So here is my update from the weekend pulling brians truck up to ABQ.
its guestimated the truck on the trailer was right around 8-9k, the trailer by its self is by no means light and had been "beefed up" by the owner to put heavier hauls on it.
So this all took place with multiple 6% up hill grades with elevation change from 1200ft to 6500ft and heat ranging from 113* to 90*. off the bat, i cant say i notice any better spool up from 55mph at 1400rpm, 5th gear, TC locked. It seems to act really close to a stocker but with a crap ton more whistle. i though i was just hearing the 475 till we rolled the windows down up in payson (yeah, we though 95* was cool compared to 113* lmao). Nope, that damn batmowheel is as loud as my 475. its cool to hear them both start singing.
As far as EGTs are concerned as to compare from before. It seems i dropped 100* or so pulling the hills in temps close to what i hauled the toyhauler empty in. as long as it was 105* or cooler, 5th gear would take me up any hill at 1150* or less. As soon as we hit the wall of heat (110* and more) or were leaving out of it, my truck HATED it. Oil temps sky rocketed to 275* at points, Water temp was 240*, trans was around 220* and i was down to 3rd gear pulling hills at 50mph with the fan wailing. turning the A/C off helped some but once it had gotten hot, there was nothing i could do. EGTs would rocket to 1300 way too easy unless i had this motor turning 2600rpm or more. Ive really got to put a little scoop on the front oil cooler, i think its missing half the air it could be getting. Concidering i going right back up the same way in two weeks, i should be able to see if i see a difference by doing that. it was just bad and i felt bad for the old girl.
So overall, im damn happy with the turbo. I only saw gains out of it and after this weekends thrashing on it towing, it was definitly proven to me lol. there were also quite a few WOT runs with the trailer on the back passing on them 2 lane roads and racing a few guys with trailers back to the hotel
. Guess the truck is a bit scarry at night when both turbos light and all you see is the headlights twist up, two off pitch turbos whistling and having this bad boy come flying up on your ass pretty fast :roflmao: (this what i was told by a few people hehe)
