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Old 10-11-2008, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by chevytruck
How hard are the installs on a front mount turbo?
Pretty much just bolts on other then the frame notching and oil pan taping. It does need to have the final exhaust connection made from the down pipe to you cat back.
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I have a 3 inch body lift would that be a problem? Why the frame notching?
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Originally Posted by chevytruck
I have a 3 inch body lift would that be a problem? Why the frame notching?
The intercooler I use (it's a common, standard size) won't fit in between the stock frame rail and there is not a common smaller one made.

With your body lift, you would probably have to do some reconfiguring of the intercooler mounting and tubing since it bolts to the radiator support which is 3" higher in your truck.
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How about I get the money up and drive out to you and you make a twin turbo for my truck? JK I wish....

Does a front mount turbo make more power then the sts turbo kits?
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Haha, I haven't even made a TT for my truck Front mount and STS can make about the same power, as boost is boost, but I had a STS for 2 1/2 years and this front mount has MUCH less turbo lag.
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Do you sell BOVs and intercoolers by themselves or just as the kits? I need to build an intercooler kit for my STS rear mount.
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Originally Posted by kbracing96
Haha, I haven't even made a TT for my truck Front mount and STS can make about the same power, as boost is boost, but I had a STS for 2 1/2 years and this front mount has MUCH less turbo lag.
I would never be able to afford that any ways. How much sooner does your fron mount start to spool? Can the turbo run off of it's own oil tank, instead of the oil pan?

I have heard that that is one of the resons that turbo's fail, not enough oil or dirty oil, and when you have oil dirty in your turbo that would go into your motor as well, correct?
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Originally Posted by chevytruck
I would never be able to afford that any ways. How much sooner does your fron mount start to spool? Can the turbo run off of it's own oil tank, instead of the oil pan?

I have heard that that is one of the reasons that turbo's fail, not enough oil or dirty oil, and when you have oil dirty in your turbo that would go into your motor as well, correct?
On my truck on the highway, I can make 7psi at 2200 rpm. From a stomp on the street I see full boost by about 3k RPM or so.

I've only heard of a couple of rear mounts that that have had self contained oil system. A turbo is not going to make oil dirty, nothing it in to dirty the oil unless it where to fail really, even then still not much in them.
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Do you have any plans to test fit a kit on a 07+ truck?
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Originally Posted by Leroy_454
Do you have any plans to test fit a kit on a 07+ truck?
I don't have one available to me


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