6.9 Sidewinder testing

[Abull78]

Well, it's 5:30am............coffee is brewing. I drove 9 hours round trip yesterday to pick the Banks kit up instead of waiting for it to arrive Monday. I grabbed a couple of odds and ends when I was back in Cali as well. I figure since this is the temp motor and the begining of IDI testing I might as well throw as many combos at this as possible and see what she does. I am gonna run the Banks TE06H charger initially, then swap over to my stock
HX35 and then to a modified HX35. All 3 of the spools I am going to run are gated so, I am going to run some hose through the firewall and run a valve that i can control in the cab so I can block the wastegate and see what the differences are. I am also going to install an IAT sensor so I can see how far I can push each turbo until they start pumping hot air. I also grabbed an intercooler so after running all 3 setups without the IC, I will repeat again with the IC.

I am already prejudice in the matter as I belive the modded HX is gonna be the winner. It might spool a little later but it will give a lot more after it's lit. I will try to stick to raw data and not go completely based on butt dyno.

Few more cups of Joe and I'll start twirlin' some iron.

 

[93f250idi]

you came back! haha

 

[Abull78]

you came back! haha

Im worse than ******!!!

 

[93f250idi]

Im worse than ******!!!

haha well get you wallet out and start dumping your money in that 6.9!

 

[Abull78]

Operation "Money Pit 2" has commenced.

 

[93f250idi]

Operation "Money Pit 2" has commenced.

send some of that money my way or the whole truck or anything free haha!

 

[hesutton]

Im worse than ******!!!

Good one.

Heath

 

[Agnem]

You'll fit right in around here. Glad you didn't get chased off.

 

[ghunt]

I would like to hear the results of the HX35- have been thinking about trying one of those on my truck too.

Additionally I have a Schwitzer S200 that I really wish I could try...but, the good one I have is mounted on my Thunderbird, and the other one which was first on my car sounded like a dremel whenever it started to spool (compressor wheel was hitting the housing). Ah well.

Part of the reason I want to try it is because dimensionally it's actually pretty close in size to our turbos, but when I bought them they had factory 20 psi wastegates on them which tells me they should be able to make good boost for us.

 

[Abull78]

Well, first road block, damn exhaust bolts are stuck, soaked em' down with the wd, what will i do to pass the time................Oh a beer...............

 

[ghunt]

Oh yeah...have fun with those exhaust bolts- you will be cussing Ford and International alike!

 

[Agnem]

Might want something a little more potent than WD-40 Kroil is best, or PB Blaster if you can get it. My son did a 10th grade science fair project where we proved PB Blaster was vastly more effective than WD-40, and others have experience with Kroil that says it is even better, but it is harder to get.

 

[Abull78]

I agree on the PB.

 

[hesutton]

Those exhaust manifold bolts are a real pain. Don't snap one off. Trust me, they are a huge PITA to get out.

Heath

 

[Abull78]

Those exhaust manifold bolts are a real pain. Don't snap one off. Trust me, they are a huge PITA to get out.

Heath

JINX, you have almost guaranteed what is gonna happen now, geez, thanks man.