BlackSS/SC Turbo Swap Pics
Fifth time's a charm?
Each has its own respective Pro's and Con's.
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Your points are valid... I'm not arguing that... never have. But my points are valid as well. This is not an argument that either of us can truly "win"... so just drop it.
Each has its own respective Pro's and Con's.
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Your points are valid... I'm not arguing that... never have. But my points are valid as well. This is not an argument that either of us can truly "win"... so just drop it.
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From: Canada eh!
HEHEHE, it is a cute little guy (no gay) 
Thanks man
The only thing I bought from Rebel was the pulley delete. Got the manifold from Vulcan Turbo, turbo from Slowboyracing, Tial BOV and wastegate from another forum at a great price. Got the throttle body adaptor from someone on here, it was from TAG. The maf is from a newer 6.0l GM truck, also a bunch of other newer GMs and the connector had to be changed to work. I have a post on here somewhere with part numbers. The rest of the stuff I made myself.
Thanks man
which vendor.... im assuming rebel.... It seems for the power i want to get without a motor build im gonna need to turbo.... still a toss up due to the fact that im not sure what i wanna do yet.... but more detail about your setup would be great... like what parts u got on ur own.... looks like you have charge pipes from rebel also....
do u think you will benefit from having the blow thru style maf vs our regular maf..... did the stock connector work or did u need the one from the donor... just tryin to decide a route sorry for all the questions
do u think you will benefit from having the blow thru style maf vs our regular maf..... did the stock connector work or did u need the one from the donor... just tryin to decide a route sorry for all the questions
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HEHEHE, it is a cute little guy (no gay)
Thanks man
The only thing I bought from Rebel was the pulley delete. Got the manifold from Vulcan Turbo, turbo from Slowboyracing, Tial BOV and wastegate from another forum at a great price. The rest of the stuff I made myself.
Thanks man
The only thing I bought from Rebel was the pulley delete. Got the manifold from Vulcan Turbo, turbo from Slowboyracing, Tial BOV and wastegate from another forum at a great price. The rest of the stuff I made myself.
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Yes I did need a new connector as I said in the last post. It's 3" aluminum pipe, got a bunch off ebay for cheap. Really should be 2 1/2" from the turbo till you get close to the maf though, then up to 3". It still spools goot though and is making 15psi around 3500rpm. Feels way quicker, track times will tell.
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lookin good man...still waiting to get my damn piping in....taking forever to ship it...im going in to have the down pipe made here at the end of march...did you do a straight dump or plumb it back into the dp? and btw the ic piping looks big as hell...what is that 3in?
he shouldnt see it any later than 3000-3250
he shouldnt see it any later than 3000-3250
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I drill the spot in the block on the back where the turbo saab's have a hole for their drains.
Right now I'm having trouble with my boost controller I think, it's just a cheap ebay one. I keep turing it up but the boost isn't going up any. My wastegate has a 1.1 bar spring in it so that's all it's at right now.
My charge pipe is all 3", I'm gonna change it out when I get a intake mani and IC stuff.
So I see 16psi by 3500-3800, don't know if I'd see more at that rpm or not if my boost controller wasn't screwed.
Right now I'm having trouble with my boost controller I think, it's just a cheap ebay one. I keep turing it up but the boost isn't going up any. My wastegate has a 1.1 bar spring in it so that's all it's at right now.
My charge pipe is all 3", I'm gonna change it out when I get a intake mani and IC stuff.
So I see 16psi by 3500-3800, don't know if I'd see more at that rpm or not if my boost controller wasn't screwed.
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I drill the spot in the block on the back where the turbo saab's have a hole for their drains.
Right now I'm having trouble with my boost controller I think, it's just a cheap ebay one. I keep turing it up but the boost isn't going up any. My wastegate has a 1.1 bar spring in it so that's all it's at right now.
My charge pipe is all 3", I'm gonna change it out when I get a intake mani and IC stuff.
So I see 16psi by 3500-3800, don't know if I'd see more at that rpm or not if my boost controller wasn't screwed.
Right now I'm having trouble with my boost controller I think, it's just a cheap ebay one. I keep turing it up but the boost isn't going up any. My wastegate has a 1.1 bar spring in it so that's all it's at right now.
My charge pipe is all 3", I'm gonna change it out when I get a intake mani and IC stuff.
So I see 16psi by 3500-3800, don't know if I'd see more at that rpm or not if my boost controller wasn't screwed.
proper boost control is ****** HUGE when talking spool times and peak boost rpm range....
cheep controllers and ill-thought out set ups are prone to cracking the gate to early and drastically effecting spool tims.
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I drill the spot in the block on the back where the turbo saab's have a hole for their drains.
Right now I'm having trouble with my boost controller I think, it's just a cheap ebay one. I keep turing it up but the boost isn't going up any. My wastegate has a 1.1 bar spring in it so that's all it's at right now.
My charge pipe is all 3", I'm gonna change it out when I get a intake mani and IC stuff.
So I see 16psi by 3500-3800, don't know if I'd see more at that rpm or not if my boost controller wasn't screwed.
Right now I'm having trouble with my boost controller I think, it's just a cheap ebay one. I keep turing it up but the boost isn't going up any. My wastegate has a 1.1 bar spring in it so that's all it's at right now.
My charge pipe is all 3", I'm gonna change it out when I get a intake mani and IC stuff.
So I see 16psi by 3500-3800, don't know if I'd see more at that rpm or not if my boost controller wasn't screwed.
where exactly is this spot? would you be able to get pics of the drain setup.... where did u tap for oil feed too?
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http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbob...structions.pdf
see page 7-9
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to stop the persistent questions, i offer this.
http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbob...structions.pdf
see page 7-9
http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbob...structions.pdf
see page 7-9
lol sorry.... just trying to find out all the info I may need when i complete my conversion
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alright got it... now last question..... other then ordering that drill fixture tool from garrett is there anything I could find online or at a hardware store that would work so that I dont drill on a angle cause thats a tight spot to drill in or would it be easier to get from the inside of the block?
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Can someone explain thi to me please cuz i don't know that much: I thought a turbo was run off your exhuast? So why is the piping run from the throttle body to the turbo and then to the air filter
. Where does the exhaust part come into play?
. Where does the exhaust part come into play?
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There is two parts to a turbo, the exhaust side (hot side) and the compressor side (cold side). A shaft connects the two, so the exhaust spins the hot side which in turn spins the cold and the air goes through the charge pipe to the throttle body. It sucks the air in where the filter is.
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yea I understand now and what needs to be done thanks to 06black for the instructions. I was confused with the oil feed spot at first cause i didnt relise there was a plug that you remove... do you recall off hand what thread pitch fitting you used for the feed? only thing that concerns me is getting in there with enough room to drill properly into the block for the return
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yea I understand now and what needs to be done thanks to 06black for the instructions. I was confused with the oil feed spot at first cause i didnt relise there was a plug that you remove... do you recall off hand what thread pitch fitting you used for the feed? only thing that concerns me is getting in there with enough room to drill properly into the block for the return
Can't remember the thread pitch on the feed line, PM Vulcan Turbo, that's who I got my fitting from.
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I drilled it in the car with the pan off. In all honesty I'd just drill the pan and get a fitting welded in if I was going to do it again. It's pretty easy to mess up the block.
Can't remember the thread pitch on the feed line, PM Vulcan Turbo, that's who I got my fitting from.
Can't remember the thread pitch on the feed line, PM Vulcan Turbo, that's who I got my fitting from.
I would like to look at this swap as well in the near future