My turbocharged 2000 5.0 AWD....

[Afboy143]

Gotcha, thanks for all the help by the way. I always wanted to do turbo and you brought light to my life lol.

How come you didnt go intercoolered? Too much work to route piping? What happens if you run a turbo without intercooling? You can only go so much psi?

 

[Jakee]

Check these videos out of an STS install on a corvette..

http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/10-16-06page-Corvette-STS-Turbo-Install.htm

 

[justin146]

Check these videos out of an STS install on a corvette..

http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/10-16-06page-Corvette-STS-Turbo-Install.htm

I wish mine was that easy to install. I had to engineer it all as I went

 

[Turdle]

I wish mine was that easy to install. I had to engineer it all as I went

That is exactly why yours is the first documented

Thank you very much.
I would nominate you for "eliteness" for this thread, if you weren't already

 

[410Fortune]

This is giving me some serious ideas about where i could mount all this into a certain daily driver
If only we could make it as easy as that corvette!!!

Just need the $$$ fairy to come over!

 

[justin146]

Here are a few more pictures....

The first is the complete oil feed system. Second is the T added to the oil pressure switch. The third is the Function 7 oil inlet. Fourth is the BOV adapter and couplers.

In the 2nd picture, you see the true -4AN fitting(blue) vs. a hardware store flare fitting. The only difference is that the true AN fitting has a 37degree flare while the hardware store flare is 45degrees. Depending on the oil line feed hose(nitrous hose) you use, the hardware store piece will seal just fine. I just chose to use the true AN piece.

Another thing to know is that JIC hydraulic fittings are the same as AN fittings. So you can have your oil feed line made at most auto parts stores.


The T on the oil pressure switch is plain 1/4 pipe thread. All of the pieces came from Home Depot. I just to put it together with a new/clean oil pressure switc, because it was only $11, and I wanted to double check the thread size.

 

[justin146]

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[Afboy143]

you make me so jealous, so nice man.

 

[el tigre]

This is all on the factory ecu, without a different tune? Have you figured out what you are going to do tuning wise yet?

 

[justin146]

This is all on the factory ecu, without a different tune? Have you figured out what you are going to do tuning wise yet?

I am running factory tune, I wont tune it until I put in the 6psi spring. I am running premium with no detonation and acceptable AFR.

 

[jah81592]

I am running factory tune, I wont tune it until I put in the 6psi spring. I am running premium with no detonation and acceptable AFR.

Justin,I wouldn't push it hard. Things may go boom. I guarantee if you datalog at 4psi on stock injectors that you are at 100% duty cycle! Have you put it on a wideband? Just curious? Cruising your a/f will be fine because the ecm will command 14.6a/f but at wot is where my concern would be. I would be willing to bet you are dangerously lean at the top end with no tuning or fuel system upgrades. Be careful!

 

[justin146]

Justin,I wouldn't push it hard. Things may go boom. I guarantee if you datalog at 4psi on stock injectors that you are at 100% duty cycle! Have you put it on a wideband? Just curious? Cruising your a/f will be fine because the ecm will command 14.6a/f but at wot is where my concern would be. I would be willing to bet you are dangerously lean at the top end with no tuning or fuel system upgrades. Be careful!

I have an AEM wideband permanently mounted in the truck with the O2 sensor in the tailpipe. I have a safe AFR at WOT up to about 3500rpm, I haven't taken it past there though. I see about a 14.9 at cruise because the sensor it after the cats.

 

[boominXplorer]

I have some 24lb injectors for sale :

Your truck is sick man, If I was still lowered I would be sure to follow your footsteps.

 

[justin146]

I have some 24lb injectors for sale :

Your truck is sick man, If I was still lowered I would be sure to follow your footsteps.

I wish I could get away with 24's because I already have a 24lb cal'd MAF. I am going to need at least 30's though, probably 36's.

 

[boominXplorer]

I wish I could get away with 24's because I already have a 24lb cal'd MAF. I am going to need at least 30's though, probably 36's.

Oh yeah, So are you ditchin that MAF for a lightning one or what?

 

[jah81592]

I would recommend a lightning meter and 30# injectors minimum for 6#'s of boost. Also on the meter make sure there is plenty of straight piping before and after the meter(no sharp bends),or tuning will be a nightmare and the meter readings will be all over the place. The optimum placement for any MAF is to draw thru,as with any blow thru meter reduces the meters range. Oh yeah, stay away from "calibrated" meters such as pro-m, especially in a blow thru set-up!-James

 

[410Fortune]

well see you learn something new every day
Duly noted about the MAS and range being limited with forced induction

 

[justin146]

Oh yeah, So are you ditchin that MAF for a lightning one or what?

I am not sure if I want a Lightning MAF, because I'f have to add a IATS. I am thinking about a Marauder MAF, because it is plug and play. I have a good piece of straight pipe leading to my current MAF.

Blowthrough limits the range only because people never have them setup right. Properly set up, with a good section of pipe the same size as the MAF before and after it, it wont peg any sooner than a drawthrough. That is an almost direct quote from SCT's tech team.

I cant go draw through with my remote setup because I have my BOV vented. I'd be blowing off metered air unless I recirculated it, which would be a pain. I'd have to run another 1" hose/pipe back to the turbo.

 

[jah81592]

Don't use a Marauder meter! The electronics just plain suck (max ad counts very low). This comes directly from SCT in thier basic training manual. They are barely marginal for the stock Marauder and SCT recommends if a dealer custom tunes one that the customer be pursueded to replace the meter with a lightning, or a BA series. They are a six wire just like the lightning meter and the lightning meter is just so much better of a meter. I have an external IAT and use a lightning meter so the integrated iat in the lightning meter just isn't used. Not trying to stir anything up but A blow thru setup will saturate (peg) the meter before a draw thru setup. How much before? I don't know! Every combination is different but SCT always recommends using a draw thru setup when possible. I am going to do a recirculate bov system after the beginning of the year. There are people successfully running blow thru systems though, I will not discredit that, but the driveability and meter range is better in a draw thru. Your setup looks good in the picture,no sharp bends and straight before and after the meter. Excellent from a tuning standpoint-James

 

[blk mk8]

you can get a 05 mustang maf.. a lot of my sct tunner friends use them on just about every thing. according to them they prefer to use them because of the intergrated iat in the maff as well as there versatility and range. i would always get with your tunner to find out what maff he prefers to tune with. some like to use the same maff because they are use to using the same one all the time.