Turbo on 2000 Limited 5.0

[4pointslow]

Yeah!!!!

Keep up the good work!

 

[Dono]

A few picks of progress.
Its 3" pipe out of the intercooler with the slot maf in that pipe. Tuning should be much easier with non turbulent air blowing thru it.
The 80 degree bent going up the wheel well is a transition to 2" pipe. As soon as I'm in the engine bay I go back to 3" to the throttle body.
The wheel well required some trimming, which is too bad. I'll have to find the perfect rubberish material that I can screw/glue/rivet (whatever works) to cover around the pipe. I'll post a pic later, but its actually not bad, and won't get in the way of the wheel as its nice and tight to the top and to the inside. Id just like to finish bit off nicely for protection the way it was from factory.

I have some more an fittings to install today (I hate them, the braded line ends make holes in my fingers, its not fun) and wiring for my wideband and relay for the oil return pump. So far so good.

 

[jd4242]

Nice!!! Good work..

 

[4pointslow]

Turbo

That looks like it was made for the explorer! Great job! Looks awesome!
On the last picture, underneath what is the tube connected to?

 

[Dono]

That's an Air/water intercooler. A local guy made an awesome aluminum mount for me.
I have run the top water line to the front where the radiator will go, but you can see the bottom nipple that is covered with a bag and elastic for now.

Im going to get the turbo installed and working, then work on installing the pump/radiator for the intercooler.

 

[4pointslow]

intercooler

Hell yea!
Cant wait to see more.

 

[QueenCitySleeper]

yea looks good. The tube through the wheel well does not look intrusive at all. Looks like you took your time making everything fit nice and tight.

 

[2000StreetRod]

clever intercooler location

That's a clever location for the intercooler. Out of the way and doesn't take up any space in the engine bay. You're doing a quality installation! Keep up the good work.

 

[Dono]

The key advantage to the intercooler being mounted underneath is that there is less piping. Less piping means less turbo lag (at least that's my theory). It will be 2 inch pipe from the turbo to the intercooler. Exhaust shop is going to do that using aluminized exhaust pipe.
Once the turbo is installed, injectors installed, and the tuning process happening, I'll be pulling my front bumper and figuring out how to fabricate a mount for the radiator.

Not much happened today. Companies in from out of town, so....All I did was get the wire for my LC-1 wideband in the cab, and finished up the oil return. I'll be calling the exhaust shop tomorrow and see when they can get me in to mount the turbo.

I 'think' I have my bases covered so there 'shouldn't' be a lot of down time or surprises.

Once the turbo's installed, I'll see if I can get Tim over to supervise me changing injectors. He knows the top dress of a 5.0 extremely well, and will save me time. Maybe a beer or two while directing me will make his back feel a bit better.

 

[jd4242]

I may have missed it but how does it get from outside the frame rail to the turbo and where is the turbo location gonna be? What type of exhaust you running after the turbo?

This setup is gonna be SWEET!!!

 

[vroomzoomboom]

beer, blah! i normally drink when im on holidays. that and i was also going to add, if you need a mount made, i have that welder here at the moment as well. should maybe kill two birds with one boulder.

 

[Dono]

JD, The turbo is going where my spare tire was.
Its the exhaust shops issue to get the 2" pipe to the intercooler. They are pretty good, so Im sure it won't be an issue. I'll pull up pictures of James old rear mount sohc turbo, and that will help with cold side placement. I think at the rear, once the 2" cold side pipe gets over the axle, there is a spot to roll the pipe in line with the intercooler.
Post turbo will just be a mandrel bent 90 degree 4" pipe. Im going to try to keep the muffler in stock location and see how it goes. Its a straight thru muffler, so it shouldn't hurt performance too much. Since its a daily driver, I want it quiet.

Awesome Tim, appreciated on the bracket welding, I'm not very good at fabrication.

I feel like Im surprisingly close to making this happen.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

im almost thinking you and i will finish our projects within a week of each other. you know, gimli has the big race on aug long weekend, right?

 

[4pointslow]

Race

If you two race you better get someone to video it and post it here!!!!

 

[Dono]

Im In.
How would that be for a head turner? Two explorers lining up against each other and pulling killer times.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

i still think they would look twice when they hear one whine, and the other hiss.
and i also like johns suggestion. im sure if i dont get the new blower on, im going to see a whole lotta white explorer ass! lol

 

[Dono]

Exhaust shop can't get me in till next Tuesday.
So, it gives me time to do a clean job of the wiring and double check all my connectors and gaskets. If all goes well, the injectors and pcv catch can will be installed Next Tuesday night. Probably better anyway, as this weekend I'm out of town doing a bar tending gig and if things didn't go perfectly I'd be without a vehicle.

 

[Dono]

Anyone know what size of hose fits on the pcv valve on the 5.0?

I'm trying to collect all the odds and ends for the catch can. Its so hard to get at that pcv valve that I want to make sure I have what I need to route a hose out of the abyss back there while I'm installing the injectors.

Answer is....3/8 ID. Tim messaged me. I'll pick up a brass coupler and a Brass T along with more 3/8 hose for the catch can. I'll be grinding the bottom off that pcv valve to get the ball bearing out. Don't need it as I'm effectively cutting the pcv system out. Without a easy source of full time vacuum, this is the only really workable (and cheap) solution.

 

[Dono]

The wiring took me longer than I thought it would tonight, but I have sent a test datalog to James so he can make sure I have all the pids he needs to see.
I don't have the wideband analog 2 yet as I didn't apply power to the LC-1 since I don't have a bung yet and didn't want to go thru the paces of turning off rear o2's and inserting the wideband just for a quick test.

One notable thing is that I have my AEM digital boost gauge logging on Analog 1 for James to get a better idea of what the turbo is doing. Interestingly enough, the equation is a bit of a mystery that you key in to the SCT livelink software.
Thru searching and trying and adjusting different equations, I finally settled on this equation: (v*13)-32.0
This seems to track the AEM digital boost gauge almost perfectly on the SCT Livelink software.
This one might help someone in the future.

I have the pump, and wideband wired and ready to go. I just need to attach the hot wires when the wideband sensor goes in and the oil return pump has oil to return.

 

[4pointslow]

boost

How many lbs of boost does the gauge go up to?
Does it read vacuum too?
Model Number?
Pictures?