Well the 4094 from PPE is on and the LMM is running. Chad and Alex of Alligator Performance, and Jordan took on this project without hesitation. The LMMs seem to be kinda a PITA to get to a lot of nesessary parts for just the removal. Once everything was out of the way and the VVT was gone it was time for the 4094. Miniture problems arose very often with this install but were rendered easily. Friday night I came to the shop after work and things were very close. There were a few little things that needed to be done before I would take a quick test run up the street and freeway before heading to Fontana. About 2AM, yes they stayed until it was done so I could run it in Fontana, I was rolling home to grab a couple things and headed west.
On the way down, the intercooler boot was cut by a clamp that created a boost leak. That was taken care of. The 90* elbow in the turbo oil feed had loosened up and created a oil leak. A few more turns on it from the guys of SoCal Black Smoke Club and it was pretty much cured. Anyway I got to put a run in and couldnt get the brakes to hold tight enough to build much boost, red light came on so I went for it and ran a 13.5. The second run felt better even know I left the line with 8-10psi and another red light, however the intercooler boot blew off just pass the 1/8th. I have the brake issue worked out now, (I think).
On the way home, Sunday, Chad met me at his shop with Jordan ready to fix any problems we developed. We went for like 3-4 hours trying to get the factory boot to work, however on my truck it will not happen. We have a few ideas to cure it and we should have it taken care of this week.
All in all the turbo is awesome, on the highway it freaking rocks. Cruising about 75ish and lay into it you go for one hell of a ride pretty quick to over 120ish easliy. This turbo is loud, you can hear the whistle like crazy. Its very fun and after getting tuning and the little bugs worked out, it should be awesome.
Huge thanks to Alligator Performance and Jordan, you guys did great and worked hard, all the way to 2AM in the morning.
Also, again thanks to my friends of the SoCal Black Smoke club, they were an awesome help at the track.
On the way down, the intercooler boot was cut by a clamp that created a boost leak. That was taken care of. The 90* elbow in the turbo oil feed had loosened up and created a oil leak. A few more turns on it from the guys of SoCal Black Smoke Club and it was pretty much cured. Anyway I got to put a run in and couldnt get the brakes to hold tight enough to build much boost, red light came on so I went for it and ran a 13.5. The second run felt better even know I left the line with 8-10psi and another red light, however the intercooler boot blew off just pass the 1/8th. I have the brake issue worked out now, (I think).
On the way home, Sunday, Chad met me at his shop with Jordan ready to fix any problems we developed. We went for like 3-4 hours trying to get the factory boot to work, however on my truck it will not happen. We have a few ideas to cure it and we should have it taken care of this week.
All in all the turbo is awesome, on the highway it freaking rocks. Cruising about 75ish and lay into it you go for one hell of a ride pretty quick to over 120ish easliy. This turbo is loud, you can hear the whistle like crazy. Its very fun and after getting tuning and the little bugs worked out, it should be awesome.
Huge thanks to Alligator Performance and Jordan, you guys did great and worked hard, all the way to 2AM in the morning.
Also, again thanks to my friends of the SoCal Black Smoke club, they were an awesome help at the track.
