I put a hole through #8 piston when the injector failed 3,800 miles into a 5,900 mile journey from Alaska to NJ via TX, loaded at around 30k total weight. Truck had 130k miles, and had been tuned at 490hp/885tq since 20k. Built tranny and basic tuning/exhaust was all it had.
After the autopsy was complete, I started looking for parts. Which snowballed. A lot. Somehow looking for a stock longblock replacement turned into...well, while the engine is out, I might as well look into replacing some cosmetic stuff in the engine bay, and the radiator hose, and the intercooler tubes and whatnot. Once I examined the stock turbo, I realized I needed a new one, so hey--might as well upgrade that, too. Then, I had the good idea of...hey, since I'm replacing the turbo with a "mild upgrade", I might as well also do a high flow y-bridge and cold side tube.
Then, Andy sold off a bunch of parts in the Garage sale, including a Danville 68mm Stg2R turbo, and a set of carrillo rods. Hey..."Might As Well," right? That turned a kid-sized snowball into a bigass snowball that's still growing by the day. Everything turned into...well, since I'm already doing X, "Might as Well" do Y,Z and AA, AB, AC, etc.
So here's the parts list of things that are either on order, or already in the garage:
Danville 68mm Stg2R Turbo
Carrillo Forged Rods
Fingers Pistons, Coated, Weight Matched
New LML Crank
ARP Main Studs
ARP Head Studs
SoCal 3388AF Cam
SoCal Beehive Springs, Titanium Retainers, Hardened Cups
SoCal Chromoly Pushrods
Lightweight Rocker Bridges
Master Gasket Set
Main Bearings
Rod Bearings
Cam Bearings
High Flow Y-bridge/Intake
ProFab Manifolds
ProFab Up-Pipes
MBRP Down Pipe
I've talked to Evan at Limitless Diesel, and I'll be purchasing one of his converters, as well as having him go back through my trans--which seems to be in great shape, but I don't really trust it after the HEAVY hauling and beating that I've done to her over the last 110k miles. Luckily, Evan is only about 30 minutes from RAD machine, who I'll have do the machine work and assembly.
As far as I know, the only remaining items I need to get are a CP3 and injectors, plus some billet injector hold downs. I'll hold off on all of that and let the Amex cool down until after the machinework and assembly are finished. I'm fairly certain I'll be going with 60 over injectors and a 10mm CP3, since I need the truck to still be able to tow, above all else. I move once every year to 3 years, and if the truck can't tow my household goods those few times I need to, it's worthless to me.
I still need to give Mark a call about tuning it, as I need to be careful on the fueling parts. I want the ability to add an S483(ish) over the top of the 68mm Stg2R, but still be able to tune it back for towing. There's been some great discussion and suggestions in the thread I started in the DP forum, so thanks to all the folks who took part.
I figured this was an easy way for me to keep track of everything, and I'll keep a running log of the rebuild. I'll add a bunch of pics from removal and teardown in the next couple of days as I have time.
As always, anybody with parts recommendations/suggestions/criticism is welcomed/encouraged to post up!
After the autopsy was complete, I started looking for parts. Which snowballed. A lot. Somehow looking for a stock longblock replacement turned into...well, while the engine is out, I might as well look into replacing some cosmetic stuff in the engine bay, and the radiator hose, and the intercooler tubes and whatnot. Once I examined the stock turbo, I realized I needed a new one, so hey--might as well upgrade that, too. Then, I had the good idea of...hey, since I'm replacing the turbo with a "mild upgrade", I might as well also do a high flow y-bridge and cold side tube.
Then, Andy sold off a bunch of parts in the Garage sale, including a Danville 68mm Stg2R turbo, and a set of carrillo rods. Hey..."Might As Well," right? That turned a kid-sized snowball into a bigass snowball that's still growing by the day. Everything turned into...well, since I'm already doing X, "Might as Well" do Y,Z and AA, AB, AC, etc.
So here's the parts list of things that are either on order, or already in the garage:
Danville 68mm Stg2R Turbo
Carrillo Forged Rods
Fingers Pistons, Coated, Weight Matched
New LML Crank
ARP Main Studs
ARP Head Studs
SoCal 3388AF Cam
SoCal Beehive Springs, Titanium Retainers, Hardened Cups
SoCal Chromoly Pushrods
Lightweight Rocker Bridges
Master Gasket Set
Main Bearings
Rod Bearings
Cam Bearings
High Flow Y-bridge/Intake
ProFab Manifolds
ProFab Up-Pipes
MBRP Down Pipe
I've talked to Evan at Limitless Diesel, and I'll be purchasing one of his converters, as well as having him go back through my trans--which seems to be in great shape, but I don't really trust it after the HEAVY hauling and beating that I've done to her over the last 110k miles. Luckily, Evan is only about 30 minutes from RAD machine, who I'll have do the machine work and assembly.
As far as I know, the only remaining items I need to get are a CP3 and injectors, plus some billet injector hold downs. I'll hold off on all of that and let the Amex cool down until after the machinework and assembly are finished. I'm fairly certain I'll be going with 60 over injectors and a 10mm CP3, since I need the truck to still be able to tow, above all else. I move once every year to 3 years, and if the truck can't tow my household goods those few times I need to, it's worthless to me.
I still need to give Mark a call about tuning it, as I need to be careful on the fueling parts. I want the ability to add an S483(ish) over the top of the 68mm Stg2R, but still be able to tune it back for towing. There's been some great discussion and suggestions in the thread I started in the DP forum, so thanks to all the folks who took part.
I figured this was an easy way for me to keep track of everything, and I'll keep a running log of the rebuild. I'll add a bunch of pics from removal and teardown in the next couple of days as I have time.
As always, anybody with parts recommendations/suggestions/criticism is welcomed/encouraged to post up!
