I am going back and forth on which direction I want to go with my DD 2012 Yukon XL 5.3 4x4. Recently I did a DOD delete with a small truck cam, PRC 2.5 243s, 1 7/8" catted headers, and full 3" exhaust. It made a big difference, knocking about a second off the 0-60. Only issue is since it's the 5.3, you still need to rev it to get going. I'd like to add a blower or a turbo to make it easier to get going at part throttle. I'd estimate it's about 320 rwhp right now and would prob run a low 15, high 14 1/4 mile. I'd like to make around 500 rwhp and run in the 13's.

I was about to purchase the Magnuson kit before I came across the Trick Turbo kit. This kit looks fairly straight forward to install and I do my own tuning. My only concern is it looks very crowded by the A/C lines. One thing I like about the turbo option is I can get rid of the header "tinny" noise in the cabin. I also like the sound of a turbo over the whine of a blower. The things I like better about the magnuson kit is there are really no unknowns, I get it in the mail and can have the truck running the same day. With the turbo kit, I am going to have to figure out the A/C lines and also figure out how to connect to my factory exhaust with a catalytic converter. I haven't seen any real good pictures of the downpipe attached to factory exhaust, so I am not even sure how much piping room their is or if there are any bends. If it's just a straight shot, then it's easy.

Anyone have experience with either or both, I'd appreciate if you could chime in as to which option you think is better for a 500 RWHP DD/Family hauler application.

 

Magnuson is better for daily and reliability, turbo for fun truck or racing, they make more power for less money. The Maggie drives like stock unless you don't want it to. Lol...

 

Thank you, one day I say maggie next day I wanna do the turbo. But I think if I am being realistic and practical (lol), maggie is the way to go (for now at least).

Need to figure out how to seal my stupid header collectors to get rid of the annoying cabin noise though.

 

My vote is turbo. I’ve ran both plus others. With an appropriate sized turbo it will come alive fast and be a blast to drive. The exhaust will be quieter, the engine bay is quieter. My setup drives so mild until you get into it. I ran the same exhaust as I had with the Tvs2300, only now it’s WAY quieter and has zero drone. It’s more civilized and makes way more power with the turbo.

 

Yeah for what I want, Turbo fits the bill. Quiet in the cabin is pretty important to me. After I added headers, that all went away. I think it bothers me more than the family LOL.

My main concern for the turbo were those A/C lines. Bending them sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I have good pricing on Borg Warner turbos too, do those work with Trick Turbo kit or does the kit have to be modified.

 

Looks like my fears are rational at least. I wouldn't even attempt the turbo unless I completely re-routed the A/C lines.

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...lew-up-550172/

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...-turbo-557422/

Good solution posted in one of the threads with buying new line and fittings to relocate.

Anyone have pics of exhaust section?

 

I would personally just do a new line. And Borg Warner’s work fine. I have a S480 and a S485 on one of Tricks T6 manifolds. I am a dealer for Trick so if you have any specific questions just shoot me a PM. Getting ready to go on vacation so won’t be on here much, but I’ll get emails about PM’s.

 

I made my own line with $150 crimper tool and AC line parts. Way better then bending and you can route it however you want.

 

Thanks. Any pics?

I just looked at my line and it actually is two lines merging into 1 right before the compressor for the rear A/C.

 

I have no idea about rear AC. Since my truck is a Silverado, I just have one low pressure line from the accumulator to the compressor. I had to update to the later 10S20F compressor (mine being a 2001 had the early HU6 compressor with the big manifold) because the Trick Turbo kit (or probably any other kit) won't work with that big HU6 manifold in the way. Anyway the line I made is wrapped in the silver heat shield and runs to the left of the turbo (see pic1). I used 10S compressor adapters I bought off eBay that go from the stock mounting blocks to AN10 threaded fittings. Then used a 90 degree AN10 to AN12 hose end (pic2), about 2.5 to 3 ft of AN12 AC rubber hose (under silver heat wrapping), and another 90 and compressor adapter on the compressor which you can't see. I'm not sure if I can post links to non-sponsors websites, but the parts were easy to find on the internet. I used the Mastercool crimp tool.

My stock low pressure line burst because it was too close the the downpipe. I've had this custom one I made for about a month now and it works great. I probably spent ~$230 including the $150 crimp tool, but it's so much better than stock and I didn't see another way. Because my truck is a 1500HD, I have a factory body lift and couldn't see how bending the line could work. The stock hose just wasn't long enough.

Pic1

Pic2 showing adapter and 90 degree hose end.