I went to order this turbo today and it's no longer available. Frack. Pain in the butt. Marc told me too many tuners were having issues on the lml and blaming his turbo.
I hope someone can figure a way to tune these things I'd live to have a 65 or 66 mm turbo
Sorry guys but yes it is true! I yanked the LML turbo stuff off the website for now until they can get the tuning crap figured out. You would think after 6+ years in the field that they would have this stuff figured out but unfortunately no. I have been building vgt turbos for 10 years now and it feels like I have to prove everyday the reason why my turbos hold all the VGT turbo records and it honestly is taking all of the fun out of it for me! The LML VGT tuning issue is a software issue plain and simple. I sooo sick and tired of getting phone calls from customers because their tuner said it is a turbo problem when it is clearly a control issue with the software. Unfortunately for me I am NOT a software engineer/computer programmer and I do NOT know how to read or use Hex-editing software. I am a mechanical guy, I am an ASE Mastertech for close to 20 years now with Advanced level certifications and specialized in engine electronics and driveability and engine performance. I completely understand the mechanical workings of everything involved in the Dmax better than most and it makes it that much more frustrating to not be able to do a damn thing about these issues. Now I will give Kory a ton of credit here because he is the only one to reach out to me to try and figure something out with this issue and he has spent a ton of time trying to find the missing tables to help with the issue. Unfortunately for him though he is on the other side of the fence from me, he is a software guy without the same mechanical background. I love the drive he has and the never give up attitude! I honestly hope that we can get it figured together it will be good for everyone involved. There is no reason to give up the vgt when they are the best of both worlds for guys with street trucks that want the driveability and turbo braking but also want the hp. We have trucks making well over 1200hp with vgt twins and triple turbo setups on fuel only so why would you want to give that up.
These pictures are the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. This was one of my 3794 stg2 LML's that was ran with Moto-Ops tuning. Customer continually called me up trying to figure out why the truck wouldn't run and I gave him the same answer I give everyone when that ask me this question, the truth! Well they started getting it to go in the right direction and then it broke. Customer calls me up and lets me have it saying that he pissed cause it never ran right and I needed to take care of it because the online info says that it was a builder error/ balance issue/over torqued. I felt bad for him because of all the issues he had and offered him a smaller turbo that would be easier for his tuner to get right. You can clearly see by the pictures that it was a tuning issue from pinching the vanes too hard trying to make boost and they melted the inducer of the turbine wheel and put it out of balance causing the failure! Why should I eat someone else's mistake??? It would be different if I was one of these Joe blow's building turbos in my garage at home on the side but I'm not! I'm certified and have a long history of it without issue! I ship on average anywhere from 20-60vgt's a month! I see less that a 1% failure rate and I take a LOT of personal pride in that! I build every single turbo myself for a reason, I can't pass the buck to someone else! It's my baby plain and simple and it is the same with my tuning, I'm the only one at Danville that tunes for the same reason! Sorry for the rant guys but it just drives me nuts dealing with this stuff sometimes.
On a side note, I am currently working on a line of more LML specific turbos that should work with the stock vane tables so that you can have both without any issues. I will keep you guys posted on them as they are closer to release. Thanks for reading this long winded rant, sorry again.
