post up your boosted 4.8, 5.3, 6.0 number s
06-21-2012, 11:41 AM
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Yea I understand that, but its definitely something worth noting. The turbo's are much more efficient at making boost... theres no question there, but without spending an arm and a leg on a turbo kit they still use the stock manifold on one side... kinda whacky if you ask me. Just by looking at most of the kits I think there is a ton of power potential left in them... look at how much boost supercharged guys lose when they go to a great exhaust system... yet they are stil pushing as much if not MORE air through the engine.
the motor is a big air pump and you want it to be as efficient as you can make it. I could slap a 2" exhaust on my setup and see boost through the roof but I would never see any worthy gains from it. The one plus side to the turbo is if they upgrade the exhaust to make the motor breath easier and loose boost in the process it's much easier to turn the boost back up to where it was at versus the supercharger guys like me who would have to re-pulley to gain that boost back. Either way I would think 8lbs with a free flowing exhaust would be more beneficial than 10lbs through stock manifolds.
I am kinda bummed cause I am doing all this work to the truck over the next month after my mishap and I don't think I will be able to convince the wife to let me spend another 1k for the exhaust I want to go to. My stock manifolds with the the after market muffler I have now will get the job done but would really like to get some 1 7/8 headers.
Dunno something about spending over 10k on a truck in a 6 month time frame seems to get to her when I ask to spend more
06-23-2012, 01:15 AM
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the motor is a big air pump and you want it to be as efficient as you can make it. I could slap a 2" exhaust on my setup and see boost through the roof but I would never see any worthy gains from it. The one plus side to the turbo is if they upgrade the exhaust to make the motor breath easier and loose boost in the process it's much easier to turn the boost back up to where it was at versus the supercharger guys like me who would have to re-pulley to gain that boost back. Either way I would think 8lbs with a free flowing exhaust would be more beneficial than 10lbs through stock manifolds.
I am kinda bummed cause I am doing all this work to the truck over the next month after my mishap and I don't think I will be able to convince the wife to let me spend another 1k for the exhaust I want to go to. My stock manifolds with the the after market muffler I have now will get the job done but would really like to get some 1 7/8 headers.
Dunno something about spending over 10k on a truck in a 6 month time frame seems to get to her when I ask to spend more
cant do nothing without her giving me an OK
06-23-2012, 10:18 AM
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I could buy lots more stuff for the truck but rather wait till I have cash in hand and not have to put it on a credit card or something like that
06-23-2012, 02:06 PM
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haha she is just reminding me of things I said I wanted to do. Trying to pay stuff off and reduce debt so trying to stick with that.
I could buy lots more stuff for the truck but rather wait till I have cash in hand and not have to put it on a credit card or something like that
I could buy lots more stuff for the truck but rather wait till I have cash in hand and not have to put it on a credit card or something like that
06-23-2012, 02:09 PM
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I remember some single days though when I was big into motorcycles when it looked like the UPS guy was Santa..
I loved coming home from work to just a living room full of boxes....
06-23-2012, 03:58 PM
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The turbo's are much more efficient at making boost... theres no question there, but without spending an arm and a leg on a turbo kit they still use the stock manifold on one side... kinda whacky if you ask me. Just by looking at most of the kits I think there is a ton of power potential left in them... look at how much boost supercharged guys lose when they go to a great exhaust system... yet they are stil pushing as much if not MORE air through the engine.