HE351VE Remote Mount Turbo

['94IDITurbo7.3]

A better turbo makes a huge difference for sure. As far as having the turbo in the engine bay, it could be placed where the passenger side battery is and the battery could be relocated. I was also thinking that you could keep the vanes closed a bit longer and that might help it spool a bit faster. Or was it just the low end spooling you were talking about? That still might help the low end but would help the mid-range even more. That is the neat thing about those turbos, you can tune um however you want. The limiting factor with tuning it though is drive pressure. If it is closed to long, dp will be high but that can be fixed as well...

his turbo is HUGE.

 

[88 Ford]

I hope I can fit one with my 3" body lift. I know they are big but I would think it should fit. I really want a vgt in conjunction with my supercharger. It should make good power together...

 

[Goofyexponent]

That thing is going to blow your mind!

I have driven a LOT of big trucks over the years. 3406B cats, 855 cummins with non wastegated turbos, 3405E Cat, N14 celect plus, 60 series detroits with wastegated turbos...an although the wastegated engines pulled better......I ain't NEVER felt comething pull like the VGT in the ISX 550 I am driving now.

At 1000 RPM, I can build 40 pounds of boost and hold it until I decide I want to shift......wether that be 1900 RPM or 1400 RPM.

The power comes on hard and fast, there is NOTHING like a VGT.

 

[wmoguy]

I hope I can fit one with my 3" body lift. I know they are big but I would think it should fit. I really want a vgt in conjunction with my supercharger. It should make good power together...

Nope it wont.. you will need about 17" of clearance to work with from top to bottom. That includes making a super tight bend on the exhaust feeding the turbine housing. I don't think you'd end up having that kind of space w/ a 3" body lift

 

[mobilemech]

after reading this thread, Congrats! sounds like a very nice outcome and clean project. A question I have is what is the oil temp at the tank after running a while? because its in the tool box and no cooler or fan with no air flow.

 

[88 Ford]

My guess is that it isn't nearly as hot as the oil that is in the engine and on top of that the turbo doesn't see as much heat as it normally does being remote mounted like it is.

 

[89greendiesel]

thanks everyone.....i just spent 30 mins looking at turbos on ebay

 

[wmoguy]

Here's the 1st video attempt. The in cab one I can't get loaded from my iPhone for some reason. I'll have to play with that more.

Anyway, heres what I have right now for ya. This is light acceleration. I think I had roughly 2psi built about the time this video stops. Sorry the audio isn't that good, iPhone doesn't make the best audio/video device I guess.

http://youtu.be/OV84bvNoWqY

 

[wmoguy]

after reading this thread, Congrats! sounds like a very nice outcome and clean project. A question I have is what is the oil temp at the tank after running a while? because its in the tool box and no cooler or fan with no air flow.

I ended up ditching the remote oil setup. Looking back, to my goal of something simple, that didn't fit in the mix. Plus I liked the idea of having a spare pump incase either a scavenge pump crapped out, or my fuel pump (both the same pump) So I have 1/4" feed line running from the port at the top of the engine (original turbo port) back to the turbo, and then a 3/8" return line going to the scavenge pump, pushing it back into the motor. In the near future I plan to incorporate an external oil cooler using an auxiliary transmission cooler.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

iPhone doesn't make the best audio/video device I guess.

gonna have to agree with you on that one lol. it sounds like it would sound great in person.

 

[wmoguy]

gonna have to agree with you on that one lol. it sounds like it would sound great in person.

Yep oh well.

Whistle wise, it'll rival an 03' 6.0 any day of the week.

 

[88 Ford]

Nope it wont.. you will need about 17" of clearance to work with from top to bottom. That includes making a super tight bend on the exhaust feeding the turbine housing. I don't think you'd end up having that kind of space w/ a 3" body lift

Damn I'll have to do some big time thinking then. I want to make it work. We will see I guess...

 

[88 Ford]

I ended up ditching the remote oil setup. Looking back, to my goal of something simple, that didn't fit in the mix. Plus I liked the idea of having a spare pump incase either a scavenge pump crapped out, or my fuel pump (both the same pump) So I have 1/4" feed line running from the port at the top of the engine (original turbo port) back to the turbo, and then a 3/8" return line going to the scavenge pump, pushing it back into the motor. In the near future I plan to incorporate an external oil cooler using an auxiliary transmission cooler.

Don't you need a pump pushing it back to the engine like STS does it? I thought that is what they did...

Also it sounds good man. I look forward to seeing what it does on the dyno now.

 

[88 Ford]

Something else I just thought about too, I also have a 3" cowl hood. Who knows how much that'd help but it at least does a lil bit.

 

[wmoguy]

Don't you need a pump pushing it back to the engine like STS does it? I thought that is what they did...

Also it sounds good man. I look forward to seeing what it does on the dyno now.

Yes the scavenge pump picks up the oil post turbo and pushed it back to the engine.