I'm still trying to figure out WHY you are asking these questions. If you are going to spend $3000 on a turbo setup, why wouldn't you at least spend $400 on a turbo that would work right for your application. It's like buying a brand new truck and putting your old 1989 chevy rims on it.

 

What the hell do you know about turbos??

 

this is WHY im asking these questions. i have a mercedes turbo layin in my shop. i also have a 6bt turbo layin in my shop. i have access to many dt444 turbos. then i have a good friend that works at a truck salvage yard that has pretty much everything i will need and if he dont have it, he can find it.

it depends if i like the "rims" (wich is wat i thought you played basketball with)

i appreciate all the input from everybody wether positive and some negative, but if your guna shoot down my ideas then id appreciate it if you didnt reply to the thread.

thanks

 

i pissed around trying to make a twin kit with used tractor turbos work for close to a year. i had oil burning issues, housing size issues, hard to tune, etc. Got them both rebuilt, still burnt oil and worked poorly. Got fed up, ripped it all off and bought a master power t70 for less than i had into the other crap, built a new system in about three nights and have had a blast with it ever since!

 

I assume you were directing this at me. I'm not sure why you're taking offense to my comments. If you don't want me to shoot down your ideas, then sure go ahead and put one of each on your truck. It's a brilliant idea, and I'm sure you will love it.

I'm being realistic with you. I'm not going to sugar coat things, I don't do it here or in real life. I'd just assume help make sure you don't waste your time on something you'll be unhappy with rather than tell you to go ahead and do it knowing it will be a waste of time.

If you just want everyone to agree with you, then by all means I support you putting a supra turbo on your truck.

 

What would I know about Mercedes heavy-duty diesel engines, too?

Don't give all my secrets away!

 

randomhero- i appreciate all the comments and the fact that your tring to help, but im new to the whole turbo set up on the gas engines so when you use the lingo that everybody else knows....im lost. i would just like to get all the info on every possible way to do this and then sit down and calculate it out. i wasnt bein a dick about it, i just dont understand everything like yall do.

t thall- thanks for the input. which turbo did you get? how did you mount it?

 

master power t70, mounted it on the pass side

 

are you runin the stock manifold upside down? and the stock manifold on the driverside?

 

you made a freakin thread asking for people's opinions. which means if you have bad ideas, then someone who obviously knows more than you, is going to shoot them down. therefore WE would appreciate it if you didnt make threads for us to reply in.