Wierd turbo kit

[smokin69]

Anyone seen one of these turbo kits? look at the underhood pics. I googled the name the guy says it is but can't find any info. Looks pretty interesting. It's a really clean truck too!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...351QQitemZ150325070351QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks

 

[gonecrazyi]

Looks like one of those Canadian systems that use the RayJay turbo, I believe its from turbo engineering or something.

I know where one of those is setting on a truck back in Michigan, but never pulled it becuase Ive heard stories that it doesnt perform as well as the big three.

 

[1dieselman]

The first 6.9 I had was a 84 pickup and it had a turbo setup similar to this. It did pretty good. I don't remember a brand name on it but I do remember that it sucked to have the exhaust pipe on that side. Banks had a kit like this that installed on the passenger side of the engine for use in motor homes.

 

[snicklas]

If it wasn't a dualy, a quick look at the first picture, I would have thought it was BigRigTech's truck.......

 

[tractorman86]

i've never seen one in person but it has an exhaust manifold with a flange made onto it then they run a crossover tube from one manifold to the other from stock outlets. it'll work but i cant see it being very efficient. dosen't Redneckaggie have one of those? truck looks real nice though

 

[Agnem]

Yea we have seen that one. Pretty rare. Not very well regarded. Definitely not a well balanced system.

 

[typ4]

Turbo engineering made those IIRC., there is a pic of that exh manifold in Corky Bells Maximum Boost book.

 

[Hyde]

Thats odd, thats exactly how I was picturing the turbo setup I'm thinking about for my truck.

 

[82F100SWB]

Heh... I see I'm not the only person that spotted that manifold in that book, I knew what it was right away...

By all rights, that setup should be more efficient, and spool quicker than the contemporary setups, as there is much less heat loss with the turbo bolted directly to the manifold like that. Turbo sizing and possibly manifold life were probably the problem with the design, not the path of exhaust to the turbo.
Reversion in the exhaust manifold isn't really an issue as it isn't really designed for one way flow, heck, it's not much more than a simple log. From what I see in the picture though, they could have moved the turbo a bit closer to the front of the truck, their location does put a bit of restriction on flow from the #2 cylinder.
I still think the ideal setup would be a pair of weld-el manifolds and 2 small turbos... Some day I will make that happen.

 

[tractorman86]

I still think the ideal setup would be a pair of weld-el manifolds and 2 small turbos.

you are 100% right there, as for heat you hit that on the head also but routing the pass. side's exh into the driverside manifold can't be healthy. although it is kind of a log design it is still designed to flow towards the back and for that matter i'd bet there is a lot of restriction trying to stuff air the wrong direction into it.

 

[david85]

I think this type of turbo kit requires the AC compressor to be removed. If its true, I don't really care even if it does work well. As a potential prospect for tein turbos, it could be interesting though.

 

[redneckaggie]

Yes i do have one of those and no the ac does not have to be removed but the lines do have to be heat sheilded or pulled away from the turbo. I have not installed it yet as i am looking for a 1 or 2 in body lift because the only probs that i have noticed is that the downpipe is extremely hard to route around the column and brake thing that is on the drivers side frame rail but i will say the good thing about that setup is that by my calculations a holset turbo from a 12v cummins will fit perfectly on that manifold. And just by coincidence I happen to have a few junk 12v motors with good turbos. I might be a guinea pig on that one guys.

 

[tractorman86]

i thought it was you, the goat turbo aught to be interesting, make sure to have a boost gauge and a pyro!

 

[sootman73]

it cant be that bad of a design. the GM 6.5l work similar to this but just on the passenger side. my friends has really quick response and hits something like 18 if he 4wd launches it...

twin turbos this way sound sweet!

 

[VanBoy]

One of the turbo books I have shows stuff like that. You should see the few 4.9L I6 Ford's (gas) that have seen pics of w/ a turbo. Some mount it just like that... pipe from the stock exhaust goes under the engine and then the turbo is mounted on the driver side...

As mentioned, the GM 6.2 had kits like that but passenger side instead.

What ever works I guess.....