any extra time either :-(
its okay, i talked to the guy at the shop, he said he had to finish 2 mustangs (which he said he expected to be done today)
and afterwards he'd be finishing up my truck this week!
Oil lines are done! time for vacuum lines and everything in between.
they started the truck and let it idle to check for leaks.
no oil leaks!!!
i bet that *******er was loud as s***!!! theres no muffler on it, just all the pipe, and after the turbo is the downpipe and thats about it....
oh and i have an exhaust leak from where the stock manifolds meet the y pipe.
the kit was built on some mac headers... so i just bought some mac headers yay
i have about 5 gallons of 87 octane in my tank... i need to be at 93... think it would be okay to put 5 gallons of 104octane to bring up that 87 to somethin closer to 93?
they started the truck and let it idle to check for leaks.
no oil leaks!!!
i bet that *******er was loud as s***!!! theres no muffler on it, just all the pipe, and after the turbo is the downpipe and thats about it....
oh and i have an exhaust leak from where the stock manifolds meet the y pipe.
the kit was built on some mac headers... so i just bought some mac headers yay
i have about 5 gallons of 87 octane in my tank... i need to be at 93... think it would be okay to put 5 gallons of 104octane to bring up that 87 to somethin closer to 93?
Last edited by tj03f150; Jan 7, 2008 at 08:53 PM.






