OK i had a thought while some one on here was asking about placement ideas to make a custom kit. now has anyone thought about putting the turbo in the "stock" location....ok ok before anyone goes there is a silverado/sierra that comes stock with a turbo....the Dmax, in which case if some on made just the exahust kit to the turbo location you could actually use OEM desiel parts for the most of the tubing up to the intercooler ( especiually if you used the dmax IC ) and the tubing from that to the intake ( or mostly...im not sure what the intake looks like on the dmax ).

Or am I just beeing a idiot?

 

i see where you are comin from! but i know nothing about turbos, but genaricly speaking it should be doable. so ttt for ya

 

i haven't looked at a dmax closely but it seems like the turbo is right on top, near the back of the motor. the dmax must have a diferent style intake or something because i dont think it would fit there on a gen 3 motor. still worth a look though.

 

The dmax turbo does sit right on top of the intake. It wouldnt fit with out LS manifolds. Its not a bad idea, but not feasable in the dmax location. You could still use the downpipe and a few other parts from that kit though. Just a little cutting and welding.

I just wonder what ever happened to the company that had the twin turbo kits for our trucks last year. They used adapters to flip the stock manifolds and mount the turbos. The finnished kit looked sweet.

 

This is a great idea! I need to take a look at the D-Max and see if it would be possible to use its hot parts for a turbo set-up. Thanks for the idea Vision!
Philip S.

 

here to help

now someone needs figure out a kit for the 8.1s.....cough cough parish I heard from a lil birdie that you were tossing around an idea for one.

 

Does anybody know if the turbo manifold on the Duramax will bolt up to the Gen III blocks?
If so, holy moly, I've got something to do.
Philip S.

 

Nope, won't bolt up. Totally different.

 

another thought...isnt the Dmax a much larger engine in terms of physical size ( deseils always looked huge to me ) in which case of the turbo was oreinted at the same height verticly would it fit above the gen 3 manifold?....man sure wish i had someone around here with one so i could go check it out

 

http://hauln.net/LS1Tech/jpegs/DSCN9257.JPG

Here's a pic of a kit that Kurt from Wheel to Wheel had put together. As you can see there just isn't room on top of the stock intake manifold for that turbo to go up there.

I know the pic is big but, I don't feel like resizing it.